It shall be unlawful for any person willfully
and maliciously to break, mar, injure, remove or deface any building,
fence, awning, sign, signboard, sidewalks, trees, shrubbery or other
thing in the Village of Lindenhurst or to pile up before any door
or on any sidewalk, except material to be removed by public authority,
boxes, casks or other things or to tear down any notice or handbill
lawfully posted.
Any person who, with intent to provoke the public
peace and good order of the Village or whereby a breach of the peace
and good order may be occasioned, commits any of the following acts
shall be deemed to have committed the offense of disorderly conduct:
A. Uses offensive, disorderly, threatening, abusive or
insulting language, conduct or behavior.
B. Acts in such a manner as to annoy, disturb, interfere
with, obstruct or be offensive to others.
C. Unnecessarily congregates with others upon the streets
of the Village or in doorways or stairways adjacent thereto or loiters
about such places and refuses to move on when ordered by the police.
D. By his actions, causes a crowd to collect, except
when lawfully addressing such a crowd.
E. Shouts or makes a noise either outside or inside a
building during the nighttime to the annoyance or disturbance of any
considerable number of persons.
F. Interferes with any person in any place by jostling
against the person or unnecessarily crowding him or by placing a hand
in the proximity of such person's pocket, pocketbook or handbag.
G. Stations himself on the public streets of the Village
or follows pedestrians for the purpose of soliciting alms or solicits
alms on the public streets unlawfully.
H. Frequents or loiters upon the streets of the Village
or in doorways or stairways adjacent thereto or about any public place
in the Village soliciting men for the purpose of committing a crime
against nature or other lewdness.
I. Causes a disturbance in any streetcar, railroad, car,
omnibus or other public conveyance within the confines of the Village
by running through or climbing through windows or upon the seats or
otherwise annoying passengers or employees therein.
J. Stands on sidewalks or street corners and makes insulting
remarks to or about passing pedestrians or annoys such pedestrians.
[Added 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
Failure to observe or comply with a lawful order
or direction of any Village official, officer, inspector or attendant
or of any Suffolk County police officer shall be prohibited.
[Amended 8-15-1978 by L.L. No. 8-1978]
No owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of
land in the Village of Lindenhurst shall cause or permit any public
nuisance to be or to remain upon such lot or parcel of land or between
the same and the adjoining street. Whenever there shall exist any
such public nuisance and complaint thereof is made to the Mayor of
the Village, the Mayor shall forthwith cause a notice to be served
upon the owner or occupant of the premises upon which said nuisance
exists, requiring him to abate the same within three days after the
service or mailing of said notice. Said notice shall set forth:
B. The current tax identification as it appears on the
assessment roll.
C. A demand specifying the nuisance to be abated within
three days after service or mailing of the notice.
D. A statement that failure to comply may result in a
duly authorized officer, agent or employee of the Village entering
upon the property and causing the nuisance to be abated.
E. That the cost and expense of such abatement may be
certified to the Assessor or the Village Administrator Clerk and may
be assessed against the described property, may constitute a lien
thereon and may be collected as provided by law.
[Amended 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
[Amended 8-15-1978 by L.L. No. 8-1978]
In case of the failure of the owner or occupant
of the premises to comply with such notice or requirement within the
time therein mentioned, said nuisance may be abated by the Village
Administrator Clerk of said Village at the expense of such owner or
occupant of the premises, such expense to be collected in one of the
following manners as directed by the Mayor, if not paid to the Village
Treasurer within three days after demand:
A. By suit on behalf of the Village.
B. By assessment against the real property upon which
the nuisance was abated, said assessment for the expense incurred
to be a lien against the real property affected and to be a part of
the Village tax liability for the first assessable tax period after
abatement of the nuisance by the Village.
[Amended 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
It shall be unlawful for any person to write, print or publish any obscene or indecent writing, picture or print in the Village of Lindenhurst, and no person shall deface any post, wall, fence, building or other surface with any obscene or indecent mark, writing, picture or print under a penalty as provided in §
125-7.
[Added 9-8-1987 by L.L. No. 13-1987; amended 6-16-1992 by L.L. No. 2-1992]
Any person, persons, corporation or association
violating any of the provisions of this article shall be liable to
a fine not less than $50 nor more than $250 for each violation of
this article.