This article shall be known as the "Brush, Grass,
Rubbish and Weed Control Law of the Town of New Windsor."
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BRUSH
Uncultivated woody shrubs and/or immature trees.
GARBAGE
Animal and vegetable waste resulted from the handling, storage,
sale, preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
GRASS
Herbaceous ornamental plants intended to be periodically
cut close to the ground for the establishment of a lawn or ground
covering and which may also be used as ground covering for the establishment
of drainage swales, flood routes, or water detention basins.
OWNER
Includes the following:
A.
The owner of the real property upon which any
brush, grass or rubbish ordered cut, trimmed or removed pursuant to
this article is located or upon which any poisonous shrubs or weeds
ordered sprayed with herbicides, cut, trimmed, removed or destroyed
are located.
B.
The owner of the real property immediately fronting
on a portion of any highway, street or road of the Town of New Windsor,
upon which portion any rubbish ordered removed pursuant to this article
is located.
PERSON
Includes an individual, society, club, firm, partnership,
corporation or an association of persons, and the singular number
shall include the plural number.
RUBBISH
Includes the following:
A.
Lumber, junk, trash, debris, building materials,
or any other deleterious materials.
B.
Any abandoned, discarded or unused objects or
equipment, such as, but not limited to, automobile parts, furniture,
stoves, refrigerators, freezers, appliances, cans, containers or vehicle
tires.
C.
Any compost pile which is of such a nature as
to spread or harbor disease, emit unpleasant odors or gas, or attract
rodents, vermin or other disease-carrying pests, animals or insects.
D.
Any unsanitary matter or materials.
F.
Tree trimmings, brush, or shrubbery trimmings,
grass clippings, trees, brush or shrubbery or portions thereof severed
from their roots or uprooted trees, brush or shrubbery.
SOLID WASTE
Unwanted or discarded material, including garbage with insufficient
content to be free flowing.
WEEDS
Wild and useless plants growing at random in inappropriate
locations.
The Town shall be reimbursed for the cost of
the work performed or services rendered by direction of the Town Supervisor,
as herein provided, by assessment and levy upon the lots or parcels
of land wherein such work was performed or such services rendered,
and the expenses so assessed shall constitute a lien and charge on
the real property on which they are levied until paid or otherwise
satisfied or discharged and shall be collected in the same manner
and at the same time as other Town charges.