[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Bedford 12-13-1960.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Firearms, bows and trapping — See Ch. 57.
[Amended 4-17-2001]
This chapter shall be known as the "Trespassing and Public Urinating
and Defecating Ordinance of the Town of Bedford," for the prevention of trespass
to public and private property and to prevent urination and defecation in
public places.
[Amended 4-17-2001]
A.
A person who intrudes upon any lot or parcel of private
land within the bounds of the Town of Bedford, exclusive of that portion lying
within the bounds of the Incorporated Village of Mount Kisco, without authority
from the owner thereof, or who erects or occupies thereon any structure whatever
without such authority, and a person who places, erects or occupies within
the bounds of any public property any structure without lawful authority is
guilty of an offense.
B.
No person shall urinate or defecate in any public place.
For purposes of this section, the term "public place" shall mean any highway,
street, alley, sidewalk, park, playground, parking area or lot, shopping center,
public building, transportation facility, school, mall, hallways, lobbies
or other portions of apartment houses or hotels not constituting rooms or
apartments designed for actual residence or any other public facility or ground,
whether vacant or improved, or any other place to which the public or substantial
group of persons has access, but excluding restrooms.
[Amended 12-19-1978; 5-1-1984
by L.L. No. 2-1984]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine not to exceed the sum of $250 and/or imprisonment for no more than 15
days, or both.
