[Adopted as Ch. 180, Art. II of the 1976
Code]
[Amended 2-4-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003; 2-17-2004 by L.L. No.
6-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person, being the
owner or driver of a motor vehicle being used for the transportation
of petroleum, petroleum products or bituminous products, to drop,
spill or release or permit to be dropped, spilled or released from
said vehicle any petroleum, petroleum products or bituminous products
on any public street, sidewalk, promenade, or other public place within
the Village.
[Amended 2-4-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
[Amended 2-17-2004 by L.L. No. 6-2004]
A.
No person or persons shall ride, drive or otherwise
propel any wagon, horse, cart, automobile, motorcycle, tractor, truck,
trailer or other like vehicle or conveyance upon or over any sidewalk,
promenade, or other place reserved for the use of pedestrians within
the Village at any time, except that nothing herein contained shall
be construed to prohibit driving, riding or otherwise propelling any
vehicle or other conveyance across the sidewalk at a place set apart
as an entrance to or exist from abutting property.
B.
No person, except children under the age of 16 years,
shall ride a bicycle, tricycle or other like vehicle upon or over
any sidewalk, promenade, or other place reserved for the use of pedestrians
within the Village at any time.
[Amended 1-22-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 2-4-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003; 10-7-2003 by L.L. No. 14-2003; 2-17-2004 by L.L. No. 6-2004; 10-23-2008 by L.L. No.
8-2008]
A.
No owner, lessee, or occupant of a building, structure
or lot within the Village shall permit any ice or snow to accumulate
upon any streets, sidewalks, promenades, or other public paths set
apart for pedestrians in front of or abutting on said building, structure,
or lot. Every such owner, lessee, and occupant shall:
(1)
Cause any such streets, sidewalks, promenades, or
other public paths to be cleared of snow and ice within 24 hours after
such snow shall have ceased to fall or such ice shall have formed;
and
(2)
At all times keep such streets, sidewalks, promenades,
or other public paths in good and safe repair and keep the same clean
and free from cracks, defects, filth, weeds, and other obstructions
and encumbrances.
B.
Nothing herein shall require an owner, lessee, or
occupant of a building, structure or lot within the Village to clear
or maintain those portions of a public street that have been paved
for vehicular travel and/or parking and are regularly plowed and maintained
by the Village or another municipal entity. In any prosecution of
a violation of this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that
such portion of the street has been paved for vehicular travel and/or
parking and is regularly plowed and maintained by the Village or another
municipal entity.
C.
In addition to and not a limitation of the foregoing,
all owners, lessees, and occupants of buildings, structures or lots
within the Village that front upon or abut a public street shall maintain
the public area between such building, structure or lot and the paved
portion of such public street upon which it fronts or abuts in good
and safe repair and keep the same clean and free from cracks, defects,
filth, weeds, and other obstructions and encumbrances. The paved portion
of such public street, for the purposes of this section, shall include
the curbs, if any.
[Amended 1-22-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 10-7-2003 by L.L. No.
14-2003; 10-23-2008 by L.L. No. 8-2008]
In the event that personal injury or property damage shall result from the failure of an owner, lessee or occupant to comply with the provisions of § 485-5 of this article, said owner, lessee or occupant shall be liable to all persons who are injured or whose property is damaged as a result of such noncompliance.
[Amended 2-4-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003; 2-17-2004 by L.L. No.
6-2004]
No person shall deposit or place or cause to
be deposited or to be placed or aid or abet the depositing or placing,
upon any sidewalk, street, lot or parcel of land within the Village,
any filth, dirt, ashes, garbage, wastepaper, dust, leaves, grass clippings
or rubbish or litter of any kind, except for the purpose of loading
or unloading the same, which must be done without unreasonable delay;
and any person being the owner, lessee or occupant of any house, building,
structure or plot or parcel of land shall not allow any such filth,
dirt, ashes, garbage, wastepaper, dust, leaves, grass clippings or
rubbish or litter of any kind to remain or accumulate upon the streets,
sidewalks, promenades, or other public places in front of or abutting
upon such house, building, structure or plot or parcel of land or
upon the plot or parcel of land of which the said person is the owner,
lessee or occupant.
[Amended 2-4-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
No person shall place or deposit or cause to
be placed or deposited or consent thereto or aid or abet the placing
or depositing of any boxes, goods, wares or merchandise upon any public
street, sidewalk, or other public place or upon any property abutting
upon or adjoining such public street, sidewalk, or other public place
within the Village so as to interfere with the free use thereof, except
for the purpose of loading or unloading the same, which shall be done
without unreasonable delay.
[Amended 7-7-1987 by L.L. No. 12-1987; 2-4-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
A.
No person, persons, firm or corporation shall place,
consent to or cause to be placed or keep or suffer to be kept any
stone, timber, lumber or other materials for building or any box,
barrel or cask or any article or articles, substance or substances,
whatsoever, upon any of the public streets, or other public places
within the Village so as to obstruct or impede in any manner the free
and clear access thereto or passage thereover in a free and unhampered
manner at all times.
B.
However, if it is necessary for the purpose of building
to place any such articles upon any of the public streets or other
public places hereinbefore mentioned, it shall be done only after
a deposit, in such amount as shall be prescribed from time to time
by the Board of Trustees, has been made to guarantee the replacement
of curb, street and sidewalk and a permit therefor has been obtained
from the Village, which permit shall state the purpose, the extent
of area, and the length of time for which it is granted.
[Amended 12-16-2003 by L.L. No. 17-2003]
C.
The person, firm or corporation obtaining such permit
is hereby required to place and maintain, on any such material in
the public streets during the hours between sunset and sunrise, a
sufficient number of lights in appropriate places on said material
to warn the public of the existence thereof in such places.
[Added 7-22-2003 by L.L. No. 11-2003]
A.
No defective vehicle shall be parked on any public
street.
B.
No person shall park or tolerate, suffer, or permit
the parking of a defective vehicle on any public street.
C.
The party in whose name a defective vehicle is registered
shall be strictly liable for a violation of this section if such vehicle
is parked on any public street.
D.
Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a defective
vehicle may be parked and remain parked on a public street for not
in excess of the four-hour period immediately following the accident,
if any, which resulted in the condition that rendered the motor vehicle
a defective motor vehicle. This exception is a true exception and
the burden in any prosecution under this section shall be upon the
defendant to prove that the alleged violation had taken place within
said four-hour period after the accident, and that the accident resulted
in the motor vehicle's alleged defective condition.
E.
DEFECTIVE VEHICLE
MOTOR VEHICLE
Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the
following terms, phrases, and words shall have the following meanings:
A motor vehicle which could not pass a safety inspection
equivalent to that required by § 301 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law of the State of New York, notwithstanding the fact that
an appropriately dated inspection sticker may be affixed to the windshield
of the motor vehicle at the time.
A motor vehicle as defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Law
of the State of New York.
[Added 3-20-2012 by L.L. No. 5-2012]
A.
MAJOR CONSTRUCTION
SUPERINTENDENT
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall mean and include:
All new principal buildings and all such buildings which
are altered in a manner that affects building area in excess of 50%
of the original building area or a total building area in excess of
1,000 square feet. For purposes of this definition, the term "original"
shall be deemed the size of the building on the date when the construction
of the building was first completed or on the date five years before
the instant application, whichever was the last date to occur.
The Village Superintendent of Public Works.
B.
Construction of curbs. Prior to the issuance of a
certificate of occupancy for any major construction, the owner of
the property upon which such major construction occurred shall replace
the curbs or, if there were none, construct curbs along all of the
streets that are in front of and otherwise abut such property; the
intent being that such requirement is only to those portions of the
curbs or, if there are none, at the edges of such streets that are
between such streets and the subject property of the owner.
C.
Waiver. In the sole discretion of the Superintendent,
the requirements set forth in this section may be waived or modified
if the Superintendent, in his or her sole discretion, finds that no
curbing or replacement is required or that, in lieu of total replacement,
such curbing may be replaced and/or repaired in part.
