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Village of Scarsdale, NY
Westchester County
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[Amended 6-28-1966; 3-14-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989; 6-28-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016; 11-13-2018 by L.L. No. 6-2018; 6-9-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020; 10-13-2020 by L.L. No. 4-2020; 1-12-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021; 11-23-2021 by L.L. No. 9-2021; 2-28-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023]
A. 
No person shall obstruct any street, sidewalk, public easement or other public place without first securing a written permit from the Village Engineer and complying with such regulations affecting obstructions as the Village Engineer may prescribe. The Village Engineer's decision to grant or deny a permit application shall be made within three business days after a completed permit application has been received by the Village. No owner or lessee of any premises in the Village shall permit any goods, wares or merchandise owned or controlled by him to be kept, stored, displayed or sold on or directly above any sidewalk adjoining such premises. No owner or lessee of any premises in the Village shall permit any refuse or waste from such premises to be kept or stored on or directly above any sidewalk adjoining such premises without first securing a written permit from the Village Manager and complying with such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed in such written permit.
B. 
Notwithstanding anything contained in Chapter 245 of this Code or Subsection A above to the contrary, any owner or lessee of any premises operated as a retail store, food service establishment or sidewalk café as such terms are defined in this Village Code, or as a nonresidential use occupying any ground floor street-facing space, located in the Village Center and/or adjacent to any retail or food service establishment property in other areas of the Village, shall be permitted to display and/or sell on or directly above any sidewalk or other public space its goods, wares or merchandise, food and beverages subject to such owner or lessee obtaining a revocable permit for same from the Village Engineer at the Village Engineer’s sole discretion. Further, any owner or lessee of any nonresidential use occupying any space above a ground floor shall be permitted to place, on or directly above any sidewalk or other public space, a table for the pickup or dropoff of goods, wares or merchandise, provided such table shall not impede the view of or access to any ground floor establishment as referenced hereinabove, and subject to such owner or lessee obtaining a revocable permit for same from the Village Engineer at the Village Engineer’s discretion. Such permit shall be subject to any limitations or conditions of any executive order, or equivalent, issued by the Governor of New York or the Westchester County Executive.
C. 
Section 256-1B shall automatically expire on December 31, 2023, unless sooner repealed by the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 3-14-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989]
No person shall, without first securing a written permit from the Village Engineer, erect or cause to be erected or change the location of any telephone, telegraph or electric light or electric transmission pole in or string any wires or construct any conduit over or upon any public street, sidewalk, park or other public place.
No person shall throw or cause to be thrown in any street, park or other public place or in any public drain, ditch or watercourse any rubbish or other solid matter or cause any obstruction or injury to any such drain, ditch or watercourse or divert or stop the flow thereof.