This article shall be cited and may be referred
to as the "Property Maintenance Law of the Village of Airmont."
The Village Board of the Village of Airmont
hereby determines it is necessary for the health, safety, appearance
and general welfare of the residents of the Village of Airmont to
provide a method whereby vacant lots, improved properties and public
lands within the Village of Airmont are kept clean, properly maintained
and kept free from vermin, nuisances, hazards, debris and litter.
For the purpose of this article, terms used
herein are defined as follows:
DUMPSTER, CONTAINER or ENCLOSURE
An enclosed area or otherwise covered container for the temporary
collection and storage of a nuisance, hazard, debris and litter as
defined herein.
NUISANCE, HAZARD, DEBRIS and LITTER
Any waste material including but not limited to garbage or
other putrescrible substance, refuse, rubbish, inoperable vehicles
and parts, discarded furniture, appliances, water heaters, bottles,
cans, building or construction materials or supplies when stored outside
on a site where no active construction is taking place or discarded
or strewn papers or material or other junk substances, tree stumps,
tree trunks, branches or limbs that have fallen or been cut down,
or any other matter attractive to vermin, likely to breed disease,
present a fire hazard, create offensive odors or otherwise be prejudicial
to good health or being so unsightly of appearances as to be offensive
to surroundings.
VEHICLE
A car, truck, camper, van, boat, boat trailer, commercial
trailer, motorcycle, go-cart or any other motorized or nonmotorized
object which has as its main purpose the storage or movement of people
or animals.
All owners, occupants or tenants of any privately
owned property within the Village of Airmont shall maintain grass
or other ground cover, trees and shrubbery in a safe and attractive
condition, free of noxious weeds and otherwise free of nuisance, hazard,
debris, litter and unsightly materials. For the purposes of this provision,
all grass or other ground cover shall be kept trimmed to a height
of no greater than 10 inches. The dead or diseased trees or any portion
thereof which present any hazard to life or property all be removed.
Trees, tree branches or shrubs that have been cut or that have fallen
shall also be removed. No owner, tenant, or occupant shall blow leaves
or other debris onto adjacent property or property lines. The failure
to maintain property as required by this section shall be deemed an
offense.
The owner tenant or occupant of any property located within the Village of Airmont shall not park, permit or allow the exterior parking or storage of any registered and unregistered vehicle or vehicles in any manner which would violate Chapter
210, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Airmont. The failure of any owner, occupant or tenant to comply with the requirements of Chapter
210, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Airmont shall be deemed an offense under this section.
All gas stations, service stations, auto repair
shops and stores engaged in the sale of auto parts and/or the repair
of motor vehicles shall construct a durable container, shed or solidly
fenced-in area for the storage of all miscellaneous motor vehicle
parts, such as tires, mufflers, batteries, etc., such list not being
all-inclusive. No storage outside these areas shall be permitted.
The container and its location must be approved by the Building Inspector
or his representative and be at least six feet in height and its contents
not visible from the street.