[Adopted 11-13-1957 as Ch. 26 of the General Ordinances, approved 11-15-1957]
No person shall obstruct, hinder or interfere with, or aid or
assist in obstructing, hindering or interfering with, any officer
of the City in the performance of his duty.[1]
No person shall willfully injure, destroy, damage or deface
any property, real or personal, belonging to the City.
A.
No person shall litter, sweep, throw, cast or lay, or direct any
servant, agent, employee or other person under his control to litter,
sweep, throw, cast or lay, any rubbish or refuse of any kind, including
but not limited to ashes, offal, garbage, cinders, shells, straw,
shavings, paper, leaves, dirt, filth, broken glassware, crockery,
bottles, tacks, sticks, stones or any fruit or vegetables or any part
or portion thereof, in or upon any building, street, gutter, public
place, sidewalk, vacant lot or plot, whether privately or municipally
owned.
[Amended 12-2-1968, approved 12-3-1968]
B.
Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or person in charge of any
building or premises shall keep and cause to be kept free from litter,
rubbish, leaves, garbage, refuse, bottles, cans, broken glassware,
dirt, filth, obstructions, encumbrances and nuisances of any kind,
the sidewalk flagging, curbstone and gutter abutting said building
or premises.
[Added 12-2-1968, approved 12-3-1968]
C.
No person, being the owner or in charge of or in control of any vehicle
or any receptacle, shall scatter, drop or spill, or permit to be scattered,
dropped or spilled therefrom, any dirt, sand, gravel, clay, loam,
stone or building rubbish, hay, straw, sawdust, shavings or other
material of any sort, or manufacturing, trade or household waste,
refuse, rubbish of any sort, or ashes, manure, garbage or other organic
refuse, or permit the same to be blown therefrom, in or upon any street
or public place.
[Amended 6-22-1960, approved 6-23-1960]
A.
No person shall place upon any street or sidewalk any paper, shavings, excelsior, hay, packing, rubbish, limbs of trees, leaves, grass, weeds, rags, brush or other waste material or substances unless the same be placed in receptacles or bundles for removal in accordance with requirements of § 140-2 of the Code of the City of Mount Vernon, New York.
B.
No person shall place or cause to be placed or leave on the sidewalk
or street in front of or in the entrance or hallway of any store,
commercial building or factory any paper, packing, rubbish, vegetables,
garbage or other waste material or substances between the hours of
6:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. during weekdays nor at any time during any
Sunday or holiday.
C.
No person shall burn within the limits of any park area any material
of any kind.
A.
No person shall prevent, hinder or interfere with any employee or
licensee of the City in the sweeping or cleaning of any street or
in the removal therefrom of sweepings, ashes, garbage, trash, snow,
ice or refuse material; nor shall any person interfere or tamper with
any equipment or signs used in connection therewith.
B.
No person other than an authorized employee or licensee of the City
shall disturb or remove any ashes, garbage, refuse or rubbish placed
for removal.
No person shall permit slops, sewage or any kind of filth to
run into any street.
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
No person shall sell or offer for sale any prize package of
merchandise in any form having a value which is uncertain and dependent
upon some unknown quantity of money or other property said to be contained
therein or therewith.
[Amended 4-13-1960, approved 4-19-1960; 1-25-1984, approved 1-26-1984]
A.
Unless otherwise permitted by law, all processions and parades over
any public streets or places are prohibited unless a prior written
permit signed by the Mayor is obtained. Such permit shall designate
the street or streets or public places over which processions and
parades may move as well as the day and hours thereof.
B.
Application for such permit shall be made to the City Clerk accompanied
by a fee of $100 for such permit and the filing of a certificate of
insurance to be approved by the Corporation Counsel in the sum of
$500,000, with the City of Mount Vernon as additional insured, conditioned
for the payment of any loss, damage or injury resulting to persons
or property by reason of carelessness or negligence on the part of
the applicant, its servants, agents or employees.
C.
The provisions of this section as to the filing of a certificate
of insurance and the payment of a fee shall not apply to religious
or funeral processions, political parades, parades of departments
of the government of the City of Mount Vernon, parades sponsored by
the Board of Education of the Mount Vernon School District or parades
of United States military forces and local posts or chapters of veterans
organizations and their auxiliaries designated in § 183
of the Military Law of the State of New York.
D.
The Memorial Day Parade, the Independence Day Celebration, the Veterans
Day Parade and any other regularly scheduled patriotic service or
procession dedicated to the memory of American war veterans and sanctioned
by the City of Mount Vernon shall not be canceled or adjourned without
the prior consent of the Mayor. A parade, procession or service may
be canceled or adjourned only when, in the determination of the Mayor,
the proposed parade, procession or service will present a danger to
the safety and well-being of the participants, observers or citizens
of this community or upon such other grounds which in the opinion
of the Mayor may be deemed in the best interests of the general public.
[Added 12-9-1964, approved 12-10-1964]
No person shall smoke or carry a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe
or match, or spit or litter paper, debris or rubbish in and upon any
public bus used for the conveyance of passengers over any and all
routes, for the operation of which a franchise or terminable permit
has been granted by the City of Mount Vernon. A copy of this section
shall be conspicuously displayed in each bus operated and used for
the transportation of passengers within the City of Mount Vernon.
[Added 7-26-1978, approved 7-27-1978; amended 9-8-1999, approved 9-9-1999]
No person shall drink, or possess any open container of, beer,
wine or other intoxicating beverage on any public street, public sidewalk,
public alley, public highway, public playground or public parking
area.
[Added 6-22-1960, approved 6-23-1960]
[Added 5-26-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993, approved 6-10-1993]
A person is guilty of exposure if he appears in a public place
in such a manner that the private or intimate parts of his body are
unclothed or exposed. For purposes of this section, the private or
intimate parts of a female person shall include that portion of the
breast which is below the top of the areola. This section shall not
apply to the breastfeeding of infants but shall apply to any person
entertaining or performing in a play, exhibition, show or entertainment.
[Added 5-26-1993 by L.L. No. 4-1993, approved 6-10-1993]
A person is guilty of promoting the exposure of a person when
he knowingly conducts, maintains, owns, manages, operates or furnishes
any public premises or place where a person in a public place appears
in such a manner that the private or intimate parts of his body are
unclothed or exposed. For purposes of this section, the private or
intimate parts of a female person shall include that portion of the
breast which is below the top of the areola. This section shall not
apply to the breastfeeding of infants but shall apply to any person
entertaining or performing in a play, exhibition, show or entertainment.
