[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Skaneateles 7-25-1966
by L.L. No. 2-1966. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is hereby declared and found that storage of abandoned, junked, discarded,
dismantled or unlicensed motor vehicles in and upon privately owned or occupied
property within the Village of Skaneateles is a matter affecting the public
interest; that it constitutes a nuisance in that health, fire and safety hazards
are created thereby; and that consequently this matter is subject to supervision
and control for the purposes of safeguarding the public health, safety and
general welfare of the residents of the Village of Skaneateles and for the
preservation of peace and good order, the benefit of trade, the prevention
and extinguishment of fires and explosions, and the abatement of attractive
nuisances to children and perils to their safety within the Village of Skaneateles.
It is hereby declared that the adoption of this chapter has for its purpose
the effective termination of such obnoxious practices.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either as
owner, lessee, tenant, occupant, agent or other person in any capacity, to
store, or to consent or permit to be stored, an abandoned, junked, discarded,
dismantled or unlicensed motor vehicle on any vacant lot or parcel of land
within the Village of Skaneateles. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed
to prohibit the parking of any vehicle covered by this chapter in a private
garage or enclosed building within the Village of Skaneateles or to prohibit
the storage of any new or used motor vehicle, in workable condition, upon
display for sale in any area properly zoned for the business of selling new
or used motor vehicles.
If the provisions of the foregoing section are violated, the Village
Clerk/Treasurer shall serve written notice, either personally or by mail,
upon the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant, agent, or other person having charge
of any such lot or parcel of land to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
The notice shall be in substantially the following form:
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To the owner, occupant, or other person having charge of the lot or
parcel of land known on the Assessment Roll of the Village of Skaneateles
as Lot(s) __________, Number(s) ___________, Block __________, or known as
Number __________ Street or Avenue.
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Notice is hereby given that an abandoned, junked, discarded, dismantled,
or unlicensed motor vehicle has been found stored upon the above-described
property in the Village of Skaneateles.
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This automobile must be removed within five days from the date of service
of this notice.
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In case you fail or refuse to comply with this notice on or before the
expiration of said five days from the date of service of this notice, the
Village of Skaneateles, acting through its duly authorized agents, servants,
officers or employees, will enter upon your land and remove and cause the
same to be destroyed. The expense incurred by the Village will be assessed
against the above-described land and shall constitute a lien thereon and be
collected as provided by law.
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Dated
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Village Clerk/Treasurer
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Any owner, lessee, tenant, occupant, agent, or other person who shall
neglect and refuse to remove said abandoned, junked, discarded and unlicensed
motor vehicle, as directed by this chapter, or who shall fail or refuse to
comply with the provisions of any notice herein provided for, or who shall
violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or who shall resist or obstruct
the duly authorized agents, servants, officers and employees of the Village
in the removal and destruction thereof, shall be, upon conviction thereof,
fined a sum of not exceeding $100 for each violation thereof.
