[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of East
Rockaway 5-26-1941 as §§ 50, 53, 56, 60,
61 and 62 of the General Ordinances; amended in its entirety at time of adoption
of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 77.
Amusement devices — See Ch. 81.
Boats — See Ch. 96.
Dogs and other animals — See Ch. 118.
Public entertainments — See Ch. 134.
Garage sales — See Ch. 156.
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 161.
Gardeners and landscapers — See Ch. 165.
Hawking, soliciting and vending — See Ch. 171.
Junk dealers — See Ch. 181.
Licenses and permits — See Ch. 187.
Noise — See Ch. 194.
Parks — See Ch. 208.
Pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers — See Ch. 212.
No person or persons shall make, cause or permit to be made any unusual,
improper or loud noise or disturbance in any street or public place or premises
adjacent thereto tending to annoy, inconvenience or disturb any person or
persons upon any street or public place or premises adjacent thereto in the
village, or engage in any noisy, disorderly or riotous conduct on or adjacent
to any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon premises adjacent thereto
tending to annoy, inconvenience or disturb any person or persons upon any
street or public place, or any premises adjacent thereto; nor shall any person
make, cause or permit to be made any unusual, improper or loud noise or disturbance
tending to disrupt, or disrupting any lawful meeting or assemblage in the
village.
No person shall throw any stones, balls, missiles, frisbees, discs,
bundles of newspapers, packages or other objects on, over or across any sidewalk
or use any slingshots, bows and arrows or air rifles within or upon any street,
sidewalk or public place in the village.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons in the village to stand,
lounge or remain upon any sidewalk, street, public parking field or area,
lobby or entrance to any public building or buildings wherein the public shall
be invited to congregate, in such manner as to interfere with public passage
upon the sidewalk or in or about any building or public parking field, or
to cause annoyance, inconvenience or delay to persons lawfully using such
buildings, hallways, streets or public parking fields, or any premises adjacent
thereto, or within 100 yards thereof.
Pursuant to and subject to the limitations provided in Article 2, § 7,
of the General Business Law of the State of New York, baseball, shows and
motion pictures shall be permitted in the Village of East Rockaway, except
that no game of baseball shall be permitted to be played in said village on
the first day of the week within 500 feet of any church, synagogue or place
of meeting or worship of any religious society or organization at a time when
any religious service is being held in any such church, synagogue or place
of meeting or worship or within 500 feet of any cemetery of any portion thereof.
A.
No person shall trespass or go upon private property
in any place in the village except upon invitation, express or implied, of
the owner or occupant of the property; nor shall any person damage, pluck
or interfere with any flowers, plants, shrubs or trees or other property on
any private property in the village or in any park, playground or other public
property nor along any street or highway in the village.
B.
Any person violating any of the provisions of the foregoing
section shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $25 for each offense.
A.
No person shall deface, mar, injure or damage any trees,
shrubs, flower beds, public buildings or any other property of the village
or go upon any garden plots, flower beds, grass plots or otherwise posted
by the village or do or cause any damage to any property, buildings or apparatus
belonging to the village.
B.
Any person violating any of the foregoing provisions
shall be subject to a fine of not more than $250 and, in addition thereto,
shall be liable for the costs of repair of any such damage.
A female is guilty of exposure when, in a public place in the Village
of East Rockaway, she appears clothed or costumed in such a manner that the
portion of her breast below the top of the areola is not covered with a fully
opaque covering. Exposure of a female is a violation.
A person is guilty of promoting the exposure of a female in the Village
of East Rockaway when he knowingly conducts, maintains, owns, manages, operates
or furnishes any public premises or place where a female appears clothed or
costumed in such a manner that the portion of her breast below the top of
the areola is not covered with a fully opaque covering.
It shall be unlawful for any person over the age of 12 years to play
ball on premises commonly referred to as the "village complex," Fifth Avenue
and Williamson Street, in the Village of East Rockaway, which property is
referred to as Section 26, Block 13, Lot No. 106. of the Tax Map of the Village
of East Rockaway.
Except as otherwise provided herein, any person committing an offense
against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty
of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable
by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense
against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the
offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
