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Village of East Rockaway, NY
Nassau County
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No person, except children under the age of 10 years, shall ride any bicycle, tricycle, motorcycle or vehicle of any kind or character on any path, sidewalk, lane or crosswalk in the Village.
[Amended 8-10-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
A. 
No person shall ride any bicycle, tricycle, motorcycle or vehicle propelled by foot or motor power in the nighttime upon any street in the Village unless the same is equipped with a light conforming to the requirements of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
B. 
Every bicycle or tricycle shall have attached thereto a bell or horn which can be heard for a distance of 100 feet, and no such bell shall be of a size exceeding three inches in diameter. Bicycles or tricycles shall carry, between sunset and sunrise, a white light showing ahead of said bicycle or tricycle of sufficient power to be visible not less than 30 feet in front thereof and, in addition thereto, shall carry a red light or reflector on the rear thereof conforming to the requirement for reflectors on automobiles.
C. 
No bicycle, tricycle or other vehicle in the Village shall be equipped with any horn or sound-making device or bell designed to simulate or simulating the sound of any fire apparatus, ambulance or police car.
It shall be unlawful to play games or to coast on any sled, cart or other vehicle upon any path, track, crosswalk. lane, street or sidewalk in the Village unless such street is closed and set aside by the order of the Board for such purpose.
The Board may from time to time direct that certain streets or portions thereof shall be closed during the making or repairs or otherwise, and such streets shall be suitably marked with signs. Streets so marked shall be closed to all traffic, except to persons owning or residing in dwellings upon such street, and such streets may be entered only by such persons, or those having needful business with persons, occupying premises on such street. Persons who are permitted to enter a closed street for any purpose shall enter the same at the nearest intersection to their destination and shall leave such closed street at the first intersection available.
[Amended 8-10-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987; 12-10-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018; 4-8-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
The fees to be charged under the provisions of this chapter shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for persons to assemble in any street or on any sidewalk, crosswalk, alley or street corner in the Village or to suffer or to cause such assemblage, or to take part in, conduct or to suffer or to cause any parade or demonstration in any Village street, sidewalk, alley or street corner, park or public place, except as hereinafter provided.
B. 
No store or shop, through a loudspeaker device, mechanical device, show or display or any form of window display, shall conduct the same in such a manner or suffer the same to be conducted so that an unreasonable number of persons shall be caused to assemble upon any sidewalk, street, highway or alley in the Village. No window tapping devices shall be installed or used.
C. 
No person conducting a store or business, for advertising or for any other purpose, shall install in any store, building, street or vacant lot any loudspeaking device or voice-amplifying device connected with any radio, victrola or other sound-making device so placed as to cause the sound thereof or any voice to be projected to or upon any street or sidewalk or public place in the Village, and no sound truck or similar device shall be used, parked or moved through any of the streets of the Village except upon a permit issued therefor as hereinafter provided.
D. 
The carrying of commercial advertising signs or sandwich men on any sidewalk or street in the Village is hereby prohibited.
E. 
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit lawful assemblages had with the permission and regulation of the Board nor reasonable nor orderly picketing lawfully conducted.
F. 
A permit may be issued by the Village Clerk for a public assemblage, demonstration or parade in the streets of the Village upon application made in writing as provided in Chapter 187, Licenses and Permits, § 187-4. Such permit shall be granted only on the direction of the Board and shall be subject to regulation by the Board, and such permit shall specify and limit the time and place of such public assemblage or parade. No such public assemblage or parade shall be conducted at any place except as specified in such permit. The Board may require that in such public assemblages or parades, the American flag shall at all times be prominently displayed.
(1) 
A permit fee shall be required for each public assemblage or parade, except that such fee may be waived by the Board for the Fire Department of the Village and for any Memorial Day parade, and no permit shall be required of the United States Army nor any naval or military organizations of the United States or the State of New York.
(2) 
No permit shall be granted by the Board where there is good reason to believe that the proposed assemblage or parade will be disorderly or tend to disturb the public peace, or to any organization or group of persons organized for or professing to favor the overthrow of the form of government of the United States by force.
G. 
The chief officers of any procession, parade, demonstration or public assemblage for which a permit may be granted by the Board shall be responsible for the strict observance of all rules and regulations and restrictions included in such permit or in this chapter.
H. 
In the discretion of the Board, by resolution, a permit may be granted permitting the use of a sound truck or loudspeaking device in the streets of the Village in connection with a public celebration or otherwise. Application may be made as provided in Chapter 187, Licenses and Permits, § 187-4. Such permit shall specify the time and the streets through which such sound truck or loudspeaking device may be moved or used, and a permit fee of $25 per day or any part thereof during which such permission is granted shall be paid. The Board may waive the payment of such fee when such sound truck is used in connection with a public celebration or for a charitable purpose.
I. 
Any person being the chief officer and any person participating in a procession or parade, or using the street for public assemblage or demonstration, who shall violate the regulations, conditions and restrictions of a permit therefor or shall conduct an assemblage or parade without a permit, or at any other time or place than specified in such permit, or permit such assembly or parade to be conducted in a disorderly manner or in violation of this chapter, shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 250-50.
J. 
Any person who shall operate a sound truck or loudspeaking device as provided in § 250-46H without a permit therefor or in any manner in violation of the conditions of such permit shall be liable to a fine of not more than $250 for each offense.
No person shall distribute, or cause to be distributed, throw or suffer to be thrown or scattered any form of paper, handbill, advertisement or printed matter in the streets of the Village except to hand such paper, handbill, advertisement or printed matter to persons willing to accept the same, and no person shall distribute, permit or cause to be distributed such paper, handbill, advertisement or printed matter by placing the same in or upon any parked automobile at any place in the Village or place such paper, handbill, advertisement or printed matter so that the same will be likely to litter the streets and sidewalks of the Village.
A. 
No person shall post or cause to be posted or nail or cause to be nailed or otherwise secure any paper, handbill, advertisement, card or printed matter upon any structure, building, fence, pole, tree, railing, wall or otherwise in any public street or public park or place in the Village or otherwise damage, destroy or deface any lampposts, traffic sign or signal, hydrant or street marker, telegraph pole or tree, hedge, fence or wall in the Village.
B. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to legal notices required to be posted by law, posted at such places as may be designated by the Village Clerk.
[Amended 8-10-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987; 12-10-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018; 4-8-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
The fees to be charged under the provisions of this chapter shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
A. 
No banner or other advertising sign or device shall be strung or erected or maintained across any street in the Village, except that a permit may be issued upon the authority of a resolution of the Board for the temporary erection of a banner across the street. Application for such permit shall be made as provided in Chapter 187, Licenses and Permits, § 187-4, and there shall be a permit fee for each banner. The permit fee may be waived by the Board where banners are strung across streets in connection with a public celebration or for a charitable purpose.
B. 
Any person who shall string, erect or maintain any such banner, advertising sign or other device across any street in the Village, except upon a permit therefor, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $250 for each offense.
[Amended 8-10-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person committing an offense against any provision of this article 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 article shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.