[Adopted 10-10-1962]
[Amended 4-23-1964]
As used in this article, the following words or phrases shall have the following meaning:
PRIVATE PROPERTY
All property, improved or unimproved, owned by any municipal corporation, corporation, person, partnership, association, firm or otherwise, which is not included in Subsections A and B of § 159-2 of this article.
PUBLIC HIGHWAY
Any street open to the public for its full width from property line to property line, including the sidewalk area, whether or not installed.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any property available to, or open to use by, all or a majority of the property owners or residents of the Village of Atlantic Beach.
TRESPASS
Any entrance, invasion, intrusion or encroachment by vehicle or otherwise, upon, in or to any property, without the permission or consent of the owner or lessee of such property.
[Amended 4-23-1964; 2-9-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998]
No person shall do, perform, suffer, cause or permit, and it shall be unlawful for any person to do, perform, suffer, cause or permit, any of the following acts or things within the corporate limits of the Village of Atlantic Beach:
A. 
Use or indulge in offensive, threatening, noisy, disorderly or riotous conduct or hawking, as set forth in § 240.20 of the Penal Law.
B. 
Gather, congregate or loiter on the public highways, private places or doorways or stairways adjacent thereto in such manner as to impede traffic, pedestrians or passersby, as set forth in §§ 240.20 and 240.35 of the Penal Law.
C. 
Gather, congregate or loiter on the public highway or public places and refuse to move when ordered to do so by a police officer, as set forth in §§ 240.20 and 240.35 of the Penal Law.
D. 
Use any profane, obscene or indecent language upon or audible upon any public highway or public place, as set forth in § 240.20 of the Penal Law.
E. 
Blow or sound any horn, whistles, bells or other sound-producing device so as to unreasonably disturb and destroy the peace and quiet of the Village or of a person or persons therein, except for the purposes of and reasonably necessary for the sounding of a warning; or to operate any power-driven machine, tool or boat so as to unreasonably disturb or destroy the peace and quiet of the Village or of a person or persons therein, except for the purpose of and reasonably necessary for the lawful construction of a building or improvement.
F. 
Operate any power or manual equipment or perform any construction earlier than 8:00 a.m. on weekdays and earlier than 9:00 a.m. on Saturday or later than 6:00 p.m. on any day; or operate any power or manual equipment or perform any construction on weekends from June 1 through the second weekend in September, including Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day and all legal holidays throughout the year, except for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Columbus Day, Presidents' Day, Election Day, Veterans Day and the day after Thanksgiving.
[Amended 4-14-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997; 3-8-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004;8-8-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005; 11-14-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022]
G. 
Discharge or fire a gun, pistol or firearm except when done by or under the express direction of a police officer, as set forth in § 265.35 of the Penal Law.
H. 
Discharge, operate or possess any fireworks not in conformance with provisions of § 405.00 of the Penal Law.
I. 
Use any public or municipally owned property, or act thereon, in violation of and contrary to any rules or regulations posted thereon, or deface, alter or remove any public or municipally owned property, as set forth in Article 145 of the Penal Law.
J. 
Commit any indecent, lewd, immodest, immoral or vulgar act or gesture on any public highway or public place, as set forth in §§ 240.20 and 245.00 of the Penal Law.
K. 
Expose, display, post, exhibit, paint, place, print, or mark any placard, poster, words, picture or advertisement of a lewd, indecent, immodest, vulgar or immoral character or which is of a type calculated to shock the sense of decency or propriety, upon, or visible from, any public highway or public place, as set forth in § 245.00 of the Penal Law.
L. 
Make or raise a false cry of fire, shark, drowning or other emergency or request or cause to be sounded a false alarm of fire, shark, drowning or other emergency, as set forth in § 240.50 of the Penal Law.
M. 
Burn any waste paper, rubbish, leaves, driftwood, cuttings or other waste materials except by written permit of the Mayor or Village Clerk under such conditions as may be imposed by such permit, as set forth in 6 NYCRR 215.
N. 
Fail to bring any motor vehicle operated by or under the physical control of such persons to or close to the curb or sidewalk upon the approach of any fire truck or apparatus while same is responding to or returning from a fire alarm, as set forth in § 195.15 of the Penal Law and §§ 1217 and 1202 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
O. 
While in control of any motor vehicle, pass any fire truck or apparatus while same is responding to or returning from a fire alarm or fail to remove such vehicle from the vicinity of any fire hydrant when ordered to do so by any Fire Department officer, as set forth in § 195.15 of the Penal Law and §§ 1217 and 1202 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
P. 
Trespass on any public place or private property, as set forth in Article 140 of the Penal Law.
Q. 
Suffer or permit a vehicle owned by such person to be parked or left unattended upon private property without the consent of the owner or lessee thereof, as set forth in § 195.15 of the Penal Law and §§ 1217 and 1202 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
R. 
No person or other legal entity engaging in a business within the Village of Atlantic Beach, which business primarily or incidentally features the provision of items to patrons or customers for off-premises consumption or use, shall provide such items to patrons or customers within a bag which is not biodegradable. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any plastic bag used for such provision is not biodegradable, unless the bag has a manufacturer's or distributor's mark or other sufficient and accurate indication thereon that the plastic bag is biodegradable. This Subsection R shall apply to all existing and future businesses in the Village, and shall be effective and enforceable commencing January 1, 2019.
[Added 9-17-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
[Amended 11-14-1973; 2-9-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998]
Any person or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article, or fail to comply therewith, or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall build or alter or use any building or land in violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted and approved hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or both. Each day's continued violation shall constitute a separate additional violation. The owner or owners or lessee of any building or premises, or part thereof, where anything in violation of this article shall be placed, or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith, and who have assisted in the commission of any such violation, shall each be guilty of a separate offense and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as herein provided.