[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sagaponack 10-15-2007
by L.L. No. 27-2007. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
Consistent with the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code and the standards contained therein, it is hereby declared
that all improved properties shall be maintained in conformity with the provisions
in the Village of this chapter so as to assure the desirable character of
the property, to prevent blight and the spread thereof and to prevent hazards
to the public health, safety and welfare. Properties used for bona fide agricultural
production shall not be construed as improved properties for purposes of this
chapter.
B.
Standards.
(1)
Surface and subsurface water shall be appropriately drained
to protect buildings and structures, to prevent damage to adjacent property
and to prevent the development of stagnant ponds. Swimming pools, spas, hot
tubs and other structures erected for recreational use shall be maintained
so as to avoid the stagnation of the water contained therein.
(2)
Stops, walks, driveways, parking spaces and appurtenances
and other paved areas shall be maintained so as to afford safe passage for
pedestrian traffic and motor vehicle traffic under normal use and weather
conditions. Holes or other hazards shall be immediately filled or otherwise
repaired or replacements effected. All off-street commercial parking facilities
paved with impervious materials shall be swept and shall have properly maintained
visible pavement markings.
(3)
All landscaping shall be maintained so that lawns, hedges,
bushes and trees shall be kept trimmed and free from becoming overgrown and
unsightly, constituting an unsafe condition or blight.
(4)
All garbage, crates, rubbish, refuse or debris shall
be kept inside the building or buildings on the premises, or in an acceptable
enclosed container, and shall be regularly collected and removed from the
premises.
(5)
Yards, courts, play areas and vacant lots shall be kept
clean and free of physical hazards. They shall be maintained in a manner that
will prevent rubbish from being blown about the neighborhood. Open wells,
cesspools or cisterns shall be securely closed or barricaded to prevent access
by the public.
(6)
The owner of a vacated building shall take such steps
and perform such acts as may be required of him from time to time to ensure
that the building and its adjoining yards remain safe and secure and do not
present a hazard to adjoining property or to the public.
(7)
A junked vehicle may not be parked, stored or left in the open but shall be stored in a suitable enclosed location inside a building or behind a fence which suitably screens such junked vehicle from view. "Junked vehicle," for the purposes of this chapter, shall be defined as any vehicle, including a trailer, which is without a currently valid license plate or plates and is in such a rusted, wrecked, discarded, dismantled, partly dismantled, inoperative or abandoned condition as to be no longer intended or in condition for legal use on the public highways. The Building Inspector shall make the final determination as to whether any particular vehicle shall be classified as a "junked vehicle," consistent with Chapter 219 of the Village Code.
(8)
All lights, lighting stanchions, utility poles and other
appurtenances situated on commercial property shall be suitably maintained
in a safe condition so as to prevent hazards to the public health, safety
and welfare.
(9)
Exterior facades shall at all times be kept free of graffiti
or any other defacement.
Violations of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both, for each
violation.
Where the standards enumerated in § 164-1B are violated with regard to a property, the Board of Trustees shall have the right to direct appropriate agencies of the Village to take proper actions to bring the property into conformance with the standards of this chapter after the owner of the land has been notified by registered or certified mail at the address shown on the last previous assessment roll of the violation of the standards of this chapter and if such violation is not corrected by or on behalf of such owner 30 days after receipt of such notice. Said notice shall state specifically which standards have been violated. All costs and expenses incurred by the Village in performing this work shall be assessed against the land on which such work is performed and be added to the tax bill applicable to said property for the next taxable period.
