It is hereby declared to be the policy of the
Village Board to provide for the proper use of land to prevent unhealthful,
hazardous or dangerous conditions due to the accumulation of brush,
grass, rubbish or weeds or growth of poisonous shrubs or weeds and
to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the residents
of this village. By this chapter the Village Board seeks to remove
such dangers to health, life and property by requiring owners to cut,
trim or remove brush, grass, rubbish or weeds, or to spray with herbicides,
cut, trim, remove or destroy poisonous shrubs or weeds, and upon default
cause the same to be done and assess the costs against the real properties
on which such brush, grass, rubbish, shrubs or weeds are found.
The Village Board may from time to time by resolution
require notice to be served upon owners as hereinafter provided to
remedy any of the foregoing conditions which may exist upon the land
pursuant to the authority vested in said Village Board of the Village
of Elmsford under § 4-412 of the Village Law of the State
of New York, as amended, and §§ 10 and 20 of the Municipal
Home Rule Law of the State of New York.