The Village Board of the Village of Hewlett
Neck hereby determines it is necessary for the health, safety, appearance
and general welfare of the residents of the Village of Hewlett Neck
to provide a method whereby improved properties, public lands and
vacant lots within the Village of Hewlett Neck are kept safe, clean,
properly maintained, and kept free from vermin, noxious growth, nuisances,
hazards, debris and litter.
For the purpose of this chapter, terms used
herein are defined as follows:
DUMPSTER, CONTAINER or ENCLOSURE
An enclosed area or otherwise covered container for the temporary
collection and storage of a nuisance, hazard, debris and litter as
defined herein.
NUISANCE, HAZARD, DEBRIS and LITTER
Any waste material, including but not limited to garbage
or other substance, refuse, rubbish, inoperable vehicles and parts,
discarded furniture, appliances, water heaters, bottles, cans, building
or construction materials or supplies when stored outside on a site
where no active construction is taking place or discarded or strewn
papers or material or other junk substances, tree stumps, free trunks,
branches or limbs that have fallen or been cut down, or any other
matter attractive to vermin, likely to breed disease, present a fire
hazard, create offensive odors or otherwise be prejudicial to good
health or being so unsightly in appearance as to be offensive to surroundings.
[Amended 3-15-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
A. It shall be an offense for any person to abandon, leave, dump, or store or keep any nuisance, hazard, litter, debris or matter attractive to vermin upon any public street or public place or upon any privately owned property within the Village of Hewlett Neck except as permitted by Subsections
B and
C hereof.
B. The owner or person in control of any private property
shall, at all times, maintain the premises free of litter; provided,
however, that this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter
in private receptacles for collection.
C. The owner, tenant or occupant of property being used for residential or commercial purposes located within the Village of Hewlett Neck is hereby required to maintain at all times one or more dumpsters, containers or enclosures of adequate size to temporarily store all nuisance, hazard, debris and litter until removed. The failure to comply with this Subsection
C shall be deemed an offense.
D. It shall
be unlawful for any person or entity, owning or in control of private
property, to cause or permit:
(1) The keeping or storage of a garbage or refuse receptacle or enclosure that may be used for storage of such receptacle, within the front yard setback, as that area is defined in Chapter
195, or within a right-of-way. This restriction shall not apply to receptacles or refuse placed curbside for collection from 5:00 p.m. on the day preceding the day prior to a scheduled date for additional collection requested by any person or entity, owning or in control of private property through 8:00 p.m. on the scheduled collection date; or
(2) Except as permitted in Subsection
D(1) herein, the keeping or storage of garbage, refuse, rubbish, debris, furniture, machinery or equipment, in view from any public street.
All owners, occupants or tenants of any privately
owned property within the Village of Hewlett Neck shall maintain grass
or other ground cover, trees and shrubbery in a safe and attractive
condition, free of noxious weeds and otherwise free of nuisance, hazard,
debris, litter and unsightly materials. For the purposes of this provision,
all grass and other ground cover shall be trimmed to a height of no
greater than eight inches. Dead or diseased trees or any portion thereof
which present any hazard to life or property shall be removed. Trees,
tree branches or shrubs that have been cut or that have fallen shall
also be removed. No owner, tenant, or occupant shall blow leaves or
other debris onto adjacent property or any street. The failure to
maintain property as required by this section shall be deemed an offense.
[Added 11-29-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
A. Surface and subsurface water shall be drained to prevent damage to
paved surfaces, buildings, structures and adjoining property and to
prevent development of stagnant water. Swales, dry wells, gutters,
culverts, catch basins, drain inlets, stormwater sewers, drainage
structures, and sanitary sewers or other satisfactory drainage systems
("drainage facilities") shall be provided and maintained in good operating
condition to achieve the foregoing.
B. In no case shall the water from any rain leader or drainage facility
be allowed to flow over the boundary of private property onto the
public right-of-way or an adjoining property.
C. Maintenance of drainage facilities shall be in accord with guidelines
adopted by the Building Department. Such guidelines, at a minimum,
shall require that private property owners clean drainage facilities
as needed, remove trash and debris from drainage facilities as needed,
and annually inspect drainage facilities.