[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Mamaroneck 11-22-1966 by L.L. No. 3-1966 (Ch. 17 of the 1975
Code); amended in its entirety 8-23-2000 by L.L. No. 14-2000. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and cited as "Local
Law No. 3-1966 of the Town of Mamaroneck."
Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever
used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any place or area in the Town of Mamaroneck legally set apart
and accepted as such and placed under the jurisdiction and care of
the Town Board, including any lake, pond, pool, river, brook or other
body or stream of water, either natural or artificial, located therein.
A written authorization for the exercise of a specified privilege
authorized by the Town Board.
Any individual, firm or corporation and all other entities
of any kind capable of being sued.
The unincorporated area of the Town of Mamaroneck.
Conservation areas of the Town shall be open
to the public from dawn to dusk only. No person shall enter upon the
conservation lands at any other time except for emergency purposes,
unless by written permit issued by the Town Board or its duly authorized
agent.
No person shall disturb any conservation lands
or take up or remove or in any manner disturb or interfere with any
trees, shrubs, plants, soil, sod, compost, gravel, fences, signs or
any other property, except by direction of the Town Board and under
the supervision of its duly appointed custodian.
No person shall cut, break, destroy or in any
way injure or deface any tree, shrub, plant, grass, fence, post, railing,
chain, sign, signpost, tree guard, lamp, lamppost, bridge structure
or any other property in or upon any conservation lands nor shall
any fallen trees or branches be cut or removed except under emergency
circumstances and with the exception of routine maintenance by the
Town government.
No person shall hunt, chase, shoot, trap, catch,
discharge or throw missiles at or disturb any living creature in any
conservation area.
No person shall make, cause or allow any fire
to be set in any part of any conservation area or suffer or permit
any person in or under his or her charge, custody or control to make
or cause any fire. All cigarettes, cigars or other such material must
be thoroughly extinguished in order to prevent fire, and no stubs,
butts, matches or other such materials shall be scattered or disposed
of except in designated receptacles placed along the trails in the
area.
No person shall throw, place, deposit, drop,
excrete, discharge or leave in or on any conservation lands or any
waters therein or on any paths, walks, trails or roads thereof any
garbage, organic refuse, offal, urine, fecal or other offensive matter,
ashes, cinders, stone, dirt, filth, dross, rubbish, grass clippings,
leaves, paper, pasteboard, wood, metal, fruits, vegetables or any
other foodstuffs, vehicles or any parts thereof or any manufacturing,
trade or household waste or any other refuse material or any substance
or material of any nature whatsoever.
No person shall wade or bathe in or enter in
or upon the waters in any conservation area; or place or enter or
operate any raft, float or similar object thereon; or place or operate
any toy boat or similar device thereon. No person shall skate, ski,
toboggan, sleigh or indulge in any of the so-called "winter sports"
in or on any conservation area or any of the waters therein, except
within such areas as the Town Board may, in its discretion, from time
to time designate and set apart for such purpose and then only at
such times, in such manner and subject to such regulations as said
Board may direct and determine.
No person shall camp, bivouac, pitch tent, picnic,
feast or consume food or beverages in or upon any conservation area
or on any of the waters, paths or trails thereof.
No person shall throw, cast, catch, kick or
strike with any implement whatsoever any baseball, golf ball, football
or other object or play at any game in or upon any conservation lands.
No person shall tie any animal to any tree,
plant or shrub in or upon any conservation area or, having charge
of any such animal, allow or cause it to injure any such tree, plant
or shrub.
No person shall in any recreation area:
A.
Use any threatening, abusive or insulting language.
B.
Do any obscene or indecent act.
C.
Throw stones or missiles.
D.
Beg or publicly solicit subscriptions or contributions.
E.
Tell fortunes.
F.
Play cards or other games of chance or use or operate
any gaming table or instruments.
G.
Climb upon any tree, building, wall, fence, shelter,
seat, sign pole or other construction.
H.
Fire or carry any firearms, firecrackers, torpedo
or fireworks.
I.
Make a fire.
J.
Do any act tending to a breach of the public peace.
K.
Carry on any commercial activity.
No person shall operate, drive or propel and
no owner thereof shall cause or permit to be operated, driven or propelled
on any conservation area any bicycle, motorcycle, motor-tricycle,
automobile or other vehicles, however propelled, or any vehicle drawn
by horses or other animals, recklessly or negligently or at a speed
or in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb or property of any
person. No person shall propel, ride, drive or operate on any footpath,
walk or elsewhere in any conservation area, other than on the streets
and roadways thereof, any bicycle, tricycle, scooter or roller skates
or other vehicle of any nature whatsoever other than baby carriages,
wheelchairs and similar vehicles designed exclusively for the transportation
of infants and of disabled persons. No horseback riding shall be permitted
in any conservation area. Nothing in this section shall prevent the
operation of the fire-fighting equipment or police vehicles on the
trails, nor shall trucks or other equipment operated by duly authorized
personnel under the direction of the Town Board be prohibited.
No person shall park a motorcycle, automobile
or horse-drawn vehicle in any conservation area except within such
area as the Town Board may, in its discretion from time to time, designate
and set apart for such purpose and then only at such times, in such
manner and subject to such rules and regulations as said Board may
direct and determine. No person shall park, place or leave any bicycle,
tricycle, scooter, wheelchair, baby carriage or similar vehicles or
any object or thing whatsoever on any footpath, walk, trail or steps
or any other place designated for the use of pedestrians in any conservation
area or in any place where such objects might or could obstruct or
interfere with the free passage of pedestrians therein.
No person shall post, affix, place or leave
any bill, placard, notice or other paper in or upon any structure,
tree, fence, post, railing, bench, rock, article or thing within any
conservation area nor paint, write, mark, draw or affix with any substance
or material whatsoever thereon or therein any advertisement, notice
of exhortation or any other writing, drawing or making of any kind
whatsoever, and no person shall distribute, hand out or cast about
any card, circular, pamphlet or other printed matter or other property
or material of any nature whatsoever within any conservation area.
The violation of any provision of this chapter
is hereby declared to be a violation, and any person violating the
same shall be guilty of a violation and shall, on conviction before
a Town Justice, be punished by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment
not exceeding 15 days, or both.
