No owner, tenant or possessor of any land in
the Village of Piermont shall permit such land to be covered with
or contain refuse or debris resulting from the construction, destruction,
demolition or neglect of a building, which refuse or debris has remained
on the land for more than 30 days after the completion of the construction
work, the destruction of said building or the demolition thereof or
after the loose boards, shingles or other materials have fallen off
a building and where such refuse or debris is inimical to the preservation
of the public health, safety or general welfare of the people of the
Village of Piermont or which refuse or debris may constitute a fire
hazard.
No owner, tenant or possessor of any land in
the Village of Piermont shall permit such land to have on the surface
thereof any stagnant water.
A.
No owner, tenant or possessor of any land in the Village
of Piermont shall permit such land to be lower than adjacent land
or highway, so that surface water flows to it, without either:
(1)
Filling such low land to the approximate grade of
the adjoining land or highway; or
(2)
Providing suitable and efficient drainage for said
low land, to the end that, by either filling or draining, said low
land shall not be the source of stench, obnoxious odors, mosquito
breeding sites or places dangerous to public health.
B.
Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection A of this section, where the owner, tenant or possessor of such low land shall not have been the cause of such condition and such condition shall not have been caused by an act of God, in such event, the agency or person responsible for creating such condition shall be responsible for correcting it and shall be liable to such penalties as may be imposed on violators if such condition is not corrected within a reasonable time.
No owner, tenant or possessor of any land in
the Village of Piermont shall permit on his land an abandoned, unused
or unprotected well or cellar in which stagnant water or debris is
retained or which is dangerous to any person being or coming upon
the land.
No owner, tenant or possessor of any land in
the Village of Piermont shall permit to be stored or placed on his
land old lumber, metal, machines or parts of machines, junk, paper,
clothes, glass or refuse or any combination of them which is either
a fire hazard, retains stagnant water, emits foul or obnoxious odors
or which is dangerous to a person being or coming upon said land or
which has the effect of creating blight.
No owner, tenant or possessor of any land in
the Village of Piermont shall permit on his land one or more automobile
bodies, frames or chassis nor one or more abandoned or inoperable
automobiles; except, however, that a public garage or service station
may have one or more automobiles as described above on its property
for a period not exceeding seven days.
No owner, tenant or possessor of land in the
Village of Piermont shall permit the sidewalk on his land to become
broken, uprooted, damaged or otherwise impaired so that the same is
unsafe for the traveling public without making repair, replacement
or remedy to same in order that such sidewalk is made and kept safe
for the traveling public.
