This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Public Conduct Law of the Village of Bronxville, New York."
No person, unless duly authorized, shall damage,
interfere with, remove or deface any public property or tear down
any notice or placard lawfully posted.
No person shall hang or place, or cause to be
hung or placed, any advertisement, placard or other notice, except
legal notices, or paint, or cause to be painted, any advertisement
or notice on any post, utility pole, tree, fence or other object in
a public street or sidewalk or other public place, except in accordance
with a permit theretofore issued by the licensing officer.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original §§ 65.4,
Dynamite; permit required for use or storage, and 65.5, Restrictions
on use of explosives, which immediately followed this section, were
deleted 6-12-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000.
[Added 6-12-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
The use and storage of explosives shall be regulated
as provided in Article 16, Explosives, of the Labor Law, and § 482
of the General Business Law.
A.
FIREARM
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
[Added 6-12-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
As defined under § 265.00, Subsection (3), of the
Penal Law.
B.
No person shall discharge any firearm, air gun, spring
gun, dart gun, slingshot or other instrument or weapon within the
Village except in self defense or in the discharge of official duty
or during a memorial service or veteran's funeral or at an indoor
rifle range operated under the supervision, guidance and instruction
of a duly commissioned officer of one of the Armed Forces, including
the National Guard and Reserve forces, or a duly qualified adult citizen
of the United States who has been granted a certificate as an instructor
of small arms practice issued by one of the Armed Forces of the United
States, the Adjutant General of the State or by the National Rifle
Association of America.
The Mayor is designated as the licensing officer
for the granting of permits for a public display of fireworks pursuant
to § 405.00 of the New York Penal Law.
No person shall make or cause to be made an
unreasonably loud or unusual noise which annoys, disturbs or endangers
the comfort, repose, health or safety of others.
In addition to the acts prohibited by § 210-7, no person shall engage in any of the following acts:
A.
The sounding of any horn or other signal device on
any motorcycle, automobile, bus or other vehicle except to give reasonable
warning which, in any case, shall not be unnecessarily loud or harsh.
B.
The operation of any radio, phonograph, television
set or other device for amplification of sound or use of any musical
instrument or operation of any air-conditioning unit in such a manner
or with such volume, particularly between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.,
as to annoy or disturb the comfort or repose of others.
C.
The use of any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other
vehicle so constructed, equipped, loaded or out of repair or in such
manner as to create unreasonably loud or unusual noise.
D.
The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of
any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine or motor vehicle
engine except through a muffler or other device which will effectively
prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom.
E.
The erection (including excavation) or demolition
or major alteration or repair of any building other than between 8:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday,
but not on any such day which is a state or national holiday, except
in the case of urgent necessity and then only with a permit from the
Superintendent of Buildings, which permit may be renewed for a period
of three days or less while the emergency continues.
F.
The excavation with power machinery of any plot of
land within a residence district, as defined in the Village Zoning
Law, as amended,[1] except in accordance with an excavation permit theretofore
issued for that plot of land by the Superintendent of Buildings, in
addition to the usual building permit for the construction of a building
or buildings on that plot of land. Such excavation permit may specify
a limited number of consecutive working days for the use of power
machinery, according to the circumstances on the particular case,
and such permit may be renewed on satisfactory proof that the excavation
has been delayed by conditions beyond the control of the applicant
to which such excavation permit was first issued; but any such renewal
or renewals shall limit the total number of working days for the actual
use of power machinery to the number originally specified.
G.
The creation of noise on any street adjacent to any
school, institution of learning or church while the same is in session,
or adjacent to any hospital, which unreasonably interferes with the
operations of such institution, provided that conspicuous signs are
displayed in such streets indicating that the same is a school, hospital
or church street.
H.
The use of any drum, loudspeaker or other noise-creating
instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention to any
performance, show or sale of display of merchandise, except in accordance
with a permit theretofore issued by the Village Administrator.
J.
The making of deliveries of supplies or merchandise
or collection and pickup of nonmunicipal garbage or refuse at any
property, regardless of zoning district, between the hours of 11:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
[Added 9-10-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
[Added 6-9-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997]
A.
The Village Administrator is authorized to establish
rules and regulations for the use of public parks and fields owned
or administered by the Village of Bronxville.
B.
Violations of these rules and regulations may be subject
to a fine not to exceed $250 per violation or to imprisonment for
not more than 15 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
[Amended 6-12-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
