[Adopted 5-16-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
[Amended 10-20-2008 by L.L. No. 7-2008]
A. Consistent with Chapter
102, Junkyards, no person, firm or corporation shall operate, establish or maintain a junkyard within the Town of Queensbury without a proper license to do so.
B. No person, firm or corporation shall store or deposit
two or more unregistered, old or secondhand motor vehicles, no longer
in condition for legal use on the public highways, on any property
within the Town unless the person owning or controlling the land is
licensed to operate a junkyard.
C. No person, firm or corporation shall store or deposit
motor vehicle parts, scrap or salvage, machinery, scrap metals, wastepaper,
rags, used or salvaged building materials or other discarded materials
or household waste on any property within the Town unless the person
owning or controlling the land is licensed to operate a junkyard.
D. No person, firm or corporation shall leave, dump or
deposit any motor vehicle parts, scrap or salvage, machinery, scrap
metals, wastepaper, rags, used or salvaged building materials or other
discarded materials or household waste upon any property owned or
controlled by another person, firm or corporation without the property
owners consent or permission.
E. Garbage and waste (located outside of the residence)
may be temporarily stored only in water-tight metal or plastic containers
with tight-fitting covers sufficient to keep out water and prevent
disturbance by animals. Wooden containers are not acceptable for this
purpose because they are susceptible to vermin and water damage.
A. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this article, or fail to comply therewith,
or with any of the provisions thereof, or any landowner who shall
allow such violation, shall be guilty of a violation punishable by
a fine of not more than $950 for the first offense; and by a fine
of not more than $950 or by imprisonment for not more than one year
for a second offense. The imposition of such penalty shall not be
held to prohibit the enforced removal of prohibited conditions by
any appropriate remedy, including immediate application for an injunction.
Each day that the violation is carried on or continues shall constitute
a separate violation.
B. A civil action or proceeding in the name of the Town
of Queensbury, New York, may be commenced in any court of competent
jurisdiction to restrain by injunction the violation of this article.
Such remedy shall be in addition to penalties otherwise prescribed
by law and may be commenced by the Director of Building and Code Enforcement,
and/or his/her authorized assistants or deputies with the consent
of a majority of the Town Board.