[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Haverstraw 9-7-1994 by L.L. No. 4-1993. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fees — See Ch. 132.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Haverstraw
hereby declares and finds it to be in the public interest to provide
for the regulation of the installation and maintenance of security
gates within the Village of Haverstraw.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A barrier, screen or cover located in front of or behind
a door, window or other opening, used for the purpose of guarding
premises by preventing access or blocking passage to the interior
of premises.
All security gates which are in existence prior
to the date of the adoption of this chapter, and which do not comply
with the provisions of said chapter, shall be made to comply with
the provisions of this chapter or shall be removed within 18 months
of the date of adoption of said chapter.
A.
No solid barrier, screen or cover shall be erected
or maintained in front of or behind doors, windows or other openings.
B.
All security gates shall be of the type known as "overhead
rolling grill" and shall not prevent the viewing of the interior of
the premises from outside the premises.
C.
All security gates shall be located on the exterior
of the premises.
D.
When a security gate is not in use, it shall be removed
or stored in such a manner so as not to be visible from the exterior
of the premises.
E.
Any metal screen protection device installed by any
person, firm or entity shall be constructed of an open-mesh grill
or patterned, textured substance with the required visibility, so
as to blend architecturally with the community.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commence work
or the erection or alteration of or to erect, alter or maintain any
security gate until a permit has been duly issued upon application
thereof.
B.
The Building Department shall require that the application
for a permit shall be accompanied by a set of plans indicating the
proposed location and dimensions of said security gate and a description
of the type of said security gate.
C.
No permit shall be issued until the Architectural
Review Board has examined and approved, in writing, the proposed security
gate as complying with all the provisions of this chapter.
D.
Permits shall expire three months following the date
of issuance if no substantial work is begun, and may be renewed upon
written applications to the Code Enforcement Officer.
[Amended 1-18-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994; 8-11-1997 by L.L. No.
4-1997]
The fee for a permit for the erection, alteration
or maintenance of a security gate shall be as set by the Board of
Trustees by resolution by a majority vote of its members present at
the Board meeting. Said fee shall be paid at the time the application
is presented to the Building Department. The Board of Trustees has
currently resolved that the fee shall be as set forth in the village
schedule of fees.[1] There will be no fee for converting a nonconforming gate
to a conforming gate.
[Amended 8-11-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997; 10-17-2022 by L.L. No.
3-2022]
In the event that a noncomplying security gate
is installed, or in the event that a previously installed gate becomes
noncomplying after 18 months from the date of adoption of this chapter,
the Building Department shall serve the party occupying the premises
and/or the owner with a notice that the gate is not complying and
must be removed within one month from the date of the notice. If the
security gate is not removed within one month of receipt of the notice,
then the party occupying the premises and/or the owner of the premises
shall be responsible to pay a penalty of not more than $250 per week
for each week that the noncomplying gate remains on the premises;
and which charge, under this chapter, shall be a petty offense or
infraction, and not a crime.
