[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Haverstraw 10-7-1929. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 8-11-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997]
No person shall hereafter erect, hang or place
or cause or permit to be placed over, upon or across any street or
sidewalk in the village any temporary sign or banner, installed for
a period of up to 31 days, without first obtaining from the Board
of Trustees of said village permission so to do.
Application for such permission shall be in
writing and be accompanied by a written consent of the owner of the
property on which the sign, banner or other emblem or insignia is
proposed to be erected, and such application shall contain an agreement
on the part of the applicant that in consideration of the granting
of such permission by the Board of Trustees of the village, such applicant
shall save and keep harmless the Village of Haverstraw from any liability
for or by any reason of any injury to person or property as a result
of his negligence or otherwise in connection with said sign, banner
or other emblem or insignia, and shall be accompanied by a sketch
showing the design thereof, the measurements thereof, the words intended
to appear thereon, and shall, in addition, show the distance between
the lowest part of the sign, banner or other emblem or insignia and
the sidewalk below, and the number of feet into the street which said
sign, banner or other emblem or insignia shall project.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 3, Regulations
governing placement, Section 4, Compliance required, and Section 5,
Permission required for suspension in streets, were deleted 8-11-1997
by L.L. No. 4-1997.
[Amended 8-11-1997 by L.L. No. 4-1997; 10-17-2022 by L.L. No.
3-2022
Any person, association, organization, corporation,
company or business entity who violates any of the provisions of this
chapter shall be subject to a fine of not more than $250; which charge,
under this chapter, shall be a petty offense or infraction, and not
a crime. The continuation or repeat of a violation of, or failure
to comply with, any provision of this chapter shall constitute, for
each occurrence that transpires or each day on which the violation
continues, a separate and distinct charge hereunder.
