[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Babylon
Ch. XIII, Art. VII, of the 1938 Code of Ordinances (Ch. 191 of the 1981 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-30-1981 by L.L. No. 12-1981]
No person, firm, association of persons or corporation shall leave,
allow or permit to remain outside of any building or dwelling in a place accessible
to children any unattended, abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator, freezing
unit, chest or any other container of similar kind and size, having air-tight-fitting
door or doors, equipped with snaplocks, locking and latching devices, or both,
unless such door or doors shall have first been removed therefrom in such
manner that said icebox, refrigerator, freezing unit, chest or container would
thereby become so dismantled as to be harmless to children who might otherwise
become locked or trapped therein.
The leaving or the permitting to remain of any unattended, abandoned
or discarded icebox, refrigerator, freezing unit, chest or other container
of similar kind and size, as hereinabove set forth, shall be regarded, under
this chapter, as a separate violation for each and every day so left or permitted
to remain outside any building or dwelling.
[Added 11-30-1981 by L.L. No. 12-1981]
A.
Any person committing an offense against any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant
to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding
$250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions
of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a
separate and distinct offense hereunder.
B.
In addition or as an alternative to the above-provided
penalties, the Board of Trustees may also maintain an action or proceeding
in the name of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel
compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation of this chapter.
