[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Greenwood Lake 10-19-1988 by L.L. No. 4-1988. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Curfew — See Ch. 72.
The Village Board has become aware of the increased incidence
of acts of vandalism, criminal mischief and similar offenses perpetrated
by minors. It is believed that increased parental responsibility for
the actions of their children and wards is essential for the effective
prevention and control of such juvenile offenses; therefore, this
chapter is promulgated to provide means for alleviating this problem
and to ensure the safety of the property of the residents and taxpayers
of the Village of Greenwood Lake.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
the following terms specified shall have the meanings ascribed to
them:
A person appointed guardian or given custody of a minor by
a court of this state.
A person who is above the age of eight years but not yet
18 years of age.
A.
The parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated minor residing with such parent or legal guardian shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have failed to exercise proper parental responsibility, and said minor shall be deemed to have committed the acts described below with the knowledge and permission of the parent or guardian in violation of this chapter, upon the occurrence of the events described in Subsection A(1), (2), (3) and (4) below:
(1)
An unemancipated minor residing with said parent or legal guardian
is adjudicated to be in violation of any state or Village ordinance,
law or statute prohibiting the following acts:
(a)
Trespassing.
(b)
Defacing the property of another, including the addition of
graffiti to said property.
(c)
Destroying any property of another.
(d)
Mugging.
(e)
Assault and battery.
(f)
The destruction or defacing of public property owned by the
government of the Village, county or state, including the addition
of graffiti to said property.
(g)
The destruction of playground equipment and public parks.
(h)
The consumption of alcoholic beverages on a public street.
(i)
Public intoxication.
(j)
Begging, panhandling or soliciting.
(k)
Throwing, casting or placing any garbage, waste, papers, ashes,
sewage, refuse, junk, rubbish, circulars, glasses, bottles, cans,
dead animals or any other type of waste-matter on any property, public
or private, except in such areas as may be officially designated and
licensed by a municipality, including the Village of Greenwood Lake.
(l)
Throwing or depositing litter in or upon any private property
or upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place or property
within the Village, except in public receptacles or in official Village
dumps, and litter shall include but not be limited to such items as
paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, leaves, wood, glass,
crockery, bottles and similar materials.
(m)
Indecent exposure.
(n)
Loitering in a public place in such manner as to:
(o)
The making of unsolicited, audible remarks in a public place
of an offensive, disgusting or insulting nature or which are calculated
to annoy or disturb the person to whom or in whose hearing they are
made.
(p)
Making, continuing or causing to be made or continued any loud,
unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which either annoys, disturbs,
injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety
of others; or creating any unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary
noise of such character, intensity or duration as is detrimental to
the life or health of any individual or person within the limits of
the Village of Greenwood Lake or is offensive to persons of ordinary
sensibilities; or the possession and/or use of a controlled dangerous
substance as the same shall be defined a violation of any penal statute
under the laws of the State of New York, as amended from time to time.
(q)
Petit larceny or grand larceny as a felony under the New York
State Penal Law.
[Added 12-19-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989]
(2)
A fact-finding determination pursuant to the Family Court Act of
the State of New York that the minor is a juvenile delinquent based
upon any of the foregoing acts.
(3)
Said parent or legal guardian shall have received a written notice
of such adjudication, either by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, from the Police Department of the Village of Greenwood
Lake or by personal service returned from the Police Department of
the Incorporated Village of Greenwood Lake, following said adjudication.
Any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this
chapter shall be guilty of an offense, and such person shall be liable
for a fine of not more than $250 and/or imprisonment for not more
than 15 days for each offense. A violation of this chapter shall not
constitute a misdemeanor.
