[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Greenwood Lake 11-12-1974 by L.L. No. 3-1974. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It is the legislative intent of the Village Board of the Village
of Greenwood Lake by the adoption of this chapter to promote the general
safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Village of Greenwood
Lake by assuring that all sidewalks within the Village of Greenwood
Lake are cleared of snow and ice or made safe for pedestrian traffic
within a reasonable period of time after the cessation of any snow
or ice storm.
A.
Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person having charge
of any building or lot of ground in the Village of Greenwood Lake
abutting upon any street, avenue or public place shall and must, within
10 hours after the cessation of every fall of snow or formation of
ice upon the sidewalk or driveway apron between sidewalks abutting
said building or lot of ground remove or cause said snow or ice to
be removed or cleared entirely from said sidewalk abutting said building
or lot of ground; provided, however, that the time between the hours
of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. shall not be included in the above period
of 10 hours.
B.
In the event that the snow or ice on any sidewalk or apron between
sidewalks abutting said building or lot of ground shall be frozen
so hard that it cannot be removed without injury to the pavement,
the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person or persons having
charge thereof shall, within the times and places hereinabove specified,
cover or cause said abutting sidewalk or driveway apron between sidewalks
to be covered and strewn with either sifted ashes, sand or some similar
material, except sawdust, that will provide for or promote the melting
of the snow or ice on said pavement and/or provide the traction for
safe pedestrian traffic on said sidewalks, and shall as soon thereafter
as the weather will permit, thoroughly clean said sidewalks and remove
said ice and snow therefrom.
C.
Any owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person having charge
of any building or lot of ground abutting upon any street, avenue
or public place having a continuous linear distance of 200 feet or
more shall be considered to have complied with this chapter if such
persons shall have begun to remove the snow and/or ice from the sidewalk
before the expiration of the times hereinabove mentioned and shall,
without suspending work thereon, continue such removal and shall complete
the same within a reasonable period of time.
[Amended 4-15-1985 by L.L. No. 2-1985[1]]
Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall
constitute a violation, and the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or
other person or persons having charge thereof shall be subject to
a fine not to exceed $250 and/or 15 days' imprisonment for each offense;
and in addition, the Superintendent of Roads of the Village of Greenwood
Lake shall, after the expiration of the time limits prescribed, proceed
to clean or cover said sidewalks and sidewalk aprons as provided by
this chapter and shall submit a report of the cost of materials used
and labor man-hours expended in doing said work to the Village Clerk
of Greenwood Lake.
A.
The Village Board of Trustees shall provide the Village Clerk annually
with the cost per man-hour for Village Road Department operations,
including therein fringe benefit costs, and including the cost per
man-hour at time and 1/2 when said work must be done on an overtime
basis, and shall also provide the cost per hour for snow removal equipment.
Said aforementioned costs with the cost of materials used to cover
and/or clean said sidewalks shall be the basis for determination of
the cost and expense of doing said work by the Village Road Department.
B.
The Village Clerk shall determine from the report received and from
the cost basis provided by the Board of Trustees the charge for said
work to be billed to the property owner for whom said work was performed,
with said billing, if unpaid after 30 days, to incur a penalty of
5% interest with an additional 1/2% penalty added for each succeeding
month unpaid, and shall subsequently become a lien against the property
where said work was performed if remaining unpaid, to be collected
in the same manner as delinquent taxes.
