[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Greenwood Lake as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-23-1963]
No person shall place or cause to be placed or kept or abandoned
any material, stone, sand, gravel, fill, lumber, cartons or boxes
of merchandise or any other material of whatever nature or description
upon any street, highway, road or public walk so as to obstruct or
impede, in any manner, the free and clear use thereof by the general
public, without first obtaining a permit in writing from the Village
Board.
[Added 4-2-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]
No occupant of any store, shop, restaurant, office, hotel or
other public place in the Village shall use or occupy the sidewalk
opposite to and against said store or other business place with any
goods, wares or merchandise, except that not more than 25% of the
width of said sidewalk immediately next to the building may be occupied.
Said displays cannot obstruct the view or impede the pedestrian walkway.
The prescribed hours are limited to the store's regular business
hours.
No person shall discard, throw, dump or dispose of any rubbish,
fill, earth, rocks, dirt or matter of any kind into any gully, stream,
culvert, watercourse, ditch, drain, creek or brook so as to interfere
with the normal flow of said waters without first obtaining a written
permit from the Village Board.
No permit shall be issued unless a satisfactory bond is posted
with the Village to restore the street to be opened or the drain to
be repaired, as the case may be. A bond satisfactory for such purpose
may be either a sum of money equal to the cost of restoring the condition
to its prior state or a performance bond issued by a surety company.
[Amended 7-6-1983 by L.L. No. 7-1983]
Every owner, lessee, occupant or person having charge of any
building, lot or ground within the Village shall also be required
to keep said walks, streets or other sidewalks used by pedestrians
in a safe and proper state of repair.
A.
In the event that the Village Board shall determine that any private
property which consists of low-, swamp- and wastelands may, does or
shall result in a dangerous, hazardous or unhealthy condition, or
by reason of an overflow of waters, shall affect other property, public
or private and this condition has been so certified by the Village
Health Office or the Building Inspector, then the Village Board may
cause notice to be served upon the owner, occupant or lessee to take
steps to fill said low-, swamp- or wasteland with clean rock or earth
fill within the limit of time set forth in said notice.
B.
Such notice shall be served by certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the address fixed by the assessment rolls and by personal service
if the same can be affected or by affixing the same to the structure,
if there are any.
C.
In the event of failure to comply with said notice within the time
limited therein, then the Village may proceed to have the necessary
work done and to charge the cost thereof to the owner of said land,
by bill mailed to him by the Village Clerk.
D.
In the event of failure to pay said bill within 30 days from the
date of mailing, then the amount thereof shall become a lien against
the property collectible in the same manner as for delinquent taxes.
[Amended 7-6-1983 by L.L. No. 7-1983]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this
article 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 article shall constitute, for each
day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
[Adopted 4-15-1974 by L.L. No. 2-1974]
A.
In the interest of public health, safety and general welfare, the
Board of Trustees may construct and repair crosswalks upon the streets
within the Village. The Board of Trustees may also require the construction,
reconstruction and repair of sidewalks, curbs and gutters upon any
street or highway within the Village or upon the private lands immediately
abutting said streets or highways wholly at the expense of the Village,
or of the owner or occupants of the adjoining land, or partly at the
expense of each, and may prescribe the manner of doing such work and
the kind of materials to be used therein.
B.
If a sidewalk, curb or gutter is so required to be constructed, reconstructed
or repaired wholly at the expense of the owners or occupants of the
adjoining lands, a notice specifying the place and manner and the
time, not less than 10 days in the case of a new walk, or not less
than 48 hours in case of repairs, within which the sidewalk, curb
or gutter is required to be constructed, reconstructed or repaired
shall be served upon such owners or occupants. If an owner or occupant
shall not construct, reconstruct or repair the sidewalk, curb or gutter
as required by the notice, the Board of Trustees may cause same to
be so constructed or repaired and assess the expense thereof upon
the adjoining land. If a sidewalk, curb or gutter is to be constructed,
reconstructed or repaired at the joint expense of the Village and
the owner or occupant, the Board of Trustees may cause the same to
be constructed, reconstructed or repaired and assess upon the adjoining
land the proportion of the expense chargeable against the same. All
grading done on sidewalks, curbs or gutters laid or repaired or reconstructed
by the owners of the adjoining land shall be in accordance with the
specifications and under the direction of the Board of Trustees. Assessments
shall be made and collected and taxes levied as provided by the Real
Property Tax Law and the Village Law of the State of New York. The
Board of Trustees may issue bonds of the Village to defray the expense
of such work and improvement.
