[Adopted 10-4-1966 by L.L. No. 3-1966
as Ch. 66 of the 1966 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes a natural person, firm, copartnership, association,
company or corporation and all other entities of any kind capable
of being sued.
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Editor's Note: Former § 66-2, Building
materials, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 8-17-1999
by L.L. No. 12-1999.
No person shall use the sidewalk for the display
of foodstuff. All display of any merchandise whatsoever must be within
the building line. Any foodstuff or produce displayed inside the building
line and not within the building shall be protected by a solidly enclosed
or glazed case.
No person shall erect or maintain any awning
over any street or sidewalk, the lowest point of which shall be less
than seven feet above the sidewalk.
No person shall erect or cause to be erected
any telegraph, telephone or electric light pole in or upon any street
or public place or string any wire in or over such street or place
without permission from the Board of Trustees.
No person shall authorize or engage in any parade
or exhibition upon any street or public place without a permit from
the Mayor.
No person shall injure, deface, mutilate or
destroy any tree, shrub, plant or grass plot along any street or sidewalk
or in any public place, nor shall any person affix any sign to any
tree. No tree, shrub or plant shall be trimmed or removed from any
street, sidewalk or public place without a permit from the Village
Board, and such permit shall be granted upon arrangements being made
to replace such tree, plant or shrub with a similar planting wherever
practicable.
The playing of games and roller- or ice-skating
on the sidewalks and streets so as to hinder the free passage of persons
or vehicles is prohibited, but the Mayor may designate certain streets
or public places which shall be properly marked for coasting, skiing
or other sports or games.
No person shall ride any motorcycle, bicycle
or other vehicle propelled by the hands or feet of the rider along
or upon any sidewalk or footpath intended for the use of pedestrians;
provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to a person
who cannot walk, riding in a vehicle propelled by hands or feet.
[Amended 8-15-2000 by L.L. No. 15-2000]
A.
No person shall cause, permit or suffer any accumulation
of filth, refuse, debris, object or other material to be placed, deposited,
tracked or flowed upon any village-owned street, highway, gutter or
public place.
B.
Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person
in charge of any real property within the village shall be responsible
for the maintenance of the sidewalk public easement and/or right-of-way
between such property line and the curbline of the adjacent street,
to include:
(1)
The removal of any accumulation of filth, refuse,
debris or object from any improved sidewalk within 24 hours after
the placement, deposit, tracking or flowing of such upon an improved
sidewalk; and
(2)
The removal, cutting or trimming of any overgrown
and unsightly grass, leaves, hedges, bushes and/or trees so that overhanging
limbs will not interfere with a passerby on the sidewalk, public easement
and/or right-of-way or adjacent roadway.
C.
Removal of snow and ice.
(1)
In addition to Subsection B set forth hereinabove, every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in charge of any real property in any Business District or of any institutional use on any real property in a Residential District, as described in Chapter 306 of the Village Code, within the village shall be responsible for the removal of snow and ice from any improved sidewalk between such property line and the curbline of all adjacent streets within four hours after snow has ceased to fall. For the purpose of § 256-9C, "institutional use" shall mean schools and libraries. The period between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. shall not be included in computing such requirements.
(2)
In the event that the snow or ice on the improved sidewalk shall be frozen so that it cannot be removed, the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in charge of any real property within the village as aforesaid shall, within the time specified in this Subsection C, cause the improved sidewalk adjacent to said premises to be strewn with sand, sawdust or some similar material and shall, as soon thereafter as the weather permits, thoroughly clear and clean said improved sidewalk.
[Added 12-6-1977 by L.L. No. 21-1977]
No person shall damage, tamper with or cause
to be obstructed any fire hydrant in the Village of Northport.
A.
It is
the intent of the Board of Trustees to regulate obstructions at intersections
that impair the vision of vehicular traffic causing safety issues.
The Board finds that the regulation of vision obstructions at intersections
should be site specific.
B.
The Board
of Trustees is authorized by resolution to prohibit or limit:
(1)
The
height of walls, fences, hedges, shrubs, signs or other obstructions
to vision to no more than three feet high to be located on a corner
lot within the triangular area bounded by the lines connecting the
street corner of the lot and a point 25 feet from such corner on each
of the intersecting street lines; and
(2)
Vehicular
on-street parking within 25 feet of the street corner.
C.
The Board
may impose the restrictions authorized by this section at an intersection
based upon findings that the restrictions are necessary for the public
safety and welfare. The Board shall receive the recommendations of
the Chief of Police and the Village Administrator and a code enforcement
official prior to imposing restrictions authorized by this section.
[Amended 10-5-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010]
No person shall in any way cause, suffer or
permit the obstruction of or the interference with any village-owned
or maintained sewer, drain, culvert, catch basin, gutter, drainage
ditch or other facility for the storage, diversion, disposition or
flow of storm- and surface water.[1]
A.
Each violation of this article or of any regulation,
order or rule promulgated hereunder shall be punishable by a fine
not exceeding $250, imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days,
or both such fine and imprisonment, for each offense, and each day
a violation continues shall be a separate offense. The village may
enforce obedience to this article by injunction or by any other available
remedy.
[Amended 8-17-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
B.
In addition to these and any other remedies available to it, the village may also maintain an action or proceeding to enjoin the violation of §§ 256-10 and 256-11 and/or to recover the costs incurred by the village for cleaning, repairing, reconditioning or restoring the premises affected or otherwise remedying the condition.
