No person or persons shall be permitted, except in park and
play areas, to coast, play ball, ride two-wheeled bicycles or enter
into any other amusement or practice which shall endanger property
or persons on any of the streets or public grounds in the Village
of Walden.
A.
No person or persons shall place in, on or upon any of the streets
or sidewalks in the Village of Walden any article, materials or things
whatsoever in any such manner that the same shall interfere with the
free passage of persons or vehicles in, on or upon said streets or
sidewalks.
B.
The Board of Trustees may, upon written application containing the
name of the applicant, stating the premises affected, a diagram to
scale showing buildings, sidewalks, street location of utility poles,
parking meters and other physical objects within the area, the specific
relief requested and all the reasons therefor, grant a permit for
a loading zone with or without provision to place a vehicle across
a sidewalk for the purpose of loading or unloading when the requested
loading zone is reasonably necessary for the transaction of business
at the premises and the requested loading zone and use thereof does
not unreasonably interfere with pedestrian and vehicle traffic. The
Board may impose conditions regulating the zone and use provided by
such permit, including but not limited to restricting the hours when
such zone can be used, the duration of such use, posting of guards
to aid pedestrian and vehicle traffic, the minimum of open street
width to be maintained and the location and dimensions of the zone.
No person or persons shall build, erect or place, or cause to
be built, erected or placed, or permit to remain upon any street or
sidewalk in the Village of Walden, any building encroachment or projection
in, on or over any sidewalk or public grounds in said Village unless
permission so to do is first given and granted by the Board of Trustees
of said Village.
[Amended 4-13-1982 by L.L. No. 4-1982; 1-28-1997 by L.L. No.
1-1997]
A.
In the event that any person who is the owner or occupant of property
adjoining any street, avenue or roadway shall fail to remove or cause
to be removed accumulations of dirt or other obstructions from the
public sidewalk in front of such property within 24 hours from the
time of the accumulation thereof, the Superintendent of Public Works
may remove or cause to be removed such accumulation at the expense
of the owner or occupant of said property, and upon the failure to
pay the charge, the Village Clerk shall cause the expense thereof
to be assessed against the property and become a lien thereon, collectible
in the same manner as delinquent Village taxes.
B.
Penalties.
(1)
Failure to comply with any provision of this section shall be deemed
a violation pursuant to the Penal Law, and each day such violation
continues shall constitute a separate violation.
(2)
In addition to other remedies provided by law, persons found guilty
of such violation shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $25.
All persons shall remove or cause to be removed from the gutter
or gutters in front of the premises owned or occupied by them in the
Village of Walden all dirt, silt, rubbish, object or other accumulation
which causes obstruction in said gutter or gutters.
No person shall construct, place or erect a culvert or bridge
in front of premises owned by him unless prior written permission
therefor has been obtained from the Superintendent of Public Works
of the Village of Walden.
[Amended 12-14-1982 by L.L. No. 6-1982[1]]
Any person committing an offense against any of the provisions
of this article shall be guilty of a violation under the Penal Law
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not
more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
