[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Sleepy Hollow 2-28-1983 by L.L. No. 2-1983; amended in its entirety 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013 (Ch. 24A of the 1965 Code). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings:
Includes any person who engages in the tending, planting,
preparation, installation, maintaining, managing, creating or laying
out of lawns, gardens, flower beds, shrubbery, trees or landscaping
of every nature and description on real property on which such person
does not reside.
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or
business entity of any form, style or nature.
Includes all real property, improved or unimproved, owned
by any municipal corporation, corporation, person, partnership, firm,
association or otherwise which is not included in the definitions
of "public highway" or "public place" in this section.
Includes any street open to the public for its full width
from property line to property line, including the sidewalk area,
whether or not installed.
Includes any real property available to or open to use by
all or a majority of the property owners or residents of the Village
of Sleepy Hollow.
A.
No person or employee or any person shall perform or cause, suffer or permit others to perform or work as a landscaper within the Village of Sleepy Hollow, except when such performance or work is done in compliance with the regulations set forth in § 225-3 below.
B.
No landscaper shall perform work within the Village of Sleepy Hollow
unless duly permitted pursuant to this chapter.
C.
Permits. All landscapers shall complete the necessary permit application on the form provided by the Village Clerk. All applications are subject to review and approval by the Sleepy Hollow Chief of Police. A nonrefundable application fee to be established and determined by the Board of Trustees from time to time and set forth in the fee schedule included at the end of Chapter 200, Fees, shall be paid on presentment of said completed form.
The following regulations shall be observed by all landscapers
and their employees:
A.
No person shall operate any power or manual lawn mower or other gardening
equipment at any time except between the hours of 8:00 a.m., prevailing
time, and 9:00 p.m., weekdays, 9:00 a.m., prevailing time, and 8:00
p.m. Saturdays, and 12:00 noon, prevailing time, and 6:00 p.m., Sundays
and holidays.
B.
Landscapers and their employees must comply with the noise restrictions set forth in Chapter 272, Noise, of the Village Code.
C.
No person shall burn any wastepaper, rubbish, leaves, cuttings, wood
or other waste materials at any time.
D.
No person shall place any garbage, refuse, cuttings, leaves, wood
or other materials upon any public highway, public place or private
property unless secured in a sealed biodegradable paper bag or secured
receptacle for the storage of refuse.
E.
No person shall scatter any garbage, refuse, cuttings, leaves or
other waste materials on any public highway, public place or private
property.
Any person, firm or corporation committing an offense against
any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and,
upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $250
for each offense.
