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Village of Southampton, NY
Suffolk County
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[Adopted 9-14-1979 as L.L. No. 2-1979]
No person shall sleep in any stationary motor vehicle parked at or on any street, park, recreation area, beach access road or parking area owned, controlled, operated or maintained by the Village of Southampton, New York, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.
No person shall by his actions cause a crowd to collect, except when lawfully addressing such a crowd, but this provision shall not be construed to prevent the peaceable assembling of persons for lawful purposes of protest or petition.
[Added 3-10-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in any public place or upon any public street or sidewalk within the Village of Southampton.
[Amended 11-14-1980 by L.L. No. 6-1980; 1-29-1982 by L.L. No. 1-1982; 6-21-2005 by L.L. No. 4-2005]
A. 
No person shall drink or consume any beer, wine, liquor or other alcoholic beverage at or on any street, park, sidewalk, recreation area, beach access road or parking area which is owned, controlled, operated or maintained by the Village of Southampton, New York, nor upon any sidewalk, parking area or similar place maintained by a place of business which is open to the public, nor carry or have in his possession any open container containing any such alcoholic beverage at any such place.
B. 
Subsection A above shall not apply to service of alcoholic beverages for consumption on Village property or on a Village sidewalk at a sidewalk dining area operated by a licensed business pursuant to a license issued by the Village Clerk for use of the Village property or sidewalk for outdoor dining, provided that such use is conducted in compliance with such license and in compliance with rules and regulations established by resolution of the Board of Trustees for use of the Village property or sidewalk for outdoor dining.
[Amended 5-11-2023 by L.L. No. 10-2023]
[Added 4-8-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
A. 
No person shall smoke a cigarette, pipe, cigar or similar smoking substance at or on any of the following public parks:
(1) 
Downs Family Park.
(2) 
Windward Way Park.
B. 
No person shall smoke a cigarette, pipe, cigar or similar smoking substance at or on Agawam Park within 50 feet of any playground apparatus or equipment located in Agawam Park.
C. 
No person shall smoke a cigarette, pipe, cigar or similar smoking substance at or on Cooper's Neck Beach (including the ocean beach and the property used in connection therewith for the municipal bathing facility) within 50 feet of the concession building and related improvements (deck areas, shower areas, ramps) located on Cooper's Neck Beach during the hours of operation of the municipal bathing facility.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or participate in any of the following outdoor sports or outdoor activities between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any public or semipublic place, in any place or establishment open to the general public or in any private or public club: baseball, softball, tennis, outdoor bowling, outdoor boccie, basketball, football, racing and any other type of outdoor games. Any person who is the owner, tenant, manager or who is otherwise in charge of the premises upon which and at the time when a violation of this section occurs and who is on the premises at the time such violation occurs shall also be guilty of a violation of this section.
It shall be unlawful to play ball (except at places specifically designated for that purpose), throw stones or do any act, amusement or practice endangering property or persons on the streets, highways or public places of the Village of Southampton.
No person shall publicly use any profane, vulgar or obscene language in any street or public place in the Village of Southampton.
A. 
No person shall operate any tricycle or bicycle between the curblines of the following streets, that is, in that portion thereof normally devoted to the parking and operation of motor vehicles:
(1) 
On Main Street from the northerly lines of Meeting House Lane and Jobs Lane to the southerly lines of Hampton Road and Nugent Street.
(2) 
On Jobs Lane from Main Street to the entrance to the Village parking area south of Jobs Lane.
(3) 
On Hampton Road from Main Street to Little Plains Road.
[Added 9-23-2014]
B. 
No person shall drive or operate any bicycle or motor vehicle of any kind or nature along the public sidewalks or footpaths of the Village of Southampton within the area described as the VB Business District in Chapter 116, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Southampton, as amended.
[Amended 5-14-1982 by L.L. No. 3-1982]
C. 
No person shall ride on, use or operate any skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates, roller blades or similar device upon any streets, sidewalks, parking area or public place in the Village of Southampton within the area designated as the VB Business District in Chapter 116, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Southampton, as amended, except at a place or places, if any, which may be specifically designated for such use. No person shall ride on, use or operate any skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates, roller blades or similar device upon any of the following streets (including the entire width thereof, including the paved or improved portion thereof normally devoted to the operation and parking of motor vehicles and the portion thereof normally devoted to pedestrian traffic, including sidewalks): Culver Street: Pond Lane.
[Amended 3-24-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992; 7-14-1995 by L.L. No. 4-1995; 6-23-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998]
D. 
Reckless operating shall mean operating, using or riding on any bicycle, skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates, roller blades or similar device upon any public street in the Village of Southampton in a manner which unreasonably interferes with the free and proper use of the public street or unreasonably endangers users of the public street. Reckless operating is prohibited.
[Added 6-23-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998]
No person shall erect or cause to be erected telegraph, telephone, electric or similar poles in or upon any street, lane, alley or public place, or string or place any wires in, under, over or upon the streets or public places of the Village of Southampton, New York, without the written consent of the Board of Trustees.
No person shall in any manner injure or destroy any shade tree planted along the streets or sidewalks in the Village.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: As to the removal of trees, see Ch. 107, Trees.
No person shall maintain any encroachment upon any of the streets of the Village of Southampton.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 95, Streets and Sidewalks, Art. II, Encroachments.
[Amended 1-29-1982 by L.L. No. 1-1982; 7-11-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002; 8-13-2020 by L.L. No. 7-2020]
Any person who violates this article or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in Article II of Chapter 1 of the Code of the Village of Southampton.