[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Skaneateles 4-21-1885. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 65.
Animals — See Ch. 69.
Firearms and ammunition — See Ch. 106.
Games of chance — See Ch. 121.
A. 
Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any owner or tenant of any premises within the Village to allow or permit any abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator, trunk, chest, receptacle, container or device in which a person might become imprisoned to be or remain on such premises if such icebox, refrigerator, trunk, chest, receptacle, container or device has a virtually airtight lid, door, snap lock, latch or other locking device, without first removing such lid, door, snap lock, latch or other locking device.
B. 
Definition. Any such container shall be considered and deemed abandoned or discarded when it is no longer used for the purpose for which it was intended and is unattended outside of any building or structure or is within an abandoned or unoccupied house, shed, barn or structure within the Village.
It shall be the duty of every police officer to arrest all disorderly persons, and persons engaged in violating any of the laws of the Village, and forthwith to convey such person before the Town Justice, to be dealt with according to law.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
[2]
Editor's Note: Original § 9-3, Auctions, conduct in streets, public places, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It shall be unlawful for any person to injure, deface or tarnish any public building, or any property belonging to the Village, or any well, pump, fence, tree, or any useful or ornamental public work or improvement in said Village, either by smearing the same with paint, mud, tar, oil or grease, or by throwing stones or in any other manner, or to aid, abet or assist therein.
No person shall wilfully tear down any notice, handbill, or laws posted in the Village unless posted on private property without the consent of the owner or person in charge thereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It shall be unlawful for any person in the Village to obstruct, aid and assist in obstructing any officer appointed by the Trustees, or obstruct the Mayor or a Trustee, in the execution of his duty.
No owner or occupant of any lot or tenement in said Village shall cause or permit any nuisance to be, or remain, in or upon the same lot, or between the same and the center of the street adjoining.
[Added 12-22-1885]
All persons shall be and are hereby prohibited from throwing snowballs in the streets of the Village.
[Added 12-13-1965]
No person shall trespass upon any portion of the water reservoir premises of the Village located on the east side of East Street within the bounds of the Village.
It shall be unlawful for persons to collect in groups or crowds in the Village for unlawful purposes or to the annoyance and disturbance of the inhabitants thereof.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to make, aid, countenance or assist in making any unnecessary noise, riot, disturbance or improper diversion in the streets or elsewhere in the Village.
B. 
Any disorderly blowing of a horn or ringing of a bell in the Village is hereby forbidden, and any person who shall violate this subsection, and any person aiding or abetting such violation, shall be punished therefor as provided in Chapter 1, § 1-3 of this Code; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to the sounding of warning devices by authorized emergency vehicles nor to the ringing of church bells.
All vulgar and profane or obscene language or conduct in any street or public place, or on any of the bridges or banks of the lake or docks in the Village, is forbidden.
No person shall play ball, beat, knock or drive any ball, or raise or fly any kite, roll hoops, slide on sleds, boards or otherwise, or throw stones or sticks in any public street in the Village.
[Added 12-22-1885]
All persons shall be and are hereby prohibited from sled riding or coasting on any sidewalk in the Village.
[Amended 8-6-1920]
All crosswalks within the Village are to be kept and preserved free from any vehicles placed thereon, except so far as may be necessary in crossing and recrossing.