[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Yorktown 4-29-1975
as Ch. 66 of the 1975 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person or persons shall indecently or vulgarly conduct themselves
upon any street, alley, park or public place, or expectorate upon any sidewalk
within the corporate limits of the Town of Yorktown.
[Amended 5-4-1999 by L.L.
No. 5-1999]
A.
No person or persons shall cause, make, create or be
the means of causing, making creating or allowing any unnecessary, unreasonable
or excessive noise which does or may disturb the peace and quietude within
the corporate limits of the Town of Yorktown between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
and 7:00 a.m., prevailing time.
B.
Notwithstanding the prohibitions of § 216-2A, no person or persons shall cause, make, create, allow or be the means of causing, making, creating or allowing any unnecessary, unreasonable or excessive noise emanating from or amplified by any sound reproduction system or operating or playing radio, portable tape player, television, tape deck or similar device that reproduces or amplifies sound to an unnecessary, unreasonable or excessive extent or degree, at any hour of any day, prevailing time.
C.
Notwithstanding the prohibitions of § 216-2A, no person or persons shall cause, make, create, allow or be the means of causing, making, creating or allowing any unnecessary, unreasonable or excessive noise emanating from any motor vehicle at any hour of any day, prevailing time. For purposes of this section, the term "motor vehicle" shall have the same definition and meaning as used in the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
D.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the
following:
(1)
The emission of sound for the purpose of alerting persons
to the existence of an emergency.
(2)
Noise from municipally and civic sponsored celebrations
or events.
(3)
The operation or use of any organ, bell, chimes or other
instrument, apparatus or device by any church, synagogue or school licensed
or chartered by the State of New York, provided that such operation or use
does not occur between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. prevailing time.
(4)
Noise generated by construction equipment or lawn maintenance
equipment, provided that such operation or use does not occur between the
hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., prevailing time, from Sunday evenings,
through and including Friday mornings; between 10:00 p.m. Friday evenings
and 8:00 a.m. Saturday mornings, prevailing time; and between 10:00 p.m. Saturday
evenings and 8:00 a.m. Sunday mornings, prevailing time.
(5)
Snow removal equipment used or operated during periods
of inclement weather, regardless of time.
(6)
Noise generated by agriculturally or farm-related equipment
used in the production of agricultural crops.
No person or persons shall make, create or be the means of making, creating
or allowing any disturbance within the corporate limits of the Town of Yorktown.
No person or persons shall, by any offensive or disorderly act or language,
annoy, interfere with, disturb or offend any other person or persons within
the corporate limits of the Town of Yorktown.
No person or persons shall prevent or obstruct the operations of the
Fire Department or any member thereof, or neglect or refuse to obey any order
of, or attempt to prevent or obstruct the execution of any order of, an officer
of the Fire Department, a police officer of the Town of Yorktown or any other
peace officer of the town during a fire.
The discharge of any air gun, air pistol or any similar instrument,
or the possession of any such air gun, air pistol or any similar instrument,
in or upon any street, avenue, alley, lane, park or other public place within
the Town of Yorktown is hereby prohibited.
[Amended 8-7-2007 by L.L. No. 10-2007]
It shall be unlawful for any person or company in any manor to obstruct
the use or maintenance of any fire hydrant within the Town, or to place any
material or utility of any type in front thereof or within 10 feet of either
side thereof. It shall be the duty of the owner and occupant, jointly, of
every parcel of real estate adjoining a fire hydrant to keep a two-foot-wide
path around the fire hydrant free from snow and ice. Snow and ice shall be
removed within 48 hours of a snowstorm. It shall be the duty of the owner
and occupant, jointly, to notify the water district if the fire hydrant cannot
be cleared within 48 hours of a snowstorm.
[Amended 8-7-2007 by L.L. No. 10-2007]
It shall be unlawful for any person, unless duly authorized, to open, draw water from, unfasten, break or injure any fire hydrant. Any person doing so will be charged for the usage or loss of water resulting from such action. The amount of such charge shall be determined by the Water Department consistent with its established fee schedule and, absent actual measurement, may be calculated on the Water Department's reasonable estimate of the volume of water lost or used. Such charge shall be in addition to any penalties and fines pursuant to § 216-11.
Parents, guardians or custodians shall not permit or allow any minor
under their supervision or control to do any act prohibited by any Town of
Yorktown ordinance or local law.
[Added 9-21-1999 by L.L.
No. 18-1999[1]]
It shall be the duty of the owner and occupant, jointly, of every parcel
of real estate adjoining a public sidewalk, notwithstanding whether the parcel
of real estate is occupied by a structure, to keep all adjoining sidewalks
free from snow and ice for the full width of the sidewalk.
A.
Snow and ice shall be removed within twenty-four hours
after a precipitation event has concluded. Sidewalks abutting a commercial
establishment or parking lot shall be kept free and clear of snow and ice
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
B.
In such cases where the snow and ice on any sidewalk
cannot be removed without injury to the sidewalk, it shall be strewn and kept
strewn with ashes, sand, salt or other suitable material as so said sidewalk
shall be safe for public use. Said maintenance shall occur in the time periods
prescribed above and the sidewalk shall be cleared as soon as practically
safe.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter
shall be guilty of a violation punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days or by a fine not exceeding $250, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall
constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct
offense hereunder.
[Added 7-20-1999 by L.L.
No. 9-1999]
This chapter may be enforced by the Building Department Code Enforcement
Officer, the Yorktown Fire Marshal and/or the Yorktown Police Department.
