[Adopted 6-4-1996 by L.L. No. 8-1996]
It is the intent and purpose of this article to provide for safe and unobstructed highways in the Town of Yorktown.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPEARANCE TICKET
a written notice issued in accordance with Article 150 of the Criminal Procedure Law.
ORDER TO REMEDY VIOLATIONS
A written notice issued and subscribed by an authorized public servant directing a designated person to remove any material, including, but not limited to snow, ice, water, mud or dirt from a public street or directing a designated person to remove any obstruction or remedy any unsafe condition on a public street.
TOWN HIGHWAY
Any highway where any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic and which highway is owned, constructed, improved, repaired or maintained by the Town of Yorktown, and shall include the entire width of the right-of-way of such highway, including the paved surface, gutters and shoulders.
No person shall obstruct, endanger or interfere with any public highway by causing, directing, permitting or procuring the deposit of any material, including, but not limited to snow, ice, water, mud or dirt to be deposited on any public street or to cause, permit, allow or direct any other act which results in any obstruction or unsafe condition on any public street. Whenever any person shall have been served with an order to remedy violation, each day that such person shall continue such violation after such service shall constitute a separate offense punishable by a like fine or penalty.
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This article shall be enforced by the Town of Yorktown Highway Department, the Town of Yorktown Building Department and/or the Yorktown Police Department.
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The Superintendent of Highways, the Building Inspector, any Assistant Building Inspector, the Code Enforcement Officer, the Environmental Code Enforcement Office and any Police Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and serve an appearance ticket to any person violating the provisions of this article.
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The Superintendent of Highways, the Building Inspector, any Assistant Building Inspector, Code Enforcement Officer, and the Environmental Code Enforcement Officer may also issue and serve an order to remedy violations.
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Service of any such appearance ticket or of any such order to remedy violations may be made by personal service or in any other manner authorized by law. Where any material, including, but not limited to, snow, ice, water, mud or dirt, is being or has been deposited on a public street from premises abutting said public street, an order to remedy violation may be served by leaving a copy of the same with the occupant of the premises or by affixing a copy conspicuously at the premises, and by mailing a copy to the owner of the premises at the address maintained for such owner in the office of the Assessor of the Town of Yorktown.
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A violation of any provision of this article shall constitute a violation as defined by § 10.00 of the Penal Law of the State of New York.
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Any person being found guilty of a violation of this article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both.
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In addition, upon the failure of an owner of premises abutting a town highway to comply with the provisions of an order to remedy violations, after having been served with a such an order, the Town of Yorktown Highway Department may cause the obstruction to be removed or the unsafe condition to be remedied and upon the completion of the work under the direction of the Superintendent of Highways, the owner shall be subject to a charge to be fixed and determined by the Superintendent of Highways with the approval of the Town Board. During the month of May in each year, the Superintendent of Highways shall make a list of all such charges and file the same in the Superintendent's office and give public notice of such filing by publication in the official newspaper of the Town of Yorktown that said list has been made and filed and that for 10 days from the date of the second publication of said notice said list may be examined by any person interested therein and that upon a day and hour stated in such notice and at least 10 days after the second publication, the Superintendent of Highways will attend at the Superintendent's office to hear any objections to said list and pass upon all objections and, if need be, alter and correct said list. After said hearing and making the necessary corrections, if any, the Superintendent of Highways shall attach to the list a certificate that such hearing has been had and that such list is now complete and file the same with the Town Clerk and the Receiver of Taxes, whereupon the Receiver of Taxes shall mail to each owner of real property included in such list a statement of the amount of charges against such owner's property. Upon the filing of said list with the Town Clerk and the Receiver of Taxes, the several sums mentioned in said list shall be deemed to be assessed against the property as a lien, and the Receiver of Taxes shall, when extending the next general tax upon the town assessment roll, place unpaid amounts thereon as against the property of the person named in said list, and such amounts shall be collected at the same time, in the same manner and by the same proceedings as other taxes on said roll. The failure of the addressee to receive the same shall not in any manner affect the validity of the lien or the penalties imposed by law with respect thereto.
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Notwithstanding the other penalties and remedies herein provided, the Town Board may maintain an action or proceeding in the name of the town in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with this article, or to restrain by injunction the violation of any provision of this article.
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The foregoing provisions for the enforcement of this article are not exclusive, but are in addition to any and all other laws applicable thereto.