[Adopted 11-16-1978 as Art. II of Ch. 78 of the
1978 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A litter storage and collection container which is durable, rust-resisting
and has a tight-fitting cover; receptacles used for the storage of garbage
shall, in addition thereto, be nonabsorbent and watertight and shall not exceed
30 gallons in capacity.
Includes the remains of anything damaged, broken down or destroyed,
building refuse, plastic, wood, wire, iron, plaster, ruins, fragments of building
materials, concrete, tree trunks or branches, leaves, accumulation of large
or small stones, rocks, brick, cement blocks or any kind of discarded materials.
All putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the receipt,
storage, handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, and includes
animal, fruit or vegetable waste, carrion, offal, swill, food, food cans,
rags, paper wrappings, and glass, plastic, paper or metal food containers.
Includes any street, lane, road, avenue, court, path, driveway or
place, parking lot, public or private, used by any vehicle or person for transportation
or walking within the limits of the Incorporated Village of Lake Grove.
Includes any vehicle, automobile, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, boat
or trailer, refrigerator, freezer, washing or drying machine or any other
household furniture or equipment abandoned, rusted, wrecked, discarded, dismantled,
inoperative or in an abandoned condition.
Paper, cardboard boxes, plastic, rags, bedding, weeds, grass or other
yard trimmings, tin cans, dirt, stones, glass and other mineral refuse and
similar materials, ashes, dead animals, solid market and industrial wastes
and night soil.
A plot, tract, premises or parcel of land with or without buildings
or structures located thereon, as surveyed and apportioned for sale or other
purpose, either publicly or privately owned.
Includes any playground, ballfield, lot, plot or land, public or
private, used for recreational purposes.
Any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, institution
or public body, and includes the plural as well as the singular.
The area between the curbline or side of the highway and the abutting
property owner's line.
No person shall throw or deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited
litter, garbage, debris or junk in or upon any highway, sidewalk, park or
other public place within the Village. All such garbage, junk, litter and
debris shall be placed in public receptacles for collection, said receptacles
to be authorized containers only.
No person owning, occupying, renting or otherwise in control of any
home, residence, place of business or other building or area shall sweep into
or deposit in any highway or gutter or other public place within the Village
the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or
private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying any property within
the Village shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises or place of
business free of litter, and persons owning or occupying a place of business
shall sweep clean the sidewalks on and in front of their premises before 10:00
a.m. of each day except Sundays and legal holidays.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private
receptacles, which shall be properly covered, shall do so in such a manner
as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any
highway, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the
Village unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded and properly covered
as to prevent any load, contents, sand, dirt or litter from being blown or
deposited upon any street or other public place. Nor shall any person drive
or move any vehicle or truck within the Village, the wheels of which carry
onto or deposit in any street or other public place any mud, dirt, sticky
substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
[Added 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or to accumulate in or
about any yard, lot, place or premises owned or occupied by such person any
garbage, refuse, debris, abandoned or stripped vehicle or any part thereof
so as to cause such yard, lot, premises, highway or sidewalk to remain in
such condition as to cause or create a nuisance or offensive odor or atmosphere
for rodent harborage, or thereby to be or to become or cause or create a public
nuisance.
All garbage cans and trash containers shall be required to be emptied
and the contents thereof disposed of at least three times each week in all
residential, business and industrial districts. It shall be unlawful and a
violation of this article to permit an accumulation of garbage or trash upon
any premises in the Village in any event for a period longer than four days,
legal holidays excepted, without having arranged for disposal of such accumulation
by some person to an authorized dump.
All garbage containers shall be covered securely at all times. Following
collection, garbage containers shall be placed at the rear of the house or
building of the owner or occupant and shall not be stored upon the street,
sidewalk or other public place.
[Added 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
No person shall throw or deposit litter, garbage, debris or junk on
any occupied private property within the Village, whether owned by such person
or not, except that the owner or person in control of private property may
maintain authorized private receptacles for collection in such a manner that
litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon
any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private property.
[Added 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private
property within the Village, whether owned by such person or not.
A.Â
Any person committing an offense against any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation pursuant
to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding
$250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
B.Â
In the event of a violation of the provisions of this
article, the Code Enforcement Officer or Building Inspector may issue a conditional
summons. If the condition causing the violation is not corrected within five
days of issuance, the summons shall become effective. The violation shall
be deemed a continuing violation until corrected, and fines shall continue
to accrue daily.
[Added 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
