Greenwood Lake, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 62 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 62-3

A. All definitions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code are hereby included by reference. Said codes, which are referred to, are the latest editions published before passage of this chapter. B. The following terms, wherever used herein or referred to in the code, shall have the respective meanings assigned to them, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the text. ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES See to Chapter 64 , Junk Vehicles. DETERIORATION The condition of a building or part thereof characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, peeling or other evidence of physical decay or neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive use. EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW Any premises or any part thereof characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, peeling, rusting or other evidence of physical decay or neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive use. EXTERIOR OF PREMISES Open space on the premises outside of any building thereon. EXTERMINATION The control and elimination of insects, rodents and vermin. GARBAGE Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food. (See also "refuse" and "rubbish.") HABITABLE ROOMS Rooms used or designed for use by one or more persons for living or sleeping or cooking or eating, but not including bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries and serving and storage pantries. Corridors, foyers, vestibules, cellars, heating rooms, boiler rooms, utility rooms and other rooms or spaces that are not used frequently or for an extended period of time or that have less than 50 square feet of superficial floor area shall not be considered as habitable rooms. INFESTATION The presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on the premises that constitute a health hazard. JUNK Any old, discarded or unused waste iron or other metal or substance, glass, paper, used lumber, rags, machine parts, accessories, machinery, machines, unregistered motor vehicles, boats and boat trailers. LITTER Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible or noncombustible wastes, such as but not limited to paper wrappings, cardboard, empty containers, tin or aluminum cans, wood, glass or glass bottles, ashes or other debris of a nondescript nature. MIXED OCCUPANCY Any building containing one or more dwelling units or rooming units and/or having a portion thereof devoted to nondwelling uses or used as a hotel. NOXIOUS WEEDS Weed or plant growth which is noxious or detrimental to the public health and welfare. NUISANCE (1) Any public nuisance as defined by statute or ordinance or local law. (2) Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to the health or safety of children, whether in a building, on the premises of a building or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes but is not limited to abandoned motor vehicles, abandoned cesspools, abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations, abandoned ice boxes, refrigerators, motor vehicles, boats, trailers, any structurally unsound fences or structures, lumber, trash, debris or vegetation, such as poison ivy or poison sumac, which may prove hazardous for inquisitive minors. (3) Physical conditions dangerous to human life or detrimental to the health of persons on or near the premises where the condition exists. (4) Overcrowding of a room with occupants in violation of this code. (5) Insufficient ventilation or illumination in violation of this code. (6) Inadequate or unsanitary sewage or plumbing facilities in violation of this code. (7) Inadequate conditions or anything offensive to the senses or dangerous to health, in violation of this code. (8) Whatever renders air, food or drink, unwholesome or detrimental to the health of human be beings. (9) Fire hazards. (10) Weeds and grass. OPERATOR Any person who has charge, care or control of a dwelling or control of a dwelling or premises or a part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge of the owner. OWNER Any person or entity who alone, or jointly or severally with others, shall have legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof or shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling unit as owner or as executor, executrix, administrator, trustee, receiver or guardian of the estate or as a mortgagee in possession, regardless of how such possession was obtained. Any person who is a lessee subletting or reassigning any part or all of any dwelling or dwelling unit shall be deemed to be co-owner with the lessor and shall have joint responsibility over the portion of the premises sublet or assigned by said lessee. PARTIES IN INTEREST All individuals, associations and corporations who have interests of record in a building and any who are in actual possession thereof. PARK Any reservation, playground, beach, recreation center, lakefront, vacant land or other public area owned or operated by the Village and devoted to active or passive recreation. PERSON Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or organization of any kind. PREMISES A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon. PRIVATE PROPERTY/PREMISES Any vacant land or house, building or other structure not owned or operated by the Village of Greenwood Lake, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, including any yard, ground, parking lot, walk, driveway or accessory structure belonging to or appurtenant to such house, building or other structure. PUBLIC PLACE/AREAS Any highway, road, street, avenue, alley, park, public parking area, public driveway, sidewalk, right-of-way, grounds or building or any property under the ownership or control of the Village of Greenwood Lake, or any property open to and/or serving the general public. PUBLIC AUTHORITY Any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the municipality, county or state relating to health, fire, building regulations or to other activities concerning buildings in the municipality. REFUSE All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, except body wastes, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ash, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and boats, solid market and industrial wastes. (See also "garbage" and "rubbish.") RUBBISH Litter, as defined herein, in quantities necessitating bagging or packaging, any junked, inoperable or abandoned automobile, bicycle, boat or any boat parts, and/or parts or tires of any automobile, bicycle, airplane or helicopter, or any construction or demolition materials, any docks or flotation products, any appliances, furniture, scrap materials or all other waste materials which, if thrown, accumulated or deposited as herein prohibited, tend to create a danger to public health, safety or welfare, or tend to cause pollution of waterways or tend to create any unsightly condition or blight.