Port Jefferson, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 161 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 161-27

A. Surface and subsurface water shall be appropriately drained to protect buildings and structures and to prevent the development of stagnant ponds. Gutters, culverts, catch basins, drain inlets, stormwater sewers, approved combined storm and sanitary sewers or other satisfactory drainage systems shall be utilized where necessary. No roof, surface or sanitary drainage shall create a structural, safety or health hazard by reason of construction, maintenance or manner of discharge. B. Fences and other minor construction shall be maintained in a safe and substantial condition. C. Steps, walks, driveways, parking spaces and similar paved areas shall be maintained so as to afford safe passage under normal use and weather conditions. Any holes or other hazards that may exist shall be filled or necessary repairs or replacement carried out. D. Yards, courts and vacant lots shall be kept clean and free of physical hazards, rodent harborage and infestation. They shall be maintained in a manner that will prevent dust or other particles from being blown about the neighborhood. Open wells, cesspools or cisterns shall be securely closed or barricaded from access to the public. E. The owner of any lot containing a grass lawn shall cause such grass lawn to be cut whenever necessary so that such grass lawn does not exceed six inches in height. The owner of any lot containing brush, rubbish and/or noxious weeds shall cause such brush, rubbish and/or noxious weeds to be cut whenever necessary so that such brush, rubbish and/or noxious weeds do not exceed three inches in height. All such brush, rubbish and/or noxious weeds shall immediately be removed from the premises upon such cutting. Any person who violates this section or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in § 1-2 of the Code of the Village of Port Jefferson. Any such violation shall also serve to authorize the Building Inspector, upon 10 days' written notice to said owner, to cut and remove such grass, brush, rubbish and/or noxious weeds as is provided above. In such event, the cost and expense of such cutting and removal shall be assessed against the premises, shall become the personal liability of the owner of such lot and shall be a lien upon such lot to be paid/collected pursuant to law. F. A junked or inoperative vehicle may not be stored or left in the open for an unreasonable time. Any junked vehicle or vehicles must be relocated to a completely enclosed location or otherwise removed from the property. G. No outside storage or accumulation of garbage, crates, rubbish, refuse or debris shall be permitted at any time, and all such garbage, crates, rubbish, refuse or debris shall be kept inside the building or buildings on the premises or in an acceptable enclosure and shall be regularly collected and removed from the premises. H. No shopping baskets, carts or wagons shall be left unattended or standing in open areas, and the same shall be regularly collected by the occupant of such unit and removed to the interior of the building or buildings. I. Corner lots: obstruction to vision at street intersections in all residence districts. That portion of any corner lot within the right-of-way or within an area 10 feet from the curb or street line, whichever is larger, shall be cleared of all growth, except isolated trees; obstructions, except corners of buildings such as garages, houses, etc.; and fences and walls above the level three feet higher than the center line of the street. J. Right-of-way: obstruction to vision. All rights-of-way in all residence districts shall be cleared of all growth, except isolated trees; obstructions, except buildings such as houses, garages, etc.; and fences and walls above the level three feet higher than the center line of the street where such clearing is necessary to afford drivers traveling on streets abutting such right-of-way adequate vision. K. Bamboo restriction. (1) It shall be unlawful for plant species commonly considered to be classified as "running bamboo," hereinafter defined as any tropical or semi-tropical grasses with monopodial (leptomorphic) rhizome (root) systems, including, but not limited to, the following plant genera: Arundinaria, Chimonobambusa, Phyllostichys, Pleioblastus, Pseudosasa, Sasa, Sasaella, and Semiarundinaria, to be planted, installed or maintained upon any property within the Village of Port Jefferson. (2) Duty to confine bamboo. In the event any species commonly considered to be classified as "bamboo," hereinafter defined as any tropical or semi-tropical monopodial (sympodial), (pachymorph) grasses, including, but not limited to, Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, and Fargesia, is located upon any property within the Village of Port Jefferson, said species shall be confined to prevent the encroachment, spread, invasion or intrusion of same onto any other property or right-of-way. (3) Notice. The incorporated Village of Port Jefferson shall notify the owner or occupant of the property which is in violation of Subsection K(1) or (2) above and the notice shall specify a time, not less than 15 days, to comply with the provisions therein. Said notice shall be in writing and served personally or by certified mail. Service shall be deemed complete on the day the delivery or mail is completed. (4) Removal. In the event that bamboo is situated on property located in the Village of Port Jefferson and said bamboo invades or grows on an adjoining or neighboring property that is owned or held on behalf of the Village of Port Jefferson, the Village shall notify the property owner that said bamboo has invaded Village property, and that the property owner is responsible for the cost of removal of such bamboo from the Village property. This notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, and by regular mail to the latest address of the property owner on file with the Village Clerk. (a) The Village may remove or arrange for the removal of such bamboo from the Village property after 30 days of the notice. The property owner shall be liable and responsible to the Village for the Village's costs in removing the bamboo from the Village property. Such costs may be assessed against the property of the owner as a tax payable by such property owner in the event that the costs remain unpaid more than 30 days after demand for payment has been made by the Village on the property owner. (b) Neither the Village nor its employees shall have any liability for damages or other claims to the property owner by reason of the removal of such bamboo. In the event such removal entails or causes damages to the flora or other property of a person other than the property of the property owner, the property owner in violation of this section shall be responsible for such damages. (5) Replanting prohibited. Any bamboo either planted or caused to be planted or existing on a property prior to the effective date of this section may not be replanted or replaced in kind once such bamboo is or has become, for any reason, dead, destroyed, uprooted or otherwise removed.