Showing ordinances that apply to Mountain Lodge Park, NY
Mountain Lodge Park is an unincorporated community (population 1,910) in Orange County, New York. Because Mountain Lodge Park is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Orange County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The snow & sidewalk clearing rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Property owners must clear adjacent sidewalks after snowfall. Newburgh: within 24 hours of snow ending. Middletown: within 24 hours. Unincorporated towns generally have no sidewalk clearing requirement where sidewalks do not exist.
NY General Municipal Law 82 allows municipalities to require adjacent owners to clear sidewalks. Newburgh Code Ch 236-30 requires clearing within 24 hours of cessation of snowfall. Middletown Code requires same. Failure results in municipal clearing and billback plus fines ($25-100 typical). Ice must be treated with salt or sand.
Contact your local code enforcement office for specific penalty information.
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