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Trustee Hartung Trustee Even Moved by Trustee Even, seconded by Trustee Hartung to approve Local Law #6 of 2026 as presented: SECTION I: § 169-1 “Prohibited Acts.” No owner or occupant of any real property located within the Village of Orchard Park shall allow such real property to become overgrown with brush, grass or weeds, or to allow the unlawful accumulation on such property of rubbish or trash. Any other property maintenance violations which include affecting the exterior within their boundaries are subject to the same. SECTION II: § 169-2 “Duty of owner or occupant.” It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any real property located within the Village of Orchard Park to maintain the structures, infrastructure, cut, trim, remove or cause to be cut, trimmed or removed from said lot, plot or property, or any portion thereof, all brush thereon, so the general height is no greater than six inches during the months of May through October of each year and to remove from such real property any accumulation of rubbish or trash thereon. SECTION III: § 169-3 “Failure of owner or occupant to comply; enforcement procedures.” In case the owner or occupant of real property located within the Village of Orchard Park shall fail to comply with §§ 169-1 and 169-2 of this chapter, the Village Code Enforcement Officer upon direction of the Board of Trustees, shall cause to be served upon owner or occupant, by mail, a written notice requiring such owner or occupant to comply within five days after service of such notice, the Director of Public Works shall cause the repairs to the structure or infrastructure, cutting and/or removal of the brush, grass, weeds or rubbish and trash. In any such case, the owner or occupant of such real property shall pay to the Village all costs in connection with such cutting and/or removal, together with a service charge of 50% thereof to cover supervision and administration, within thirty (30) days after completion thereof. Upon failure of such owner or occupant to pay such costs, the Director of Public Works shall report same to the Board of Trustees, who shall certify such costs to the Erie County Department of Real Property Tax, and thereupon such costs shall become a lien upon the real property involved and shall be added to and become a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such real property and shall bear interest at the same rate as and be collected and enforced in the same manner as taxes. SECTION IV: § 169-4 “Penalties for offenses”. Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be punished as provided in Chapter 1, Article III, of this Code. SECTION V: Effective Date This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.