§ 49-2. Standards for commercial buildings.

A. 

Surface and subsurface water shall be appropriately drained to protect buildings and structures, to prevent damage to adjacent property and to prevent the development of stagnant ponds.

B. 

Steps, walks, driveways, parking spaces and appurtenances and other paved areas shall be maintained so as to afford safe passage for pedestrian traffic and motor vehicle traffic under normal use and weather conditions. Holes or other hazards shall be immediately filled or otherwise repaired or replacements effected. All off-street parking facilities shall be swept.

C. 

All landscaping shall be maintained so that lawns, hedges, bushes and trees shall be kept trimmed and free from becoming overgrown and unsightly. When such lawns, hedges, bushes and trees shall die or otherwise be destroyed, they shall be replaced.

D. 

All garbage, crates, rubbish, refuse or debris shall be kept inside the building or buildings on the premises or in an acceptable enclosed container and shall be regularly collected and removed from the premises.

E. 

Yards, courts, play areas and vacant lots shall be kept clean and free of physical hazards. They shall be maintained in a manner that will prevent rubbish from being blown about the neighborhood. Open wells, cesspools or cisterns shall be securely closed or barricaded to prevent access by the public.

F. 

The owner of a vacated building shall take such steps and perform such acts as may be required of him from time to time to ensure that the building and its adjoining yards remain safe and secure and do not present a hazard to adjoining property or to the public.

G. 

A junked vehicle may not be parked, stored or left in the open but shall be stored in a suitable enclosed location inside a building or behind a fence which suitably screens such junked vehicles from view. A "junked vehicle," for the purposes of this chapter, shall mean an unregistered motor vehicle not suitable for operation as originally intended. Lack of a license plate affixed to a motor vehicle shall be presumptive evidence that the vehicle is unregistered.

H. 

All lights, lighting stanchions, utility poles and other appurtenances shall be suitably maintained in a safe condition so as to prevent hazards to the public health, safety and welfare.

I. 

Parking area maintenance.

(1) 

All paving, repaving, sealing, striping, painting or signage changes to an existing off-street parking lot, area or facility must be performed in accordance with, and said lot, area or facility maintained in accordance with, the current accessible parking requirements of the Property Maintenance Code and Building Code of the State of New York.

(2) 

In the event compliance with Subsection I(1) above results in a reduction of the number and/or size of parking spaces, said reduction shall not be deemed a violation of the approved site plan.

J. 

Exterior surfaces of any and all buildings, structures and accessory structures, including but not limited to fences that are not inherently resistant to deterioration, shall be periodically treated with a protective coating of paint or other suitable preservative. All surfaces shall be maintained free of deterioration, including but not limited to broken or missing glass, loose or missing shingles or siding, crumbling brick, stone and mortar and peeling, scaling or deteriorated paint.