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Property Owners, Absent a Regulation, Do Not Have a Duty to Make Sure Vegetation Does Not Obstruct Drivers’ View/Here the Cited Code Violations Were Not Intended to Impose that Duty

The Second Department determined that the town code provisions cited by plaintiffs did not impose a duty upon property owners to prevent vegetation from obstructing the view of drivers on a public road:

A property owner has no common-law duty to prevent vegetation growing on its property from creating a visual obstruction to users of a public roadway … . Although such a duty may be imposed by a specific regulatory provision …, the ordinances … defendants allegedly violated, Code of the Town of Clarkstown §§ 216-4 and 250-6, were not intended to protect motorists from the hazards of vegetation which obstruct views at intersections of streets and driveways … . Accordingly, alleged noncompliance with the subject ordinances may not give rise to tort liability… . Preux v Dennis, 2014 NY Slip Op 02763, 2nd Dept 4-23-14

 

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