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Highland Falls board sets tight deadlines for property cleanups, orders inspections and planning filings
Summary
After hearings on 173 Main St, 11 Drew, Cooks Lane and 66 Schneider, the board approved resolutions ordering owners to secure buildings, clean exteriors and begin planning submissions — many with a Friday compliance deadline or later tie‑back deadlines for structural work.
The Highland Falls Board of Trustees on April 6 moved from hearings into formal resolutions requiring property owners to correct longstanding maintenance violations.
For 173 Main Street the board recorded violations including abandoned/unregistered vehicles, rubbish and a tree-removal issue; the owner said vehicles are gone and that tree removal and cleanup are in progress. The building inspector and the village attorney said the property must either begin the planning-board application process or face an appearance ticket to Justice Court. The board required removal of rubbish, remediation of trees and a plan submission by Friday, April 10, or the village will undertake corrective action at the owner’s cost.
On Cook's Lane (Section Block Lot 104-8-1.1) the building inspector described a vacant, unsecured structure with exterior and roof damage that poses safety and blight concerns; the board voted that the building be secured and the exterior debris cleaned by Friday, April 10, and asked for a plan worked out with the building inspector. For 66 Schneider Avenue the board confirmed an accessory-structure violation had been remedied but ordered removal or relocation of chickens/rooster by the same Friday deadline unless a formal request to retain them is submitted and approved.
At 11 Drew Avenue the property owner asked for more time to finish interior and exterior work; the board set an elongated schedule for the tie-back and related remediation, with a required tie-back/securement step earlier (board-recorded tacking/secure by an agreed date) and additional work to be completed by mid-May in the motions the trustees adopted.
Property owners, the building inspector and village attorney discussed stop-work orders and the Justice Court process for fines. "If they're not rectified, then the village will do it," the village attorney said while outlining enforcement steps. The board said it will return to these items in resolutions or at a special meeting if necessary.
