| Highway Department |
62 Ludington Court
Carmel, New York 10512 |
Phone: 845-225-7172
Fax: 845-225-9464
Email: highway@townofkentny.gov |
| Business Hours: Monday through
Friday 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM |
| Highway Superintendent: |
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Anthony Caravetta |
| Superintendent's Secretary: |
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Angela Verity |
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The Highway Superintendent's
Office is located at 62 Ludington Court off of Route 311. |
| Mailboxes and Debris on the Road |
| Mailboxes are established by property owners within the highway
rights-of-way. A county or town could adopt an ordinance that
specifies the type of placement of mailboxes to prevent them
becoming a fixed hazard. |
The other aspect of mailboxes
to consider is the accidental damage to mailboxes in connection
with the municipality's maintenance operations, particularly
snow and ice removal. There is no right of the property owner
to recover against the municipality for the accidental damage
to mailboxes. Repairs are a judgmental decision of the superintendent.
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- No person shall throw or deposit upon the highway any
glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, snow, or
any other substance likely to injure any person, animal
or vehicle upon such highway.
- Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown
upon any highway any destructive or injurious material,
or any material interfering with the safe use of the highway
shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
- Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from
a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance
dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
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| Snow Removal - Public Notice |
In order to facilitate the removal of snow from the roads, streets
and highways within the Town of Kent, the overnight parking
of vehicles on the roadway is prohibited. Vehicles found parked
on any such roads, streets or highways, will be issued a traffic
summons and towed at the owner's expense.
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Residents of the Town of Kent
are also cautioned that should their vehicle become disabled
during a snow storm and is abandoned, the operator must notify
the Town of Kent Police Department and the vehicle must be removed
as soon as possible or it will be towed at the owner's expense.
This ban is in effect from November 15th to April 15 yearly. |
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| Fences, Hedges and Landscaping
- Zoning Board Law |
| Sometimes the Highway Department is alerted of a potential hazard
on our right-of-way. It seems that brush/shrubs or hedges obstruct
a safe view of oncoming traffic. |
| So we suggest that all our
residents read the following law and take preventative actions
first. |
| Our department uses power
equipment for roadside maintenance, which at times does not
leave an attractive appearance. |
| Kent Zoning Law reads as follows: |
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| 77-17. Fences hedges and landscaping |
| Except as set forth
hereinafter, no fence or garden wall in any required yard
or between the front building line and the required fron
yard shall exceed a height of six (6) feet. If erected
along the street line, the height shall be measured from
the existing elevation of the opposite point along the
center line of the street. Within a radius of thirty (30)
feet of the corner formed by intersecting streets, the
height of any fence, garden wall, hedge or other densely
growing shrubbery shall not exceed two and on-half (2
1/2) feet. |
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| Street Sweeping |
| The Highway Department schedules all of the Town's roads to
be swept in the Spring once the threat of any snowstorms have
ceased. |
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| Drainage |
| The pipes or open ditches along the roadside are there for drainage
purposes; residents should not deposit leaves or other debris
there or on the roadway. |
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