As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
PERSON
Includes a corporation, partnership, firm or individual association.
No person shall use, in a blasting operation, a quantity of explosives
greater than necessary, properly to start the rock or other substances, nor
use such an amount as will endanger persons or property. The Town Board may
limit the maximum quantity of explosives to be used, but no action by the
Town Board or its duly authorized representative shall relieve or exempt any
person or insurance company from liability for damage caused by the use of
such explosives.
No person shall conduct blasting operations within the Town of Highlands
after 5:00 p.m. and before 8:00 a.m. nor at any time on Sunday, except under
the authority of a special permit issued by the Town Board.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to conflict with
§§ 450 through 465 of the Labor Law of the State of New York.
The Town Board or its duly authorized representative is hereby authorized
and empowered to establish and promulgate rules and regulations concerning
blasting operations in said town, storage of explosives and other matters
contained in this chapter not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
Such rules and regulations when established and promulgated shall be binding
upon all persons to whom a permit is issued pursuant to this chapter.
Any person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter,
upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $250
or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both. Every violation of any provision
in the chapter shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in case of continuing
violation, every day's continuation thereof shall be deemed to be a separate
and distinct offense.