[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Maine as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-21-1962]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
As used in this chapter, the term "garbage" shall be defined
by the New York State Property Maintenance Code.
[Amended 6-21-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016]
Includes an individual, society, club, firm, partnership,
corporation or association of persons, and the singular number shall
include the plural number.
As used in this chapter, the term "rubbish" shall be defined
by the New York State Property Maintenance Code.
[Amended 6-21-2016 by L.L. No. 2-2016]
No person shall carry or leave, or cause to
be carried or left, upon any premises in said Town any garbage, as
herein defined, or any material, waste or offal of any kind which
shall give off any offensive odor, either when left upon the premises
or thereafter, or which creates or may thereafter create a nuisance
of any kind, or which shall be or may become dangerous to human or
animal life.
No person shall throw or deposit, or cause to
be thrown or deposited, any garbage, rubbish or abandoned vehicles
or parts thereof, in or upon any public highway, street or place within
said Town of Maine.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, be punishable by a fine not exceeding $50 for each offense
or by imprisonment in the county jail, or by both such fine or imprisonment,
and upon failure to pay any such fine, to be imprisoned in the county
jail until such fine be paid, not to exceed one day for each dollar
of the fine imposed.
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The recycling program and regulations of Broome
County are controlling in the Town of Maine.
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