Town of Elma, NY
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2023-02-22
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 140 Water
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Article VIII Penalties
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Assessments
- Ch 7 Conservation Board
- Ch 8 Environmental Commission
- Ch 10 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 24 Officers and Employees
- Ch 25 Ordinances, Publication of
- Ch 27 Personnel Policies
- Ch 29 Planning Board
- Ch 31 Police Department
- Ch 34 Records, Public Access to
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 42 Adult Uses
- Ch 43 Alarm Systems
- Ch 48 Bingo
- Ch 50 Biosolids
- Ch 52 Building Construction
- Ch 56 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 57 Cannabis
- Ch 59 Collision Shops
- Ch 59A Communication Facilities
- Ch 59B Cross-Connection Control
- Ch 60 Dealers in Motor Vehicles
- Ch 65 Dogs
- Ch 68 Dumps and Dumping
- Ch 70 Easements, Conservation
- Ch 71 Electrical Standards
- Ch 73 Entertainment, Public
- Ch 75 Excavations
- Ch 77 Filling and Grading
- Ch 79 Fire Prevention
- Ch 82 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 86 Games of Chance
- Ch 87 Historic Preservation
- Ch 88 Industrial Development Agency
- Ch 97 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 100 Acreage Lot Development
- Ch 103 Parks
- Ch 105 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 115 Sewers
- Ch 116 Sex Offenders
- Ch 117 Site Plan Review
- Ch 118 Social Host Liability
- Ch 118A Solar Renewable Energy Systems
- Ch 119 Solid Waste
- Ch 120 Stormwater Management
- Ch 120A Stormwater Management Overlay District
- Ch 121 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 123 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 127 Taxation
- Ch 130 Towers, Construction of
- Ch 134 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 140 Water
- Ch 140 Art VIII Penalties
- § 140-51 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 144 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
In addition to any other violations set forth in this chapter or
any statute of the State of New York, it shall be a violation for
any person to cause damage to any water main, hydrant, meter or metering
equipment, storage tower, standpipe or any facility or equipment used
in providing water service by the Elma Water Department or for any
person to turn on, without the permission of the Elma Town Board or
a representative of the Elma Water Department, any hydrant which is
a part of the water system operated by the Elma Water Department.
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter which is declared
to be an offense or violation shall be guilty of a violation and shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment not to
exceed 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C.
Where it is provided herein that a violation of this chapter, or
any part or section thereof, shall result in a forfeiture or the imposition
of a penalty, the Town Board may maintain an action or proceeding
in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect such forfeiture
or penalty and to compel compliance with this chapter by injunction
or in any other legal manner.
