[Adopted 5-14-1982 as L.L. No. 4-1982]
The regulation and control of the extraction
and removal of earth products and other excavations are necessary
to protect and to prevent serious and irreparable damage to the public
health, safety and general welfare as well as to make effective the
general purposes of comprehensive planning and zoning.
The excavation or removal of sand, gravel, stone
or other minerals or the stripping or removal of topsoil from any
land in the Village of Southampton without a currently effective permit
issued by the Board of Trustees, is hereby prohibited.
The following operations and uses are hereby
excepted from the application of this chapter:
A. Excavation or removal of sand, gravel, stone or other
minerals or removal of topsoil on premises owned or maintained by
a municipality.
B. Excavation or removal of sand, gravel, stone or other
minerals incident to highway, sidewalk or driveway construction or
construction or a single-family residence on the same premises; provided
that topsoil shall not be removed from the premises.
C. Excavation or removal of sand, gravel, stone or other
minerals incident to the construction of a stormwater basin, recharge
basin or drainage sump on the same premises; provided that topsoil
shall not be removed from the premises.
D. The moving of topsoil or other earth from one part
to another of the same premises as an incident to building, farming
or landscaping.
[Amended 7-11-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002; 8-13-2020 by L.L. No. 7-2020]
Any person who violates this article or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in Article
II of Chapter
1 of the Code of the Village of Southampton.