[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Newstead 4-18-1955 (Ch. 38 of the 1988 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes waste food, papers, dead animals or parts thereof,
all waste or vegetable matter of any kind or any other matter which
shall be capable of fermentation or decay.
Includes an individual, society, club, firm, partnership,
corporation or association of persons, and the singular number shall
include the plural number.
Includes waste metal, tin cans, ashes, cinders, glass, pottery,
wood and all discarded substances of a solid nature.
[Amended 2-8-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
The regulations herein contained shall apply
to any lands now owned or hereafter leased or acquired for the purpose
of disposal of rubbish.
A.
No person shall carry or leave, or cause to be carried or left, upon the premises mentioned in § 165-2 of this chapter any garbage as herein defined or any material, waste or offal of any kind which shall give off any offensive odor either when left on 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.
B.
No person not a resident of or conducting an established
business in the Town of Newstead shall deposit any rubbish of any
kind on the premises herein designated for that purpose.
C.
Manner of use. No person shall deposit or cause to
be deposited any substance of any kind on the dumping ground herein
designated except at the places and in the manner directed by the
person in charge of the premises under authority of the Town Board,
whether such direction is given personally, by another person by his
authority or by a sign or signs erected upon the premises by his authority.
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 Newstead, except upon the dumping ground aforesaid pursuant
to the regulations hereof.
[Amended 4-24-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997; 2-25-2008 by L.L. No.
2-2008]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine
of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days,
or both, for any offense.
[Added 1-27-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
The Code Enforcement Officer in addition to any duly authorized law enforcement officer of the State of New York is authorized to enforce this Chapter 165.
