The Town Board hereby determines that it is necessary to prohibit the
disposal of solid waste other than by use of the Town-designated disposal
and recycling site pursuant to rules and regulations now in effect and to
be enacted in the future.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
DUMP
Includes any land used for the disposal by abandonment, depositing,
burying, dumping, burning or any other means of disposal and for whatever
purpose, any garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles
or parts thereof or waste materials of any kind other than trees, brush, vegetation,
earth, gravel, rocks and sand.
PERSON
Includes an individual, an association, a partnership and/or a corporation,
municipal or private.
SOLID WASTE
Includes garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery,
vehicles or parts thereof or waste material of any kind other than trees,
brush, vegetation, earth, gravel, rocks and sand.
Solid waste shall be disposed of by use of a Town-authorized disposal
and recycling site by all persons within the Town, except commercial haulers,
to be in accordance with all applicable federal, state and Town laws, rules
and regulations.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine not to exceed $250 for each such violation or by imprisonment not to
exceed 15 days. Each day during which any such violation shall exist shall
constitute a separate violation. Each separate violation shall be punishable
as set forth herein.
The Town Board, in the name of the Town or any aggrieved person, may
maintain a legal or equitable action or proceeding in any court of competent
jurisdiction to compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation
of any provision of this chapter.