[Adopted 7-10-1959]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes waste food, papers, dead animals or parts thereof and all
waste or discarded wood, vegetable matter of any kind or any other matter
which shall be combustible or 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 and
all discarded substances of a solid and noncombustible nature.
No person shall throw, dump or deposit, or cause to be thrown, dumped
or deposited, in any part of the Town of Cornwall, outside the Incorporated
Village of Cornwall, any garbage, rubbish or abandoned vehicles or parts thereof
from any source whatever originating outside of the Town of Cornwall; and
no person shall permit such throwing, dumping or depositing thereof upon property
owned, leased or controlled by such person.
[Amended 9-25-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989]
A violation of this article is hereby declared to be punishable by a
fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both,
for each offense. In addition, the town may recover a civil penalty of not
less than $25 nor more than $100 for each violation of this article, and also
shall have the right to maintain an action or proceeding in a court of competent
jurisdiction to compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction any violation
of the provisions of this article, pursuant to § 135 of the Town
Law.
