This chapter shall be known as the "Town of Wheatfield Drainage Structure
Local Law."
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety
and general welfare, to protect and preserve the natural beauty and value
of property and to minimize public and private losses by regulating the design
and implementation of drainage structures.
For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise,
the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DRAINAGE STRUCTURE
Anything designed to enhance drainage in the Town, including but
not limited to ditches, culverts, drain tiles, retention ponds, receivers
and swales.
No person shall furnish, install or alter a drainage structure within
the physical limits of existing drainageways without a permit.
The Highway Superintendent is hereby authorized to issue a notice of
violation and/or a stop-work order to any person engaging in any activity
in violation of this chapter or in violation of any permit issued pursuant
to this chapter. Such order shall describe the activity or activities constituting
such violation(s) and the penalties therefor and may prohibit all such activities
pending review and determination by a court of appropriate jurisdiction. The
permittee shall be responsible and bear all costs for the removal and/or replacement
work as such to meet the approved design plans and Town standard specifications.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of an
offense punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment for a period
not to exceed 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each week's continued
violation shall constitute a separate violation.