No person shall dump, empty or throw or permit to be dumped, emptied
or thrown any garbage, ashes, sewage or refuse of any kind into the waters
of Northport Bay, Duck Island Harbor or Long Island Sound, within the jurisdiction
of the Village.
No person shall deposit or allow to run or go into any road or street
or upon any land within the limits of the Village the contents of any cistern
cesspool or send or permit the contents thereof to flow therefrom or to become
offensive.
No cesspool, septic tank or plant for the disposal of sewage now existing
shall be continued, maintained or be hereafter constructed in any situation
or in any manner whereby through the escape of its contents it may cause pollution
of the soil near any well used for drinking or culinary purposes, nor shall
the escape of any gases or offensive odors from any such receptacle be permitted
to the extent that the same shall be hazardous to health or a source of discomfort
to persons living in or passing the vicinity.
Every such cesspool, septic tank or plant shall be cleaned and the contents
removed, if necessary, once a year or oftener if the Board of Health so directs.
Every such cesspool, septic tank or plant shall be so constructed and
maintained so as to be flyproof.
No such cesspool, septic tank or plant shall be constructed or maintained
on any premises within 50 feet of any well or any well be located within 50
feet of any such cesspool, septic tank or plant, and no such cesspool, septic
tank or plant shall be constructed or maintained within five feet of any party
line or fence or within 25 feet of the door or window of any house or within
15 feet of the line of any road, street or high-water mark.
[Amended 11-6-1964]
No person shall deposit any fill other than clean fill on any land in
the Village, and any such clean fill so deposited shall be leveled within
a period of 10 days or, if deposited while the construction or alteration
of a walk, driveway, building or other structure on such land is actually
in process, then prior to completion thereof.
[Amended 9-26-1966]
No person shall throw, place, deposit or dump any dead animals, unregistered
automobiles, automobile parts, bottles, branches, grass, flammable materials,
junk, leaves, metal, plastic, putrescible substances, rubbish, tin cans, waste,
wastepaper or refuse matter of any kind on the surface of any street, public
grounds or private property in this Village, including such person's
own property if such matter is visible from any road, waterway or neighboring
property, for the purpose of abandonment or otherwise; provided, however,
that the foregoing provision shall not be deemed to prohibit a private property
owner from using any of such matter for normal gardening or land improvement
purposes, nor prohibit the storage of building material while construction
is actually in process on the premises.