The purpose of this chapter is to protect the
health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Rochester
by providing regulations governing logging operations within said
town so as to protect the roads and highways within the Town of Rochester
and for the purpose of ensuring that such logging operations are conducted
with due regard for environmental concerns.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
LOGGING
That process or processes which result in the felling of
trees for purposes of using the timber therefrom for construction
purposes, firewood and any other uses to which such timber or logs
would ordinarily be subjected. Included in this definition is not
only the process of cutting down trees, but all attendant processes
in making such timber usable for the purpose for which it is intended,
including but not limited to removal of limbs, cutting of logs to
predetermined sizes, on-site splitting of logs and the removal of
logs from property by means of transport by any method, including
what is commonly known as "skidding," motorized or animal-driven means.
PERSON
Includes an individual, society, club, firm, partnership,
corporation or association of persons, and the singular number shall
include the plural number.
Town residents who engage in logging activities
as heretofore defined solely for their own personal use and not for
resale to third parties are hereby exempt from the provisions of this
chapter.
A violation of this chapter shall constitute
a violation and shall be punishable by a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment
not to exceed 15 days, or both. Each day a violation continues shall
constitute a separate offense of this chapter.