[Amended 9-4-2019 by L.L. No. 31-2019]
No person, nonprofit organization, firm, corporation, or municipality shall knowingly release, organize the release of, condone the release of, or intentionally cause to be released into the atmosphere helium or lighter-than-air gas balloons within the County of Suffolk.
[Amended 9-4-2019 by L.L. No. 31-2019]
Any business organization, including, but not limited to, any individual, corporation, unincorporated association, proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock association, or other entity of any kind who or which sells or offers for sale helium or lighter-than-air gas balloons to any person within the County of Suffolk for compensation shall disclose, in writing, the restrictions set forth in §
310-2 of this chapter by conspicuously posting a statement of these restrictions at each point of sale (all capital letters not less than two inches in height on a contrasting background). This statement shall read as follows:
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO RELEASE HELIUM OR LIGHTER-THAN-AIR GAS BALLOONS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY. |
This chapter shall be enforced by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services in accordance with the provisions of Article II, §§ 760-202 through 760-220, of the Suffolk County Sanitary Code.
The Commissioner of the County Department of Health Services is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as he or she deems necessary to implement and carry out the provisions of this chapter.
This chapter shall be null and void on the day that statewide or federal legislation goes into effect, incorporating either the same or substantially similar provisions as are contained in this chapter, or in the event that a pertinent state or federal administrative agency issues and promulgates regulations preempting such action by the County of Suffolk. The County Legislature may determine via mere resolution whether or not identical or substantially similar statewide legislation has been enacted for the purposes of triggering the provisions of this section.
This chapter shall take effect on the 180th day after filing in the office of the Secretary of State.