In pursuance of the provisions of Subdivision 14 of § 130 of the Town Law,!BFN!Editor's Note: See now Subdivision 15 of Town Law § 130.!EFN! to promote the public welfare, health and prosperity of its inhabitants, the Town Board of Smithtown hereby enacts that the waters and shores of Smithtown are declared to be among the greatest assets of the Town and of its inhabitants.
No person or corporation shall deposit or discharge or cause to be placed or discharged into any of the waters of the Town of Smithtown, including Stony Brook Creek, St. James Harbor, the Nissequogue River and its tributaries and Sunken Meadows Creek, or place on the shores or banks of said waters any of the hereafter named substances or any other substance which may render said waters unfit or undesirable for bathing, boating, fishing or other recreational purposes or which may be deposited upon the public beaches or shores of the Town parks or upon the flats or beds containing clams, oysters, mussels or other shellfish or which may be carried by high tides or floods into wells or springs along the banks of said waters.
Such forbidden substances as hereinbefore mentioned shall include garbage, manure, dead animals, sewage or the outflow from any sewage disposal plant or drain or drainage system, whether such waste outflow or drainage be of solids or liquid, or any refuse or chemical or other substance which may impair or prevent the growth and multiplication of fish or shellfish in any of said waters or which may or shall interfere with either the home use or marketability of such fish or shellfish or which shall render such waters, their banks and shores unpleasant or unsuitable for the above-named purposes of industry or recreation or which shall impair the value of the real property contiguous to such waters or disturb or interfere with the repose and comfort of its occupants.