No person, firm, association or corporation shall throw, cast,
lay, bury or leave or direct, suffer or permit any servant, agent
or employee to throw, cast, lay, bury or leave, any ashes, offal,
dead animals, vegetables, garbage, dross, cinders, shells, straw,
shavings, paper, dirt, filth, broken glasswares, crockery, bottles,
domestic furniture, packing crates, metal, rubber, tires, abandoned
vehicles or any other refuse or rubbish of any kind whatsoever, in
or upon any vacant lot or plot, except where ashes or dirt may be
used for filling-in purposes under a permit secured from the department
or bureau having jurisdiction thereof, or in or upon any street or
road in the Town of Hempstead, and any such dumping shall constitute
an unclassified misdemeanor.
[Amended 3-6-2012 by L.L. No. 26-2012, effective 3-13-2012]
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the acceptance
of waste generated outside of the Town at solid waste facilities located
within the Town that are otherwise licensed and authorized to accept
such waste in accordance with New York State law.
[Amended 5-10-2005 by L.L. No. 45-2005, effective 5-31-2005; 9-8-2020 by L.L. No. 37-2020, effective 10-15-2020]
Any person or persons, association, corporation or other legal
entity committing an offense against this article, or any section
or provision thereof, is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable
by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
one year for each such offense, or both such fine and imprisonment.