[HISTORY: Comes from Ord.
No. 33 adopted 9-23-1952, effective 10-16-1952.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Garbage and rubbish — See Ch. 128.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
permit the emission of any dense smoke from any source whatever excepting
private dwellings containing not more than two families.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
permit the escape of such quantities of soot, cinders, noxious acids,
fumes and gases in such place or manner as to be detrimental to any
person or to the public, or to endanger the health, comfort or safety
of any such person or of the public, or in such a manner as to cause
or have a tendency to cause injury or damage to property or business.
No new fuel-burning plant, nor reconstruction, repair, addition
or alteration to any existing fuel-burning plant, for producing power
or heat or either of them, or refuse-burning equipment, nor any stack
or furnace connected with such refuse-burning equipment, shall be
installed, erected, reconstructed, repaired, added to or altered until
plans and specifications of the same have been filed by the owner
or contractor with the office of the Building Inspector of the Town
of Hempstead and a permit issued by such office.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
burn any garbage or refuse on premises within the Town of Hempstead.
No burning of any trash, lumber, branches, straw, paper or any
other combustible material shall take place upon the streets, highways
or public places or upon a lot or place within the Town of Hempstead
except in a metal incinerator or container, without the written permission
of the Building Inspector of the Town of Hempstead.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any municipal
or public purpose of the Town of Hempstead, the County of Nassau or
any city or village within said Town and county.
A.
Any person or persons, association or corporation committing an offense
against this chapter, or any section or provision thereof, is guilty
of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 15 days for each such offense, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
B.
Each day upon which any offense against this chapter shall be continued
shall constitute a separate additional violation.
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Editor's Note: Amended 2-20-1968, effective 3-18-1968.
