Town of Oyster Bay, NY Water Injection Ports

§ 201-17.1 Access to refuse containers, trash compactors and dumpsters.

No person shall place or cause to be placed any refuse container, trash compactor, receptacle or dumpster (hereafter "container") which is enclosed in such a way as to impede free access to its contents by fire fighters for the purpose of extinguishing a fire within such container, except as may hereafter be provided.

§ 201-17.2 Requirements.

A person placing or causing to be placed a refuse container shall be responsible for meeting the following requirements:

Any container having a capacity equal to or in excess of 10 cubic yards which is enclosed in such a way as to impede free access to its contents by fire fighters shall have permanently affixed and mounted thereon two two-and-one-half-inch female hose couplings welded to the side of the container and to include matching female firematic plug connections with New York Corporation threads 3,000 by 8 per inch (hereafter "water injection ports") to provide an injection port or entry port for water by fire fighters for the purpose of extinguishing a fire within such container.

Water injection ports may be installed by the manufacturer of the refuse container or shall be fabricated by the person placing or causing such container to be placed. Water injection ports shall be installed therein in a workmanlike manner, as follows:

(1)

One at the loading end on the side of the container, not more than nor less than two feet from the top of the container and not more than two feet nor less than 3 1/2 feet from the end of the container.

(2)

One at the packed end of the side of the container, not more than nor less than two feet from the bottom of the container and not more than two feet nor less than 3 1/2 feet from the end of the container.

Each such water injection port shall be clearly marked with a fluorescent color of either yellow or orange. It shall be the duty of each person placing or causing to be placed any container subject to this section to maintain and ensure the continued visibility of each water injection port.

§ 201-17.3 Penalties for offenses.

[Amended 3-7-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of an offense against this article and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not exceeding $1,000 or be imprisoned for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder. Any person found by the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication to have violated any provision of this article shall be subject to a monetary penalty within the range of fines authorized by this article.