This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Environmental
Safety and Zoning Act of the Town of Riverhead."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AGENCY
The relationship which results from the manifestation of
consent by one person to another that the other shall act on his behalf
and subject to his control and consent by the other to so act.
BY-PRODUCT MATERIALS
Any radioactive material, except special nuclear material,
yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident
to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material.
DEPARTMENT
A branch or division of governmental administration.
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Any stationary unit which generates all forms of energy release
in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation.
SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL
Plutonium, uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the
isotope 235 and any other material which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
deems to be source material or ores containing one or more of the
foregoing materials, in such concentration as the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission may, by regulation, determine.
WASTE DISPOSAL CENTER
A facility where nuclear waste is disposed of in such a way
as to be permanently isolated from the environment for a period of
time that is necessary for such wastes to become harmless, even if
such facility contains a means for retrieving such wastes.
ZONED DISTRICT
Those parts or sections of land within the boundaries of
the Town of Riverhead specifically designated for certain permitted
uses of such land.
The construction and operation of nuclear power plants shall
be prohibited from any zoned district in the Town of Riverhead.
No by-product materials nor special nuclear material shall be
transported on Riverhead Town roads, streets or highways within the
Town of Riverhead.
The construction and operation of waste disposal centers to
store, collect or dispose of by-product materials shall be prohibited
from all zoning districts within the Town of Riverhead.
Whosoever violates the provisions of this chapter shall be punished
by a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for six months, and vehicles
and equipment used in connection with the violation shall be seized.