Village of East Hampton, NY
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2023-07-07
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 231 Retail Checkout Bags, Polystyrene Items, Plastic Straws, and Balloons
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Article IV Balloons
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administrator, Village
- Ch 7 Assessments
- Ch 18 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 24 Information Security Breach Notification
- Ch 25 Local Laws, Adoption of
- Ch 30 Mutual Aid Agreements
- Ch 35 Officers and Employees
- Ch 36 Police Department
- Ch 37 Fire Department
- Ch 38 Department of Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
- Ch 42 Planning Board
- General Legislation
- Ch 59 Aircraft
- Ch 62 Alarm Systems; Emergency Access
- Ch 65 Amusements
- Ch 68 Animals
- Ch 71 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Beaches
- Ch 84 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Rubbish
- Ch 87 Buildings and Structures, Unsafe
- Ch 96 Cannabis
- Ch 101 Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas
- Ch 104 Code Enforcement Administration
- Ch 107 Contractors, Home Improvement
- Ch 110 Costs and Expenses of Hearings
- Ch 121 Design and Site Plan Review
- Ch 124 Dunes, Preservation of
- Ch 127 Dutch Elm Disease
- Ch 130 Electrical Inspections
- Ch 133 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 139 Events, Special
- Ch 142 Filming
- Ch 145 Firearms, Fireworks and Hunting
- Ch 150 Fire Regulations
- Ch 154 Fire Zones
- Ch 157 Flagpoles
- Ch 160 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 163 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 167 Garage Sales
- Ch 176 Historic Areas, Preservation of
- Ch 185 Licensed Occupations and Entertainment
- Ch 188 Lighting, Outdoor
- Ch 192 Moratorium on Tennis Court and Pickleball Court Conversions
- Ch 196 Noise
- Ch 199 Notification of Defects
- Ch 201 Outdoor Dining, Seasonal
- Ch 208 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 211 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 214 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 219 Police
- Ch 225 Property Maintenance and Nuisance Abatement
- Ch 227 Public Property
- Ch 231 Retail Checkout Bags, Polystyrene Items, Plastic Straws, and Balloons
- Ch 231 Art IV Balloons
- § 231-12 Definitions.
- § 231-13 Restriction on intentional release of balloons.
- § 231-14 Exceptions.
- § 231-15 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 232 Seasonal Use Dwelling Unit Registry
- Ch 233 Sanitary Systems
- Ch 235 Shopping Carts
- Ch 246 Solid Waste
- Ch 247 Storm Sewers
- Ch 248 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 250 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 252 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 256 Taxation
- Ch 261 Trailers and Campers
- Ch 267 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 271 Vehicles, Outdoor Storage of
- Ch 278 Zoning
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-18-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A flexible nonporous bag made from materials such as rubber,
latex, polychloroprene, Mylar or nylon fabric that can be inflated
or filled with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen,
air or water, and then sealed at the neck, usually as a toy or decoration.
These restrictions shall not apply to:
A.
Balloons that are being used for the purpose of carrying scientific
instrumentation during the performance of an experiment or testing
procedure by a person on behalf of a governmental agency or pursuant
to a government contract for scientific or meteorological purposes;
B.
Hot air balloons that are recovered after launching;
C.
Balloons released indoors.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant
to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not
exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense
against the provisions of this article shall constitute, for each
day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
