[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Rye 11-6-1930. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to light or cause to be
lighted any bonfire or to burn or to cause to be burned any leaves,
rubbish or other inflammable material on any concrete pavement or
against or adjacent to any concrete curb on any public highway within
the limits of the Town of Rye, outside the incorporated Villages of
Port Chester, Rye or Mamaroneck.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
As used in this chapter shall mean to include one or more
persons of either sex, natural persons, corporations, partnerships,
associations, joint stock companies, societies and all other entities
of any kind capable of being sued.
Any person who, himself or itself, or by his or its agent or
employee, shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or
any order, code, rule or regulation made in pursuance thereof, shall
be liable to a penalty not exceeding in any one case of violation
$50 to be recovered with costs, and shall upon conviction of such
violation be subject to a fine of not less than $10 or more than $50
or to imprisonment for not less than 10 days or more than 50 days,
or to both such fine and imprisonment, and each day on which such
violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Any ordinance or part of any ordinance inconsistent with the
provisions of this chapter is hereby repealed.
This chapter shall take effect at the earliest date allowed
by law, and the Town Clerk of the Town of Rye is authorized and directed
to have the same published in the Port Chester Daily Item and posted
in at least three public places in the Town pursuant to law.
