[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Hillsdale
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-16-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988]
This article will be known as "Transportation of Hazardous Materials."
The purpose of this article is to protect the residents and
environment of the Town of Hillsdale against injury or damage caused
by or incident to the transportation of hazardous substances.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Those substances as defined under § 37-0101 of
the Environmental Conservation Law and those materials listed as hazardous
substances by the Department of Environmental Conservation pursuant
to § 37-0103 of the Environmental Conservation Law.
Individual, trust, firm, joint-stock company, corporation,
joint venture, partnership, association, state, county, federal government
or any agency thereof, municipality, commission, political subdivision
of the state, school district, special district or any interstate
body or commission.
The movement of hazardous substances over the highways and
private roadways within the Town of Hillsdale.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Transportation of any hazardous materials on or over any highway
or private roadway in the Town of Hillsdale shall comply with § 14-f
of the Transportation Law.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person found guilty of transporting hazardous materials
over any highway or private roadway in the Town of Hillsdale shall,
upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to
a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
one year in the Columbia County Correctional Facility, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
