[Ord. No. 54, § I]
The intent of this article is to provide for the protection and promotion of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town by regulating the discharge of chemical material in the Town to prevent contamination of its waters.
[Ord. No. 54, § II]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
CHEMICAL MATERIAL
Means any liquid or solid other than potable water, including, but not limited to, a liquid or solid containing an insecticide or herbicide.
COMMERCIAL SPRAYING FIRM
Means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or combination thereof that engages in the spraying of chemical materials for hire.
DISCHARGE
Means the draining or dumping, directly or indirectly, of any chemical material from a tank into any waters in the Town.
FLUSH
Means to drain or release any chemical material or water from a tank used or intended to be used to contain chemical material on a spraying vehicle.
SPRAYING VEHICLE
Means a motor vehicle as defined by G.S. § 14-1 that contains a spraying apparatus.
WATERS
Means estuaries, rivers, brooks, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, lakes, ponds, marshes, drainage systems, and all other surface or underground streams, bodies or accumulations of water, natural or artificial.
[Ord. No. 54, § IV]
Any person who violates this article shall be fined not less than $40.00 and not more than $100.00.
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Editor's Note: See G.S. § 7-148(c)(10)(A).
[Ord. No. 54, § III]
(a) 
No commercial spraying firm shall flush, dump or discharge any chemical material from any spraying vehicle within the limits of the Town.
(b) 
No commercial spraying firm shall undertake to fill its spray tanks from any waters in the Town, except from those hydrants that may be designated from time to time by the Director of Health.