A vehicle of whatever description used in carting or transporting dirt, ashes, garbage, swill or manure or other nauseous or offensive substances or the contents of any privy, vault or cesspool, except vehicles belonging to the Village Department of Public Works, shall be licensed as provided in Chapter 187, Licenses and Permits.
No license shall be issued for any dirt cart unless the Mayor shall be satisfied that the vehicle is in suitable condition and properly equipped so that its contents can be securely and completely covered when loaded, in such a manner that its contents will not be scattered upon the street.
No dirt cart used for or carrying or containing any manure, swill, garbage, ashes or rubbish or other nauseous or offensive substances or the contents of any privy, vault or cesspool shall be allowed to stand or remain before or near any building, place of business or other premises where any person shall be; nor shall the contents thereof be exposed, except while necessary during loading and unloading.
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Such carts and vehicles and all the implements used therewith must be kept in an inoffensive and sanitary condition and, when not in use, shall be stored and kept in a place where no needless offense shall be given to persons in the Village.
B. 
Such carts and vehicles carrying dead animals shall be equipped with suitable covers to conceal the animal from view, and such animal shall be concealed from view at all times while the vehicle is on the streets of the Village.[1]
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Editor's Note: See also § 161-13.
[Amended 12-10-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018; 4-8-2019 by L.L. No. 3-2019]
A. 
The fees to be charged under the provisions of this chapter shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
B. 
There shall be an annual license fee for dirt carts.
The license for such carts shall be at all times in the possession of the operator of the vehicle while on any street or highway of the Village and shall be exhibited at any time upon demand.
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 $250 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.