[Amended 8-11-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992; 9-13-1994 by L.L. No. 8-1994; 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 11-2002; 12-16-2003 by L.L. No. 39-2003; 4-24-2007 by L.L. No. 12-2007; 11-5-2008 by L.L. No. 32-2008; 12-14-2010 by L.L. No. 30-2010]
[Amended 8-12-2016 by L.L. No. 36-2016]
No dead animal or other biological tissue shall be disposed
of in the Town of Huntington by any means other than cremation in
an approved facility. All cremation shall be performed at approved
licensed facilities providing crematory services.
The commercial transport of dead animals or
biological tissue waste within the Town of Huntington shall be conducted
according to the following standards:
(A)Â
Containers shall be leakproof or of impervious material,
closed to prevent escape of any material or odor, carried in suitable
closed vehicles and protected against vermin, insects, tampering or
other intrusion.
(B)Â
Such commercial service shall comply with all regulations
with respect to crematory services, hours of delivery and all other
requirements as shall be deemed necessary or proper by the Director
of the Department of Environmental Waste Management of the Town of
Huntington.
[Amended 8-12-2016 by L.L. No. 36-2016]
(A)Â
The Director of Public Safety may, from time to time, recommend changes
in the fees for cremation and euthanization to the Town Board.
No dead animals shall be buried within the Town
of Huntington except at a duly authorized and regulated animal cemetery.
[Amended 8-12-2016 by L.L. No. 36-2016; 11-6-2019 by L.L. No. 56-2019]
(A)Â
Any person found guilty of an offense against any provision of this
article shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred ($100.)
dollars nor more than five hundred ($500.) dollars for the first offense,
not less than two hundred and fifty ($250.) dollars nor more than
one thousand ($1,000.) dollars for the second offense committed within
five (5) years of the first offense, and not less than seven hundred
and fifty ($750.) dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred
($2,500.) dollars for the third or subsequent offense committed within
five (5) years of the first offense. Any person found by the Bureau
of Administrative Adjudication to have violated this article shall
likewise be subject to a monetary penalty in an amount within the
range of fines authorized herein for a first offense and subsequent
offenses, respectively.
[Amended 9-14-2021 by L.L. No. 50-2021]
(B)Â
In addition to the criminal and civil penalties set forth herein
or in other applicable law, rule or regulation, the Town Attorney
is authorized to pursue civil and equitable relief in the name of
the Town in a court of competent jurisdiction, including but not limited
to compensatory actions; civil penalties in the amount of up to five
hundred ($500) dollars per day, or part thereof; an action to compel
compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation of this
article; and other remedies which in the opinion of the Town Attorney
may seem necessary and proper. Any civil monetary penalty awarded
may be added to the tax bill of the property where the violation has
occurred and shall be collected in the same manner.
