[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) 
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) 
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) 
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) 
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) 
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.