Town of Brookhaven, NY
Suffolk County
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Chapter 24: Dumps and Disposal Areas
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven 6-16-1987 by L.L. No. 7-1987. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Junk dealers — See Ch. 42.
Sanitation — See Ch. 45.
Disposition of trees and debris — See Ch. 72.
It is the intent of the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven to limit the number of dumps and the quantity of garbage to that necessary to dispose of the refuse and garbage collected within the confines of the Town of Brookhaven and to prevent other municipalities outside the Town of Brookhaven from establishing dumps within our Town for the dumping of their garbage. Therefore, it is the intent of this chapter to prohibit the establishment of dumps by other municipalities or by private persons within the Town of Brookhaven.
A. 
No municipality or private person other than the Town of Brookhaven shall establish or maintain a garbage dump, disposal area or sanitary landfill operation for the disposition and deposition of litter, as defined by § 45-2 of the Code of the Town of Brookhaven.
B. 
The term "person" shall mean and include a corporation, partnership or other legal entity.