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Town of Queensbury, NY
Warren County
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[Adopted 3-24-1987 by L.L. No. 2-1987]
It is the purpose of this article to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the Town of Queensbury by regulating the use of temporary toilet facilities to provide for the maintenance of such facilities and to control the areas in which such facilities may be located in order to protect the community from health hazards, disease, any adverse environmental affects or impair the enjoyment, use or value of property.
This article is enacted pursuant to the provisions of § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
TEMPORARY TOILET FACILITY
Any self-contained, moveable and/or non permanently affixed to permanent plumbing facility for human waste disposal, including but not limited to chemical toilets, urinals and water closets.
No person shall cause the placement and/or establishment of or allow the continued placement and/or establishment of one or more temporary toilet facilities on lands within the Town of Queensbury.
This article shall not apply to temporary toilet facilities provided for:
A. 
Employees engaged in construction.
B. 
Temporary festivals and/or celebrations that last fewer than five days.
C. 
Town-owned or -controlled parks and recreation areas, other than Town beaches, including, without limitation, Hudson River Park.
[Added 4-17-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
D. 
Such other public places as the Town Board shall designate by resolution.
[Added 4-17-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
All temporary toilet facilities within the Town of Queensbury shall be maintained in a sanitary and serviceable condition. Upon completion of the use of such facilities, temporary toilet facilities and the sewage remaining therefrom shall be removed, and the area shall be cleaned and disinfected.
[Amended 5-24-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
A failure to comply with the provisions of this article shall be deemed a violation, and the violator shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $250 per day or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both. Each day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation.