HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987_12_2_Local_Law_No_6 LOCAL LAW NO. G 1987
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Mamaroneck as follows:
The Town Code of the Town of Mamaroneck is hereby amended by adding
thereto a new chapter, entitled Dumping Law.
to be numbered as Chapter 22 thereof .
Section 1. Purposes.
The Town Board has become aware of a growing problem of the
dumping of rubbish and discarded materials on various properties
of the Town, including several park and recreation areas,
thereby creating unsightly and hazardous conditions, and
a drain on the resources of the Town for removal and cleanup
of those areas,
2. Definitions
As used in this law, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
T014N -- The Town of Mamaroneck outside of any Village,
which area is also known as the unincorporated area of
the Town of Mamaroneck.
GARBAGE -- Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting
from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of
food and materials such as paper, cardboard, wood, cloth, food
cans, glass containers and bottles.
REFUSE ---- All putrescible and non-putrescible solid wastes,
except body wastes, including garbage, rubbish and ashes.'
RUBBISH -- Non--putrescible solid wastes, excluding ashes,
consisting of both combustible and non-combustible wastes,
such as yard clippings, metals, wood, glass, bedding,
crockery, shopping carts,automobiles or parts thereof and
similar materials.
PERSON -- any person, employee, servant, agent, firm, partnership,
association, company or organization or entity of any kind.
PUBLIC PLACE -- Includes parking areas, rights of way, parks,
trails, grounds or other public areas.
SIDEWALK -- The area between the property line and the street.
STREET -- Includes any public street, roadway, highway, lane
or alleyway.
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3. No person shall deposit, throw, cast, lay, or suffer or permit any
other person to deposit, throw, cast or lay any waste, litter,
rubbish, refuse, garbagd-or discarded matter of any type on
any street, sidewalk or public place in the Town.
#� 4. No person shall abandon or discard or cause or suffer any other
person to abandon or discard any article or thing, including
but not limited to shopping carts or shopping wagons, baskets,
crates, boxes, cartons, yard supplies, automobiles or parts
thereof, machinery or equipment, rubbish, refuse or garbage in
any street, sidewalk or public place in the Town.
5. No person, being the owner, driver or manager of an automobile
or other vehicle and no owner of any receptacle shall deposit,
scatter, blow, drop, spill or permit to be deposited, scattered,
blown, dropped or spilled any dirt, gravel, sand, clay, loam,
stone or building rubbish or materials, shavings, rubbish, litter,
waste materials, automobiles or parts thereof, machinery, refuse
or garbage therefrom upon any street, sidewalk or public place in
the Town.
6. Violations and Penalties
A.' Any person violating any of the provisions of this Law as the
same may be from time to time amended, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one
year or by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars,
($1,000.00) or both.
B. Additional penalties
(1) Violation of this law shall subject the offender, for each
offense to a civil penalty as follows:
(a) For a first offense, Five hundred dollars ($500.00),
or twice the cost to the Town of clearing away the
offensive materials, whichever is greater.
(b) For a second offense, Seven Hundred-fifty Dollars
($750.00), or twice the cost to the Town of clearing
away the offensive materials, whichever is greater.
(c) For a third and subsequent offenses,One Thousand
Dollars- ($1,000.00), or twice the cost to the Town
of clearing away the offensive materials, whichever
is greater.
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C. Each day or part thereof that such violation shall continue
shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct violation of
the provisions of this"law and shall render the offender
liable for a separate penalty for each such violation.
S 7. Severability
The declaration of any portion of this Law by a- Court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid shall not invalidate the portion of this
law not so declared to be invalid, and the remainder of this law
shall remain in full force and effect.
S 8. Effective Date
This local law shall become effective immediately.
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