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Meeting of March 23, 1948
The Southold Town Board met at the office of Supervisor Norman E.
`-? Klipp- at Greenport on Tuesday, ,March 23, 1948. The meeting was called
to order at 1:30 P.M. with the following present: Supervisor, Klipp;
Justices, Terry, Tuthill, Albertson and Clark;-George C. Terry, Esq. ,
Acting Attorney in the absence of Town Attorney, Rensselaer G. Terry;
end Town Clerk, Booth.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and duly approved- as
read.
-r--- A public hearing was held at the . office of the Supervisor ' at Greenport,
on Tuesday, March 23, 1948, to consider a proposed Town Ordinance
prohibiting and regulating the disposal of garbage and rubbish. The
- - Town Clerk presented proof of publication of such hearing. Super- .
visor Klipp opened the hearing at 2 P.M. and read the call of the
meeting. He then called upon any person present wishing to speak
� either for or against the proposed ordinance.
Mr. Walter E. Hyatt representing several property owners at Hortons .
> Point at Southold spoke in favor of the proposed ordinance. A coaa-
, � munbation was read from Howard M. Terry, a commissioner o.f' the
Southold Fire District, stating his approval of the proposed or-
dinance. There was no opposition expressed to said proposed ordin-
ance. The Supervisor declared the hearing closed at 2:30 P.M,
1 Moved by Justice Clark; seconded by Justice Terry, and on roll call
the following ordinance was unanimously adopted by the Town Board.
-� SOUTHOLD TOWN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
AND REGULATING THE DISPOSAL OF
GARBAGE AND RUBBISH
SECTION E. _. DEFINITIONS
r� As used in -this ordinance, the term ."person" shall mean any
^; person firm or corporation, other than the authorized employees.
.of the Town of Southold; the term- "garbage" shall mean any animal
-* or. vegetable refuse, offal, swill, garbage, papers, ashes, junk, rub-
bish, discarded machinery, furniture, building or construction
materials, dirt, leaves and the like; the term "attendant" shall mean
any employee of, the Town of Southold in charge of the existing Town
Dump and or any garbage disposal area under the direction of the
Town Superintendent of Highways; the-, term "garbage disposal area"
shall mean any premises designated by the Town Board as the
Official dump.
- �. SECTION 2. DUMPING PROHIBITED GENERALLY
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No person shall throw, cast or deposit, or cause to be thrown, .
rr cast or deposited any garbage upon any premises within the Town of
Southold except `on written authorization by the Town'Board, which
authorization may be revoked on thirty days notice. Nothing con
-, � tained in this section shall be construed to .-prevent the temporary
accumulation of garbage by a resident of the Town upon pr®tses
occupied by him to the extent that is ordinary or necessary for
his personal household requirements, nor to prevent the disposal
of garbage at any Town Dump or garbage disposal area maintained
..or authorized by the Town of Southold, nor to prevent the proper
use of receptacles placed upon the streets or other public places
�— in the Town for the depositing of papers.
SECTION 3. INVITATIONS TO DUMP BROHIBITED
No- person shall by erecting signs or other invitation offer
-any premises within the Town as a place for the disposal of garbage,
or allow any persons, publicly or- privately, to dispose .of garba§e
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on any premises in the Town.
SECTION 4. CONVEYANCE AND TRANSPORTATION OF GARBAGE.
No person shall convey or transport garbage through the streets
of the Town of Southold in any cart, wagon, vehicle or by any other
.means unless adequate care is taken to prevent the blowing away or
spilling of garbage in the streets. �-
SECTION 5. PENALTY Any person violating any of 'the provisions or setions of this
ordinance' or any ,part thereof' shall-,,pay a penalty of. not less than '`-
Five Dollars nor more than Fifty- Dollars for the- first offense' and
not less than Twenty-five Dollars nor more• than One•Hundred Dollars•
for each' subsequent offense. In addition to •the foregoing penaltyq
it is hereby ordained that a .violation' of this ordinance or any part
thereof shall ddastitute disorderly conduct and the person guilty of
such violation shall be a disorderly person.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall not apply to any territory included within
the limits of the incorporated Village of Greenport.
By order, of the Southold Town Bdadd.
Ralph P. Booth a 1 T
Town Clerk.
The above ordinance becomes effective on the 15th day of April,1948.
The Board held a lengthy 'discussion on the Fishers Island' Ferry
District:
A communication was read from the family of the late Louis S. Tuthill,
bxpressing the appreciation of the family for the sympathy of the
Board:
Moved by Justice Tuthill; seconded by Justice Albertson;
Resolved: That the Superintendent of Highways be and hereby is auth-
orized to sell one 1931 Reo dump truck,one 1934 International dump
truck, one 1936 Diamond T. dump truck for a total price of $15000
Unanimously adopted.
Moved by Justice Terry; seconded by Justice Albertson: .
Resolved: That any expenses incurred by any Town Official- in
promoting any plans of operation for the Fishers Island Ferry District
be charged against said Ferry District in accordance with Sec. 202 A.
SubvDiv. 3 of the Town Law.
Unanimously adopted.
. Moved by Justice Albertson; seconded by Justice Terry: -�-
Resolved: That the monthly audit meeting of this Board will be held
at the office of the Supervisor on Tuesday, April 6, 1948, at
1:30 P.M.
Unanimously adopted.
Adjournment was at 5 P.M.
Ralph P. Booth
Town Clerk Y
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