[Adopted as Art. I of Ch. 55 of the 1970 Code]
It is hereby declared that unnecessary emissions of and the pollution of the atmosphere by smoke, soot, fly ash, dust, gases, fumes, vapors, odors and other pollutions are a menace to the health, welfare and comfort of the inhabitants of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson. For the purpose of controlling and reducing such unnecessary emissions and atmospheric pollutions, it is hereby declared to be a policy of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson to establish and maintain active and continuing supervision of combustion and installations and all uses, storage, processes or operations contributing to atmospheric pollution and to the emission of harmful or objectionable substances into the atmosphere. The necessity for intervention by the Board of Trustees by the enactment of this article is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination, and this article shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purposes described in this section.
When used in this article, the following terms shall mean:
BOARD
The Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson.
DUST
Airborne solid particles.
FLY ASH
Solid particles resulting from combustion or incomplete combustion of coal, wood or other fuels.
FUEL, BURNING EQUIPMENT
Any furnace, incinerator, refuse-burning equipment, boiler, water heater, device, mechanism, stack, structure, oven, stove, kiln, still or other apparatus used in the process of burning fuel or similar combustible material.
FUMES
Airborne colloidal systems which are formed by chemical reactions or by such processes as combustion, distillation, sublimination, calcination or condensation.
GAS
A formless fluid which occupies space and which can be changed to a liquid or solid state only by increased pressure with decreased or controlled temperature or by decreased temperature with increased or controlled pressure.
ODOR
A substance which affects the sense of smell.
OPEN AIR
All space outside of buildings, stacks or exterior ducts.
PERSON
A corporation, a joint association or a partnership, as well as an individual, as the case may be.
SMOKE
Emission from a chimney, stack or open fire or from heating of fuel or refuse.
SOOT
A dark substance, essentially carbon, resulting from the burning or heating of coal, wood, oil or other fuel.
STACK
A smokestack, chimney, flue, duct or other conveyor for carrying into the open air smoke, dusts, gases, fumes, mists, vapors, odors or any product of combustion, incomplete combustion or heating of any refuse.
VAPOR
Any material in a gaseous state which is formed from a substance, usually a liquid, by increase in temperature.
No person shall construct, install or alter any equipment, including fuel-burning equipment, capable of emitting into the open air any substance affecting or harmful to the public health, including but not limited to smoke, soot, fly ash, dust, fumes, gas, vapors, odors or other pollutions, until a written application, including plans and specifications, prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson, has been filed with the Board of Trustees and an installation or alteration permit has been issued by said Board; provided, however, that the Board of Trustees may expressly dispense with the filing of applications, plans and specifications when said Board deems them unnecessary.
No person shall use or cause to be used any equipment for which an installation or alteration permit was required or issued or expressly dispensed with by the Board of Trustees until an operating permit has been issued by the Board of Trustees.
No existing equipment or process shall be operated except in accordance with the rules relating to emissions established by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may require alterations in any existing equipment or process for the purpose of procuring compliance with such rules.
The Board of Trustees may seal any equipment installed or altered without a permit as herein required. The Board of Trustees, after due notice to the person affected thereby and an opportunity afforded him to be heard, may seal any equipment operated without an operating permit and prohibit the use of said equipment or prohibit any process responsible for the emission into the open air of any substance harmful to or affecting public health until an operating permit has been obtained from the Board of Trustees.
No person shall permit or conduct on any premises any use, storage, process or operation capable of emitting into the open air any harmful or objectionable substance, including but not limited to smoke, soot, fly ash, dust, fumes, gas, vapors or odors or other pollutions, until a written application, including plans and specifications, prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson, has been filed with the Board of Trustees and a use permit has been issued by said Board; provided, however, that the Board of Trustees may expressly dispense with the filing of applications, plans and specifications when deemed unnecessary by said Board.
No existing use, storage, process or operation shall be permitted or conducted except in accordance with the rules and regulations relating to emissions established by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may require changes or corrections in any existing use, storage, process or operation for the purpose of procuring compliance with such rules.
The Board of Trustees, after notice and hearing, may prohibit any use, storage, process or operation responsible for the emission into the open air of harmful or objectionable substances and may prohibit the same until a use permit has been obtained.
[Amended 6-11-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992; 1-5-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
A. 
Any person who violates this article or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in § 1-2 of the Code of the Village of Port Jefferson.
B. 
In case any equipment or use, storage, operation or process responsible for the emission into the open air of any substance harmful to or affecting public health is used in violation of this article or of any rules relating to emissions established by the Board of Trustees, in addition to other remedies provided by law, any appropriate action or proceeding may be instituted or taken to prevent such unlawful use to restrain, correct or abate such violation, to prevent the use of such equipment or use, storage, operation or process.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 55-10C, which dealt with violations constituting disorderly conduct and which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 6-11-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992.