[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Huntington Bay as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 77.
[Adopted 4-1-1924]
No excursion boat nor any passenger from any excursion boat shall land within the Village except at a place designated by the Trustees and without first having obtained from the Village Clerk permission for landing.
[Adopted 10-14-1968]
The Village Board shall have control over the filling or diversion of streams, watercourses, ponds and creeks which would divert the natural flow of water.
No person, firm or corporation shall place fill on any pond or in any stream, watercourse or creek, or divert any water or any stream, watercourse or creek from its natural course, unless and until a permit shall have been applied for and secured from the Village.
In the exercise of its discretion to grant or deny any such permit, the Village Board shall give consideration to the effect such proposed filling or diversion may have on the drainage or welfare of the Village of Huntington Bay and shall deny any such permit when in its judgment the Village Board determines such proposed filling or diversion is detrimental to the welfare of the Village of Huntington Bay.
For the purposes of this article, small ponds with a surface area at mean low-water level of 10 acres or less, located in the course of a stream, watercourse or creek, shall be considered a part of such stream, watercourse or creek, and the filling of any pond shall be considered to be detrimental to the welfare of the owners of adjacent land.
[Amended 1-9-1978 by L.L. No. 1-1978; 12-21-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2002]
Each offense against the provisions of this chapter or article shall constitute a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York and shall be punishable as such. Any person or persons violating any provisions of this chapter or article shall be liable for and pay a fine of not less than $250 and not more than $1,000 for a conviction on each offense.
[Added 12-21-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2002]
If any part or provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part or provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this chapter or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances, and the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Huntington Bay hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter or the remainder thereof had such invalid application or invalid provision been apparent.