[Added 5-3-57, effective 6-1-57]
When used in this Article the following terms
shall have the meanings shown herein:
All dust, soot, ash or other fine particles of matter.
All earth, ashes, cinders or loam or any other substance
composed of, mixed with, producing or otherwise capable of spreading
or disseminating dust.
Filling a vehicle in such a manner as will cause the contents
to spill onto the street. For this purpose a vehicle shall not be
construed to be overloaded if it is filled in such a manner as to
have the periphery of the load four or more inches below the upper
level of the four sides of the body so that, if and when the load
shifts in transit, it will not overflow and spill over the sides.
Any substance which would tend to litter a street as a result
of falling or dropping from the tires, body or undercarriage of a
vehicle when or after said vehicle enters said street from a construction
or excavation area.
No dust-producing substance shall be transported
through any public highway within the Town of New Canaan without covering
or protection, at all times, sufficient effectually to prevent the
spreading or dissemination of dust from such dust-producing substance
into the air or upon any public or private property. For the purpose
of this Article wetting the load shall constitute protection.
No person or persons shall operate or cause to be operated any vehicle in the Town of New Canaan transporting, therein or thereon, sand, stone, gravel, dirt or similar substances in such a manner as shall constitute "overloading" as defined in § 54-62 of this Article.
It shall be the responsibility of the general contractor or developer in an area where there is construction or excavation in progress to prevent the littering of the street within 400 yards of the point of entrance from such area into such street by "trackage" as defined in § 54-62 of this Article. Violation of this section shall occur when trackage is present at the end of the working day upon the street within the 400 yard limits set forth above.
Each violation of any provision of this Article
shall constitute a separate offense.
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All persons, firms and corporations, as principals
or agents, causing, participating in or in any way responsible for
any violation of this Article shall be severally guilty of such violation
and shall each be fined not more than $25 for each offense.
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