This chapter is designated to prevent polluting or spilled material
from reaching lakes or streams where it can create a hazard to health or a
nuisance or produce ecological damage and to assess responsibility and costs
of cleanup to the responsible party.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to release,
discharge, or permit the escape of domestic sewage, industrial wastes or any
potential polluting substance into the waters adjacent to or within the boundaries
of the Village of Westfield, or into any stream within the jurisdiction of
the Village, or into any street, sewer, ditch or drainageway leading into
any lake or stream, or to permit the same to be so discharged to the ground
surface without authorization from the Village Board.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store any
potentially polluting substances unless such substances are stored in such
manner as to securely prevent them from escaping into the ground surface and/or
into any street, sewer, ditch or drainageway, lake or stream within the jurisdiction
of the Village of Westfield.