The Mayor or his or her designee shall have the authority to make written regulations concerning the days of collection, type and location of waste containers, amount reasonably to be collected by the town, method of billing of customers, and such other matters pertaining to the collection, conveyance, disposal and billing as he or she shall find necessary, and to change and modify the same, so long as not inconsistent with provisions of this chapter; provided, such policy shall have no force and effect unless and until the same has been approved by majority vote of the Town Council present and voting at any regular or special meeting thereof. All such administrative policies, after promulgation and approval, shall be maintained by the Secretary in the permanent records of the town. Any violation of such regulation shall be a misdemeanor punishable as provided above, but it is an affirmative defense to any prosecution in the Municipal Court of the town or any other court of competent jurisdiction that any person charged with a violation of such administrative policy had not previously received notice from the Mayor or his or her designee warning such person of a violation and had not previously been given a copy of the regulations such person was charged with violating.
(Ord. 96-02, passed 4-1-1996) Penalty, see § 51.99