§ 45-1. Legislative intent.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Town of North Hempstead to preserve and, where necessary, to reestablish an amenable environment by controlling excavations and by providing adequate standards for the restoration of lands disrupted by earth removal operations. By this ordinance the Town Board seeks to promote the following objectives:

A. 

To prevent any and all excavations which create pits, hollows or holes in the earth thereby leaving it in a hazardous state and a threat to public health and safety.

B. 

To protect the environment by limiting excavations and earth-moving operations which disrupt natural conditions and to provide for proper restoration of lands already excavated through the use of grading and stabilization techniques designed to restore the land to an amenable and usable state.

C. 

To prevent pollution of the groundwaters, streams and harbors by prohibiting excavations into the water table and the silting of the harbor bottoms or streams.

D. 

To prevent unusual blight by limiting excavations, providing for systematic and orderly rehabilitation and promoting natural restorative processes.

E. 

To promote the orderly and prudent use of land by prohibiting any earth removal activities or practices which will destroy the reuse potential of any area which is excavated.

F. 

To protect the peaceful enjoyment of surrounding properties by diminishing or prohibiting any and all adverse influences which may be exerted by reason of an uncontrolled first removal operation.