City of Poughkeepsie, NY
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2023-09-05
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Part III: Code of Ordinances
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Chapter 14 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions
- Part I: Charter
- Ch CHA Charter
- Part II: Administrative Code
- Ch ALL Adopting Local Law
- Ch AC Administrative Code
- Part III: Code of Ordinances
- Ch AO Adopting Ordinance
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration
- Ch 3 Amusements
- Ch 4 Animals and Fowl
- Ch 5 Auctions and Auctioneers; Closing-Out Sales and Garage Sales
- Ch 6 Building and Utility Codes
- Ch 7 City Officers and Employees
- Ch 7 1/2 Code of Ethics
- Ch 7 3/4 Community Events
- Ch 8 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 9 Garbage, Trash and Weeds
- Ch 10 Hawkers, Peddlers and Transient Vendors
- Ch 11 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 12 Housing
- Ch 12 1/2 Land Use Permit Consulting Fees
- Ch 13 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 13 1/4 Municipal Identification Program
- Ch 13 1/2 Noise
- Ch 14 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions
- Ch 14 Art I In General
- § 14-1 Abandoned iceboxes, refrigerators and similar receptacles.
- § 14-2 Air pistols and air rifles; sale, possession, discharge.
- § 14-3 (Reserved)
- § 14-4 Interments and disinterments.
- § 14-5 Loitering.
- § 14-6 Malicious mischief.
- § 14-7 Meter inspectors; badges required.
- § 14-8 Minors engaged in street trades, as newspaper carrier boys.
- § 14-9 Noises: siren whistles and gongs.
- § 14-10 Same: playing musical instruments in streets.
- § 14-11 Same: radios and similar devices.
- § 14-12 Obscene words, characters, figures.
- § 14-13 Aggressive panhandling prohibited.
- § 14-14 Sales on holidays.
- § 14-15 Strikebreakers employment in labor disputes.
- § 14-16 Throwing stones, missiles.
- § 14-17 Vehicles; abandonment on private property.
- § 14-18 Weapons, discharge.
- § 14-19 Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public places and possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages in public places.
- § 14-20 Public urination; penalties for offenses.
- § 14-21 Bicycling and skateboarding prohibited; parking facilities.
- § 14-22 Drying laundry in front yard.
- § 14-23 Playing in City streets.
- § 14-24 Regulation of externally audible burglar alarms.
- § 14-25 Regulation of alarm systems.
- § 14-26 Returned checks; service charge.
- § 14-27 (Reserved)
- § 14-28 Fee for fingerprinting by Police Department.
- Ch 14 Art II Shopping Carts
- § 14-29 Definitions.
- § 14-30 Carts to be suitably marked or tagged.
- § 14-31 Removal of cart from establishment.
- § 14-32 Leaving cart in public place.
- § 14-33 Removal of carts found in public places.
- § 14-34 Proof of ownership prerequisite to redemption.
- § 14-35 Redemption of carts removed by city.
- § 14-36 Public sale of carts removed by city.
- § 14-37 Disposal of cart not sold at auction.
- § 14-38 Liability for disposal of cart.
- § 14-39 Disposition of proceeds from sale, redemption of cart.
- § 14-40 Scope of Article.
- § 14-41 through Section 14-44. (Reserved)
- Ch 14 Art III Protection of Public and Private Places
- § 14-45 Graffiti prohibited.
- § 14-46 Liability of parents or certain legal guardians having custody of an infant.
- Ch 14 Art IV Nuisances
- § 14-47 Legislative intent.
- § 14-48 Nuisance defined.
- § 14-49 Action for permanent injunction.
- § 14-50 Permanent injunction.
- § 14-51 Severability of parts of article.
- Ch 14 Art V Telephone Booths
- § 14-52 Legislative findings.
- § 14-53 Definitions.
- § 14-54 Permit required.
- § 14-55 Application for permit.
- § 14-56 Rates to be posted; emergency calls.
- § 14-57 Standards for maintenance and installation.
- § 14-58 Location and placement.
- § 14-59 Commissions.
- § 14-60 Revocation.
- § 14-61 Applicability to existing pay telephones.
- § 14-62 Penalties for offenses.
- § 14-63 Severability.
- § 14-64 When effective.
- Ch 14 Art VI Extended-Hours Retail Sales and Service Establishments
- § 14-65 Legislative findings.
- § 14-66 Definitions.
- § 14-67 Permit required.
- § 14-68 Extended-hours retail sales and service establishment security.
- § 14-69 Creating or maintaining noncompliant retail sales and service establishments prohibited.
- § 14-70 Enforcement and penalties.
- § 14-71 Application denials.
- Ch 14 Art VII Off-Road Vehicles
- § 14-72 Legislative findings.
- § 14-73 Definitions.
- § 14-74 Restrictions.
- § 14-75 Penalties for offenses; impoundment and redemption.
- § 14-76 Enforcement.
- § 14-77 Severability.
- Ch 14 1/2 Sewers, Stormwater
- Ch 15 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 16 Subdivisions
- Ch 16 1/2 Surfacing Ordinance
- Ch 16 3/4 Sustainable Energy Loan Program
- Ch 17 Swimming Pools
- Ch 17 1/2 Trees
- Ch 18 Taxicabs and For-Hire Vehicles
- Ch 18 1/2 Waterfront Consistency Review
- Ch 19 Zoning and Land Use Regulations
- Tables
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Ch DT Distribution and Derivation Table
GENERAL REFERENCES
Powers of Common Council enumerated — See Administrative
Code Section 2.04.
Police Department — See Administrative Code
Art. X.
General definitions and rules of construction — See Code of Ordinances Section 1-2.
Altering Code of Ordinances prohibited — See Code of Ordinances Section 1-7.
General penalty for Code violations — See Code of Ordinances Section 1-8.
Prosecution where different penalties exist for same offense — See Code of Ordinances Section 1-9.
Movies — See Code of Ordinances Section 3-3.
Bingo regulated — See Code of Ordinances Section 3-14 et seq.
Carnivals, circuses and theatrical performances — See Code of Ordinances Section 3-48 et seq.
False alarms of fire — See Code of Ordinances Section 8-55.
Disturbing or removing garbage and other materials placed for collection — See Code of Ordinances Section 9-25.
Accuracy of weighing and measuring devices used by peddlers — See Code of Ordinances Section 10-6.
Traffic Commission — See Code of Ordinances Section 13-19 et seq.
Traffic Violations Bureau — See Code of Ordinances Section 13-37 et seq.
Abandonment of vehicles — See Code of Ordinances Section 13-55 et seq.
Illegal parking in parking lot meter zones — See Code of Ordinances Section 13-156.
Use of slugs, tampering with parking meters — See Code of Ordinances Section 13-157.
Noises in general — See Code of Ordinances Ch. 13 1/2.
Obstructing streets — See Code of Ordinances Section 15-4.
Alcoholic beverages in Kaal Rock Park — See Code of Ordinances Section 15-16.1.
STATE LAW REFERENCES
Authority of City to provide penalties, forfeitures, imprisonment
for violations of ordinances — See § 20,
Subdivision 22, of the General City Law.
Prosecution of municipal officials — See § 51,
General Municipal Law.
