[1]
Editor's Note: Local Law No. 10-1979 provided for the transfer of the Water Bureau, which had been a bureau of the Department of Environmental Services, to the Department of Engineering and Maintenance. Former Part B, Water and Waterworks System, § 7-11 through 7-20, which immediately followed this Part A, was renumbered as Part C of Article VIIA, § 7A-20 through 7A-29. Subsequently, Local Law No. 2-1980, which pertained to the consolidation of the Department of Environmental Services and the Department of Engineering and Maintenance, provided for the renumbering of former Part B, Streets and Sidewalks, § 7A-11 through 7A-19, as § 7-11 through 7-19, and for the renumbering of former Part C, Water and Waterworks System, § 7A-20 through 7A-29, as § 7-20 through 7-29.
[L.L. No.
9-1977; § 6, L.L. No. 10-1979; § 1, L.L. No. 2-1980; § 1, L.L. No. 9-1984;[1] § 2, L.L.
No. 4-2006;[2] § 1, L.L.
No. 11-2007; § 3, L.L. No. 3-2010[3]; § 2, L.L. No. 5-2016]
The Department of Environmental Services
shall be responsible for the administration and management of those
operations, functions, programs, activities and services having to
do with solid waste collection and disposal; street cleaning; snow
and ice removal from streets and sidewalks; street, bridge and sidewalk
construction and maintenance; municipal fleet maintenance; municipal
facility construction and maintenance; parks, forestry and municipal
property maintenance; and such other assignments and duties as may
be determined by the Mayor.
The Department, through the City
Engineer, shall be responsible for the engineering work required in
the design, construction and inspection of municipal streets, sidewalks,
bridges, buildings and facilities. The City Engineer shall also maintain
the Official Map or Plan of the City.
The Department shall further be responsible
for administering and managing the supply, treatment and distribution
of water for the City through its Water Enterprise.
The Department shall be responsible
for the Community War Memorial, the Port of Rochester, the soccer
stadium, and the Center at High Falls.
The Department shall be organized
into operating groups, bureaus, divisions or other service units as
deemed necessary by the Mayor, which Council may approve by resolution,
ordinance or budget adoption.
The Department shall be responsible
for the Mount Hope and Riverside Cemeteries.
The Commissioner of Environmental
Services shall be head of the Department of Environmental Services
and shall be responsible to and report to the Mayor. He or she shall
appoint, with the approval of the Mayor, the City Engineer and the
heads of bureaus, divisions or other units that may be established
within the Department. He or she shall have the other powers and duties
as may be granted to him or her by law or ordinance or assigned by
the Mayor.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law was approved
at referendum 11-6-1984 and took effect 1-1-1986.
[§ 2, L.L. No. 2-1980[1]]
The City Engineer shall be responsible
for the administration and management of all municipal design and
engineering services and shall work under the general direction of
the Commissioner. The City Engineer shall be responsible for the preparation
of plans and specifications for the design, construction, reconstruction
and demolition of city streets, sidewalks, buildings, bridges, water
system facilities and other municipal structures and facilities as
deemed appropriate.
[§ 2, L.L. No. 8-1982; § 1, L.L. No. 3-1989; § 1, L.L. No. 4-1989; § 1, L.L. No. 5-1992]
Code Enforcement Inspectors and Bureau
of Operations supervisors employed in the Department of Environmental
Services may issue appearance tickets returnable in the Municipal
Code Violations Bureau for violations of refuse, anti-litter and snow
ordinances over which the Municipal Code Violations Bureau has jurisdiction,
and the supervisory and inspection personnel assigned to the Permit
Office of the Department of Environmental Services may issue appearance
tickets returnable in the Municipal Code Violations Bureau for violations
of the Streets Code over which the Municipal Code Violations Bureau
has jurisdiction. The Superintendent of the Downtown Enhancement District
and vending inspectors employed in the Department of Environmental
Services may issue appearance tickets for violations of provisions
of the Commercial Travelers, Solicitors and Special Promotional Events
Code and Streets Code violations relating to roller skating and skateboarding.[1] Security guards may issue appearance tickets for violations
of the Parks Code[2] and for open container law violations occurring in parks.
