City of Rochester, NY
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2023-10-17
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Charter
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Chapter C Charter of the City of Rochester
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Article IX DEPARTMENT OF LAW
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PART A In General; Officers
- Charter
- Ch C Charter of the City of Rochester
- Ch C Art IX Pt A In General; Officers
- § C-9-1 Corporation Counsel.
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Part I: City Government
- Ch 2 Assessment, Department of
- Ch 3 Assessment Method, Local
- Ch 4 Board of Review
- Ch 4A Cable Television
- Ch 5 City Clerk
- Ch 6 (Reserved)
- Ch 7 Continuity of Government
- Ch 8 Finance, Department of
- Ch 8A Purchasing and Property Management
- Ch 9 Grievance Procedure
- Ch 10 Improvements, Municipal and Local
- Ch 12 Law, Department of
- Ch 13 Mayor and Deputy Mayor
- Ch 13A Municipal Code Violations Bureau
- Ch 14 Officers and Employees
- Ch 15 Official Seal, Emblems and Celebrations
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Public Records
- Ch 19 Public Safety
- Ch 20 Refuse Collection
- Ch 21 Real Estate
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 Waterworks
- Part II: General Ordinances
- Ch 27 Alarm Systems and Businesses
- Ch 28 Ambulance Service Operator
- Ch 29 Amusements and Entertainment
- Ch 30 Animals
- Ch 31 Animals — Dog Control
- Ch 32 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 34 Bicycles, Electric Bicycles, Electric Scooters, In-Line Skates and Skateboards
- Ch 35 Bill Posting and Advertising
- Ch 36 Bingo License Law and Games of Chance
- Ch 36A (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 38 (Reserved)
- Ch 39 Building Code
- Ch 40 Plumbing Licensing Ordinance
- Ch 42 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Cemeteries
- Ch 43A Coastal High-Hazard Areas
- Ch 44 Conduct, Miscellaneous
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 46 Dance Halls
- Ch 47 Dangerous Articles
- Ch 47A Demolition Regulations
- Ch 47B Domestic Partnerships
- Ch 48 Environmental Review
- Ch 49 Electrical Licensing Ordinance
- Ch 50 Elevators, Escalators and Other Conveyances
- Ch 51 (Reserved)
- Ch 52 Enforcement Procedures
- Ch 53 (Reserved)
- Ch 54 Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 56 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 60 Food Trucks, Trailers and Carts
- Ch 61 House Numbering
- Ch 62 Commercial Travelers, Solicitors and Special Events
- Ch 63 Human Rights
- Ch 64 Income Tax Refund Anticipation Loans
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 66 Junkyard Operators, Junk Dealers and Scrap Processors
- Ch 67 Labor
- Ch 67A (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Licenses — Business and Trades
- Ch 69 Littering and Smoking
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Miscellaneous Trades
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Noise
- Ch 76 Official Map
- Ch 76A (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Oil Burners
- Ch 78 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Parks
- Ch 80 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 81 (Reserved)
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Poulterers
- Ch 86 Press Representatives
- Ch 87 Private Hospitals, Sanitoria, Nursing Homes and Similar Institutions
- Ch 89 Property, Care of
- Ch 90 Property Code
- Ch 91 Public Market
- Ch 92 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Public Emergencies, Restricted Conduct in Time of
- Ch 95 Residential Landlord-Tenant Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
- Ch 95A Consumer Protection
- Ch 96 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 97 Sewer Use Code
- Ch 98 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 99 Shooting Ranges
- Ch 100 Smoke and Air Pollution Control
- Ch 101 Solid Fuel Dealers
- Ch 103 Stationary Engineers and Refrigeration Operators Licensing Ordinance
- Ch 104 Streets and Street Encroachments
- Ch 104A (Reserved)
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Ch 106 Telecommunications in the Right-Of-Way
- Ch 107 Taxation
- Ch 108 Taxicabs
- Ch 108A Towing
- Ch 109 Transient Merchants
- Ch 111 Vehicle and Traffic
- Ch 112 Waterfront Consistency Review Ordinance
- Ch 113 Weights and Measures
- Ch 115 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch 127 Parks - Maintenance by County of Monroe
- Ch 128 Land Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 129 (Reserved)
- Ch 130 Comprehensive Plan
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Zoning
- Ch 120 Zoning
- Att AM Table of Zoning Amendments
- Att ZMA Table of Zoning Map Amendments
- Att GL Guidelines
- Att INT Interpretations
- Att PDD Planned Development Districts
- Att SC Street Classifications
- Ch 125 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Prior Zoning Codes
- Ch 120Z Prior Zoning Codes
[§ 134, L.L. No. 4-1925; L.L. No. 19-1928; L.L. No. 5-1941; L.L. No. 6-1955; L.L. No. 18-1970; L.L. No. 8-1972; § 1, L.L. No. 9-1984; § 1, L.L. No. 10-1992; § 1, L.L. No. 1-2006; § 1, L.L. No. 4-2012; § 2, L.L. No. 6-2024]
The Corporation Counsel, as the head
of the Department of Law, shall attend to all the legal business of
the City. He or she shall be admitted to practice as an attorney and
counselor in the courts of the State of New York. He or she shall
be the legal advisor of the City and all its departments and officers;
shall represent the same in all acts and proceedings to which they
are a party; shall have power to appeal from any order, decision or
judgment; and shall, subject to necessary appropriations of the Council,
have power to enter into any agreement and to compromise and settle
any claim against the City. The Corporation Counsel shall have the
power to commence an action or proceeding in the name of the City,
or the necessary and proper City department, board, bureau or officer.
He or she shall approve or prepare for execution any contract or instrument
to which the City is a party. With the approval of the Mayor, the
Corporation Counsel shall appoint assistants and deputies and other
members of the Department. Notwithstanding these powers, the City
Council shall have the authority to establish a position of Legal
Counsel to the City Council to serve as their legal advisor relative
to all matters considered by the Council. Nothing herein shall remove
the responsibility of the Corporation Counsel to represent the City
Council and its members and staff in any legal proceedings.[1]
