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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art I Corporate Capacity, Name and Boundaries
- § C1.00 Corporate capacity and name.
- § C1.10 City boundaries.
- § C1.20 Ward boundaries.
- § C1.21 Establishment of ward system; terms of office; Districting Commission.
- § C1.30 Title to lands under river.
- § C1.40 Use of official name, seal and authority.
- Ch C Art II Municipal Powers
- § C2.00 General powers.
- § C2.01 Specific powers.
- § C2.02 Further specific powers.
- § C2.03 Power to impose administrative penalties.
- Ch C Art III Municipal Officers
- § C3.00 Municipal officers enumerated.
- § C3.01 Deputies and assistants.
- § C3.02 Offices may be combined.
- § C3.10 Terms of office.
- § C3.11 Residential qualifications of elective officers.
- § C3.12 Residency requirements.
- § C3.20 City elections.
- § C3.21 Failure to elect.
- § C3.22 Vacancies in office.
- § C3.30 Resignations.
- § C3.31 City property in possession of resigned officer.
- § C3.40 Oath of office.
- § C3.41 Official bonds.
- § C3.50 Powers and duties of appointive officers.
- § C3.51 Compensation of appointed officers.
- § C3.80 Salaried officers not to receive fees.
- § C3.91 City Historian.
- § C3.92 Defense and indemnification of officers and employees.
- § C3.93 Certain officials authorized to issue and serve legal process.
- § C3.94 Appearance tickets.
- § C3.95 Appointive officers and employees prohibited from holding elective City office.
- Ch C Art IV City Council
- § C4.00 Legislative powers fixed in Council.
- § C4.01 Rules of order.
- § C4.10 Mayor.
- § C4.11 President Pro Tem.
- § C4.12 Power of Mayor to administer oaths.
- § C4.20 Legislative employees.
- § C4.21 City Clerk.
- § C4.30 Council powers exercised by ordinance.
- § C4.31 Ordinances effective immediately.
- § C4.32 Penal ordinances.
- § C4.33 Recording of ordinances.
- § C4.34 Advertising of ordinances.
- § C4.50 Canvass of votes by Council.
- Ch C Art V City Manager
- § C5.00 Selection; qualifications; removal from office.
- § C5.01 Acting or Interim City Manager.
- § C5.05 Duties of City Manager.
- § C5.06 Powers of City Manager.
- § C5.08 Counsel and consultants.
- § C5.12 Public emergencies.
- Ch C Art VI Department of Law
- § C6.00 Establishment; head.
- § C6.10 Duties and powers of Corporation Counsel.
- § C6.45 Prior notice of dangerous conditions.
- § C6.47 Nontort claims against City.
- § C6.50 Civil actions against City.
- § C6.51 Judgments against City.
- § C6.90 City cases in City court.
- § C6.95 Commissioners of Deeds.
- Ch C Art VII Department of Finance
- § C7.00 Establishment; head; bureaus.
- § C7.01 Director of Finance.
- § C7.10 City Comptroller.
- § C7.20 City Assessor.
- § C7.30 Board of Assessment Review.
- § C7.40 City Collector.
- § C7.60 City Purchasing Agent.
- Ch C Art VIII Financial Procedures
- § C8.00 Annual assessment rolls.
- § C8.01 Description of assessed properties.
- § C8.02 Assessments not invalidated by errors.
- § C8.05 Filing and certification of assessment rolls.
- § C8.10 Annual budget.
- § C8.15 Annual tax levy.
- § C8.16 Combining of state, county and City taxes for collection.
- § C8.17 Special tax levies.
- § C8.18 Excess revenues.
- § C8.20 Collection of taxes.
- § C8.22 Interest on unpaid taxes.
- § C8.23 City may sue for taxes.
- § C8.24 Suits not to affect tax liens.
- § C8.25 Claims against fire insurance proceeds.
- § C8.30 Tax sales.
- § C8.31 Tax deeds.
- § C8.32 Tax certificates assignable.
- § C8.33 Conditions of tax sales.
- § C8.34 Disposition of proceeds of tax sales.
- § C8.35 Redemption of property sold for taxes.
- § C8.36 Liens prior to tax sales.
- § C8.37 Liens subsequent to tax sales.
- § C8.38 Comptroller to give receipts.
- § C8.40 Mortgagee may pay delinquent taxes.
- § C8.41 Notice of purchase at tax sale.
- § C8.42 Filing of notice with deed.
- § C8.43 Purchasing by City at tax sales.
- § C8.44 Mortgagee and purchaser defined.
- § C8.45 Interest rate on liens for delinquent taxes, water and sewer charges and sanitation fees.
- § C8.80 Annual audits.
- § C8.81 Record of receipts and expenditures.
- § C8.82 Bonds.
- § C8.85 Water rents.
- § C8.86 Water bills.
- § C8.87 City contracts.
- § C8.88 Homestead base proportions.
- § C8.89 Water and sewer bills; relevy of unpaid charges with general City tax.
- Ch C Art IX Department of Public Works
- § C9.00 Department established; composition.
- § C9.01 Commissioner of Public Works.
- § C9.02 Responsibilities and duties of Commissioner of Public Works; powers and authority of Commissioner of Public Works.
- § C9.03 Divisions; organization and duties.
- § C9.04 Power of City to perform required work and to collect cost thereof.
- § C9.05 Dedication of streets, parks, squares or other land.
- § C9.06 Designation of public streets.
- § C9.07 Streets and public places not sufficiently described.
- § C9.08 Change of street grade.
- § C9.09 Duty of abutting owner to repair and maintain sidewalk and for removal of snow and ice.
- Ch C Art IX-A Water Division
- § C9-A.50 Division established; Superintendent.
- § C9-A.60 Water supply; maintenance, operation and control; imposition and collection of water rents.
- § C9-A.61 Water supply pipes.
- § C9-A.62 Right of entry to survey property.
- § C9-A.63 Acquisition of property.
- § C9-A.64 Commissioners appointed to fix compensation for property taken for waterworks.
- § C9-A.65 Payment of compensation for property taken for waterworks.
- § C9-A.66 Authority to construct aqueducts and reservoirs and lay mains and pipes.
- § C9-A.67 Use of ground under streets.
- § C9-A.68 Extension of water and sewer service outside of corporate limits prohibited.
- Ch C Art X Local and Public Improvements
- § C10.00 Determination as to whether improvement is local or public.
- § C10.10 Procedure in making public improvements or purchases.
- § C10.20 Acquisition of property for municipal purposes.
- § C10.30 Apportioning and collecting cost of local improvements.
- § C10.40 Inclusion of all expenses in assessments for improvements; street surface railroads.
- § C10.50 Grounds for institution of proceedings to contest assessments for local improvements.
- § C10.51 Procedure for contesting assessments for local improvements.
- § C10.52 Consolidation of proceedings to vacate or modify assessments.
- § C10.53 Reassessment after invalidation of assessment or tax.
- § C10.60 Ordinance directing raising of money for local improvements.
- Ch C Art XI Department of Police
- § C11.01 Department created.
- § C11.02 Police Commissioner.
- § C11.03 Police Chief.
- § C11.04 Appointments, promotions and changes in status of members.
- § C11.05 Police officers powers, duties, authority.
- § C11.06 Conduct of members.
- § C11.07 Organizational structure; rules and regulations.
- § C11.08 Auxiliary police officers.
- § C11.09 Custody of stolen property.
- § C11.10 Parking enforcement.
- § C11.11 Service of criminal process by police.
- Ch C Art XII Department of Fire
- § C12.00 Department established; bureaus.
- § C12.01 Fire Commissioner.
- § C12.02 Fire Chief.
- § C12.03 Bureau of Code Compliance.
- § C12.09 Compensation of Fire Department personnel.
- § C12.10 Organization of Police and Fire Departments; rules for operation of Police, Fire and Health Departments.
- § C12.13 Issuance of appearance tickets.
- § C12.40 Powers and duties of Building Inspector.
- § C12.50 Powers and duties of Plumbing Inspector.
- Ch C Art XIII Department of Parks and Recreation
- § C13.00 Department established.
- § C13.01 Parks and Recreation Director.
- § C13.02 Department scope, powers and duties.
- § C13.03 Youth Bureau.
- Ch C Art XIV Department of Planning and Development
- § C14.00 Establishment; head.
- § C14.01 Director of Planning and Economic Development.
- § C14.02 Department of Planning and Development functions.
- Ch C Art XV Commissions and Boards
- § C15.10 Civil Service Commissioners.
- § C15.11 through § C15.17. (Reserved)
- § C15.18 Old Town Cemetery Commission.
- § C15.19 Duties of Commission.
- § C15.20 Cable Television Advisory Committee.
- § C15.21 Duties of Cable Television Advisory Committee.
- § C15.22 Committee expenditures.
- § C15.23 Financial Advisory Board.
- § C15.24 Purpose of Financial Advisory Board.
- § C15.25 Time of existence of Financial Advisory Board.
- § C15.26 Membership and meetings of Board.
- § C15.27 Board records and reports.
- § C15.28 Information and assistance from City.
- Ch C Art XVI Miscellaneous Provisions
- § C16.03 Rights of City in waterfront, lands under water, wharves, piers, docks, parks and playgrounds.
- § C16.04 Transfer of municipal property to Industrial Development Agency.
- § C16.05 Appropriation of abandoned vehicles by City.
- § C16.12 Venue for proceedings against City.
- § C16.13 Service of process in action against City.
- § C16.30 Protection of voter from arrest on civil process on day of election.
- § C16.31 Perjury.
- § C16.40 Expenses chargeable to Orange County.
- § C16.50 Vesting of property rights in City.
- § C16.70 Preservation of ordinances, rules and regulations.
- § C16.80 Favorable and benign construction of Act.
- § C16.81 Repeal of conflicting acts.
- § C16.90 When effective.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Adopt-A-Municipal-Park, -Shoreline or -Roadway Programs
- Ch 6 Bills, Payment of
- Ch 10 Budget and Finance
- Ch 11 Code of Conduct for Local Boards and Committees
- Ch 12 Citizens Advisory Committee
- Ch 13 City Real Property, Sale or Lease of
- Ch 14 Arts Programs
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 20 Council, City
- Ch 23 Court, City
- Ch 30 Electrical Examiners, Board of
- Ch 34 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 38 Fair Housing Office
- Ch 42 Fire Department
- Ch 46 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 51 Human Rights Commission
- Ch 55 Insurance
- Ch 60 Municipal Identification Card Program
- Ch 65 Officers and Employees
- Ch 67 Off-Track Betting
- Ch 70 Parking Violations Bureau
- Ch 71 Transportation Advisory Committee
- Ch 72 Police Community Relations and Review Board
- Ch 76 Planning Board
- Ch 80 Police Department
- Ch 85 Purchasing
- Ch 88 Records Retention
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Repurchase of in Rem Properties
- Ch 95 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 97 Surplus Property, Disposal of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 103 Alarm Systems
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 108 Amusements
- Ch 110 Mass Gatherings and Public Events
- Ch 112 Bicycles
- Ch 114 Bingo and Games of Chance
- Ch 119 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 121 Buildings, Vacant
- Ch 122 Building Construction
- Ch 125 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 126 Buildings, Nuisance
- Ch 129 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 136 Coin-Operated Premises
- Ch 137 Collateral Loan Brokers
- Ch 138 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 139 Construction Operations
- Ch 147 Docks and Waterways
- Ch 150 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 152 Economic Development Zone
- Ch 155 Electrical Standards
- Ch 156 Energy
- Ch 158 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 159 Conservation
- Ch 163 Fees
- Ch 166 Fences
- Ch 168 Filming
- Ch 169 Firearms
- Ch 172 Fire Prevention
- Ch 175 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 178 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 181 Garage Sales
- Ch 183 Waste Management, Handling and Disposal
- Ch 187 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 189 Hours of Operation
- Ch 190 Housing and Property Standards
- Ch 194 Indecent Exposure
- Ch 198 Junkyards
- Ch 201 Key Boxes
- Ch 207 Letter and Parcel Receptacles
- Ch 209 Newsracks
- Ch 212 Noise
- Ch 220 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 223 Peddlers, Vendors and Solicitors
- Ch 226 Performance of Work by City; Abatement
- Ch 230 Plumbing
- Ch 234 Property Damage
- Ch 235 Public Market
- Ch 239 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 240 Rental Properties
- Ch 242 Reservoirs
- Ch 248 Sewers
- Ch 249 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 250 Signs
- Ch 257 Stoves, Wood-Burning
- Ch 260 Street Musicians
- Ch 263 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 266 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 268 Tag Days
- Ch 270 Taxation
- Ch 272 Taxicabs
- Ch 275 Telephone Booths
- Ch 276 Tobacco and Marijuana
- Ch 279 (Reserved)
- Ch 287 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 288 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 293 Water
- Ch 295 Water Pollution
- Ch 296 (Reserved)
- Ch 297 Wreckers and Towers
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A305 City Court Act
- Ch A307 County Health District
- Ch A315 Pensions
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Legislature of the State of New
York as Chapter 590 of the Laws of 1917; renumbered by the Council
of the City of Newburgh 8-11-1952 by L.L. No. 6-1952. Other amendments noted
where applicable.]
