Town of Stanford, NY General Provisions

It is the intent of this article to establish a codification of local laws, ordinances and certain resolutions of the Town of Stanford for the purposes of increasing the effectiveness of village governmental administration, providing for greater public awareness of and access to Town legislation and protecting the health, safety and welfare of inhabitants. The local laws, ordinances and resolutions of the Town of Stanford referred to in § 1-2 of this article shall be known collectively as the "Code of the Town of Stanford" and the various parts and sections of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions shall be distributed and designated as provided and set forth in § 1-2 of this article.

§ 1-2 Distribution of local laws, ordinances and resolutions.

Derivation Table
(Section numbers with asterisks in the second column have not been repeated in the first column because they are section numbers which relate to titles, effective dates or severability clauses, which sections are not pertinent to the codification. For titles, refer to the first column; for severability, refer to § 1-3 hereof.)

New Number (chapter, title, Article, section)	Old Number (source)	Adoption or Amendment Date
Ch. 6, Assessors	L.L. No. 1-1971	3-16-1971
	Section 1*
§ 6-1	Section 2
§ 6-2	Section 3
§ 6-3	Section 4
§ 6-4	Section 5
Ch. 14, Conservation Commission	L.L. No. 7-1978	12-14-1978
§ 14-1	Section I
§ 14-2	Section II
§ 14-3	Section III	Amended 10-8-1981 by L.L. No. 5-1981; at time of adoption of Code
§ 14-4	Section IV
§ 14-5	Section V
§ 14-6	Section VI
§ 14-7	Section VII
§ 14-8	Section VIII
	Section IX*
Ch. 22, Ethics, Code of	L.L. No. 2-1970	11-12-1970
	Section I*
§ 22-1	Section II	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 22-2	Section III
§ 22-3	Section 4
§ 22-4	Section V
§ 22-5	Section VI
§ 22-6	Section VII
	Section VIII*
§ 22-7	Section IX
	Section X*
Ch. 27, Freedom of Information	Resolution	3-9-1978
§ 27-1	1
§ 27-2	2
§ 27-3	3
§ 27-4	4
§ 27-5	5
§ 27-6	6
§ 27-7	7
§ 27-8	8
§ 27-9	9
	10*
Ch. 38, Officers and Employees, Defense of	L.L. No. 5-1980	9-11-1980
§ 38-1	Section 1
§ 38-2	Section 2
§ 38-3	Section 3
§ 38-4	Section 4
§ 38-5	Section 5
§ 38-6	Section 6
§ 38-7	Section 7
§ 38-8	Section 8
	Section 9*
Ch. 44, Planning Board	Resolution	7-12-1962
§ 44-1	Unnumbered
§ 44-2	Unnumbered
§ 44-3	Unnumbered
Ch. 58, Alcoholic Beverages	L.L. No. 4-1978	9-14-1978
§ 58-1	Section I
§ 58-2	Section II	Amended 7-8-1982 by L.L. No. 6-1982
§ 58-3	Section III
§ 58-4	Section IV
§ 58-5	Section V	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Ch. 63, Bingo	Ordinance	4-10-1958
§ 63-1	Section One
§ 63-2	Section Two
§ 63-3	Section Three
§ 63-4	Section Four
Ch. 67, Boats	Ordinance	9-11-1955
§ 67-1	1
§ 67-2	2
§ 67-3	3
§ 67-4	4
§ 67-5	5
§ 67-6	6
§ 67-7	7
§ 67-8	8	Amended at time of adoption of Code
	9*
Ch. 77, Driveway Permits	L.L. No. 2-1980	2-28-1980
§ 77-1	Section I
§ 77-2	Section II
§ 77-3	Section III
§ 77-4	Section IV
§ 77-5	Section V
§ 77-6	Section VI
§ 77-7	Section VII
§ 77-8	Section VIII	Amended at time of adoption of Code
	Section IX*
	Section X*
Ch. 82, Environmental Quality Review
Art. I	Resolution	9-8-1977
§ 82-1	Unnumbered
§ 82-2	Unnumbered
§ 82-3	Unnumbered
Art. II	L.L. No. 5-1982	6-24-1982
§ 82-4	Section 1
§ 82-5	Unnumbered Section 2*
	Section 3*
Ch. 87, Excavations	L.L. No. 4-1983	10-6-1983
§ 87-1	Section I
§ 87-2	Section II
§ 87-3	Section III
§ 87-4	Section IV
§ 87-5	Section V
§ 87-6	Section VI
§ 87-7	Section VII
§ 87-8	Section VIII
	Section IX*
§ 87-9	Section X
Ch. 93, Firearms	L.L. No. 6-1978	9-14-1978
§ 93-1	Section I	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 93-2	Section II	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 93-3	Section III
§ 93-4	Section IV	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Ch. 96, Fire Prevention and Building Construction Administration	L.L. No. 3-1984	5-10-1984
Art. I	Art. I
§ 96-1	Section I
§ 96-2	Section II
§ 96-3	Section III
§ 96-4	Section IV
§ 96-5	Section V
§ 96-6	Section VI
§ 96-7	Section VII
Art. II	Art. II
§ 96-8	Section I
§ 96-9	Section II
§ 96-10	Section III
§ 96-11	Section IV
§ 96-12	Section V
§ 96-13	Section VI
§ 96-14	Section VII
§ 96-15	Section VIII
§ 96-16	Section IX
§ 96-17	Section X
§ 96-18	Section XI
§ 96-19	Section XII
§ 96-20	Section XIII
§ 96-21	Section XIV
§ 96-22	Section XV
§ 96-23	Section XVI
Art. III	Art. III
§ 96-24	Unnumbered
	Art. IV*
Art. IV	Art. V
§ 96-25	A and B
	Art. VI*
Ch. 100, Flood Hazard Areas	L.L. No. 1-1984	4-26-1984
§ 100-1	Section 1
§ 100-2	Section 2
§ 100-3	Section 3
§ 100-4	Section 4
§ 100-5	Section 5
§ 100-6	Section 6
§ 100-7	Section 7
§ 100-8	Section 8
§ 100-9	Section 9
§ 100-10	Section 10
§ 100-11	Section 11
§ 100-12	Section 12
§ 100-13	Section 13
	Section 14*
Ch. 103, Freshwater Wetlands	L.L. No. 2-1976	8-26-1976
§ 103-1	Section 1
§ 103-2	Section 2
Ch. 108, Games of Chance	Ord. No. 2-1976	10-4-1976
§ 108-1	Section 1
§ 108-2	Section 2
§ 108-3	Section 3
§ 108-4	Section 4
	Section 5*
	Section 6*

Ch. 111, Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse	L.L. No. 6-1980	11-6-1980
§ 111-1	Section I
	Section II*
§ 111-2	Section III
§ 111-3	Sections IV and V
§ 111-4	Section VI
§ 111-5	Section VII
§ 111-6	Section VIII
§ 111-7	Section IX
§ 111-8	Section X	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 111-9	Section XI
§ 111-10	Section XII
	Section XIII*
	Section XIV*
Ch. 118, Junkyards and Dealers	Ordinance	8-8-1963
§ 118-1	Section 1
§ 118-2	Section 2
§ 118-3	Section 3
§ 118-4	Section 4	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 118-5	Section 5
§ 118-6	Section 6
§ 118-7	Section 7	Amended at time of adoption of Code
	Section 8*
	Section 9*
	Section 10*
Ch. 123, Mass Gatherings	L.L. No. 1-1970	7-9-1970
	Section I
§ 123-1	Section II
§ 123-2	Section III
§ 123-3	Section IV
	Section V*
§ 123-4	Section VI
	Section VII*
Ch. 126, Notification of Defects	L.L. No. 2-1978	3-9-1978
§ 126-1	Section 1
§ 126-2	Section 2
§ 126-3	Section 3
§ 126-4	Section 4
§ 126-5	Section 5
	Section 6*
Ch. 132, Parks	L.L. No. 4-1982	6-10-1982
§ 132-1	Section 1
§ 132-2	Section 2
§ 132-3	Section 3
§ 132-4	Section 4	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 132-5	Section 5
§ 132-6	Section 6
§ 132-7	Section 7
§ 132-8	Section 8
§ 132-9	Section 9	Amended at time of adoption of Code
	Section 10*
	Section 11*
Ch. 144, Taxation
Art. I	Ord.	12-8-1966
§ 144-1	Section 1
§ 144-2	Section 2	Amended 3-16-1971; 12-24-1972; 4-10-1975; 9-10-1981; 3-8-1984 by Ord. No. 1-1984
§ 144-3	Section 3
	Section 4
Ch. 148, Town Property	L.L. No. 5-1978	9-14-1978
§ 148-1	Section I	Amended 7-12-1982 by L.L. No. 7-1982
§ 148-2	Section II	Amended 7-12-1982 by L.L. No. 7-1982
§ 148-3	Section III	Amended at time of adoption of Code
	Section IV*
	Section V*
Ch. 151, Trailers and Trailer Parks	L.L. No. 3-1981	3-12-1981
	Section I*
§ 151-1	Section II
§ 151-2	Section III
§ 151-3	Section IV
§ 151-4	Section V
§ 151-5	Section VI-A
§ 151-6	Section VI-B
§ 151-7	Section VII
§ 151-8	Section VIII
§ 151-9	Section IX
§ 151-10	Section X
§ 151-11	Section XI
§ 151-12	Section XII
§ 151-13	Section XIII
§ 151-14	Section XIV
§ 151-15	Section XV	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 151-16	Section XVI
§ 151-17	Section XVII
	Section XVIII*
	Section XIX*
Ch. 156, Vehicles, Abandoned	L.L. No. 1-1967	5-24-1967
	Section 1*
§ 156-1	Section 2
§ 156-2	Section 3
§ 156-3	Section 4	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 156-4		Added at time of adoption of Code
	Section 5*
	Section 6*
Ch. 158, Vehicles and Traffic
Art. I	L.L. No. 1-1982	1-14-1982
§ 158-1	Article 1
§ 158-2	Article 2
§ 158-3	Article 3
§ 158-4	Article 4

§ 1-3 Repeal of local laws and ordinances.

The local laws and ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted or adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Stanford and not included in the Code of the Town of Stanford and in force on the date of the adoption of this article are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this article, except as hereinafter provided.

§ 1-4 Local laws and ordinances saved from repeal, matters not affected by repeal.

The repeal of local laws and ordinances provided for in § 1-3 of this article shall not affect the following classes of local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:

Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision of the Town of Stanford prior to the effective date of this article, or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.

Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this article in violation of any legislative provision of the Town of Stanford, or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.

Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this article and brought pursuant to any legislative provision of the Town of Stanford.

Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the Town of Stanford.

Any local law, ordinance or resolution of the Town of Stanford providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing of grade, changing of name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place within the Town of Stanford or any portion thereof.

Any ordinance or resolution of the Town of Stanford appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of the Town of Stanford or other instruments or evidence of the Town's indebtedness.

Local laws, ordinances or resolutions authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any lawful contract or obligation.

The levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.

The dedication of property.

Any local laws, ordinances or resolutions relating to salaries.

The Land Subdivision Regulations as approved by the Town Planning Board on March 20, 1965, and by the Town Board on April 8, 1965, and any amendments or supplements thereto.

Any current ordinance or local law establishing a moratorium on building or excavating in the Town of Stanford.

Any ordinance or local law adopted subsequent to May 10, 1984.

§ 1-5 Meaning and intent of previously adopted legislation unchanged.

In compiling and preparing the local laws, ordinances and resolutions of the Town for publication as the Code of the Town of Stanford, as distributed and designated in the table in § 1-2 hereof, no changes in the meaning or intent of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions have been made.

§ 1-6 Copy of Code on file.

A copy of the Code of e Town of Stanford, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Stanford and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until final action is taken on this article; and if this article shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified by the Town Clerk by impressing thereon the Seal of the Town of Stanford, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of said Town Clerk, to be made available to persons desiring to examine same during all times while said Code is in effect.

§ 1-7 Changes or additions.

In compiling and preparing the local laws, ordinances and resolutions for adoption and revision as part of the Code pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law § 20, Subdivision 3, certain grammatical changes and other minor changes were made in one or more of the local laws, ordinances or resolutions. It is the intention of the Town Board that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the provisions so changed had been previously formally amended to read as such.

In addition, certain changes, amendments and additions are enacted herewith to become effective upon the effective date of this article (chapter and section number references are to these materials as they are numbered and appear in the Code):[1]

[1]

Editor's Note: Pursuant to § 1-7B, the following penalty sections are amended: §§ 67-8, 77-8, 111-8, 132-9, 148-3 and 151-15.

In addition, the following sections are amended or added: §§ 14-3A, 14-3C, 22-2, 58-5, 93-1, 93-2, 93-4, 118-4A, 118-7, 132-4B, 156-3D, 156-4 and 158-4.

§ 1-8 Amendments to Code.

Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions known collectively as the "Code of the Town of Stanford," or any new local laws or resolutions, when enacted or adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Town Board to be a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the Code of the Town of Stanford shall be understood and intended to include such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements. Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code of the Town of Stanford shall be enacted or adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.

§ 1-9 Code book to be kept up-to-date.

It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code of the Town of Stanford required to be filed in the office of the Town Clerk for use by the public. All changes in said Code and all local laws and resolutions adopted by the Town Board subsequent to the enactment of this article in such form as to indicate the intention of said Town Board to be a part of said Code shall, when finally enacted or adopted, be included therein by temporary attachment of copies of such changes or local laws or resolutions until such changes or local laws or resolutions are printed as supplements to said Code book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.

§ 1-10 Sale of Code book; supplementation.

Copies of the Code book containing the Code of the Town of Stanford may be purchased from the Town Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Town Board, which may also arrange by resolution for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.

§ 1-11 Tampering with Code.

Any person who, without authorization from the Town Clerk, changes or amends, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code of the Town of Stanford, or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the Town of Stanford to be misrepresented thereby, or who violates any other provision of this article, shall be guilty of an offense and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 15 days, or both.

§ 1-12 Penalties for offenses.

Any person committing an offense against any chapter or Article of this Code for which a different penalty is not specifically provided shall be guilty of a violation under the Penal Law and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable for each offense by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that an offense continues shall constitute a separate violation.

§ 1-13 Severability.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, Article or part of this article or of any local law or ordinance cited in the table in § 1-2 hereof shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, Article or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.

§ 1-14 Incorporation of provisions into Code.

The provisions of this article are hereby made Chapter 1 of the Code of the Town of Stanford to be entitled "General Provisions, Article I, Adoption of Code," and the sections of this article shall be numbered §§ 1-1 to 1-15, inclusive.

§ 1-15 When effective.

This article and the Code of the Town of Stanford adopted hereby shall take effect immediately upon the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of New York of a copy of this article.