City of Kingston, NY
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2023-08-01
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THE CHARTER
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Chapter C Charter
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Article III General Powers
- THE CHARTER
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art III General Powers
- § C3-1 Powers of the city.
- § C3-2 Construction.
- § C3-3 Intergovernmental relations.
- § C3-4 Official oaths.
- ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- Ch A Administrative Code
- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Adopt-A-Highway, -Park or -Shoreline Program
- Ch 5 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 8 Assessment Review Board
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Community Choice Aggregation Program
- Ch 22 Commissions
- Ch 26 Common Council
- Ch 30 Community Development Advisory Council
- Ch 32 Crossing Guards
- Ch 35 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 40 Emergency Regulations
- Ch 46 Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
- Ch 49 Ethics
- Ch 52 Fire Department
- Ch 55 Flag and Seal, Official
- Ch 60 Information Technology, Department of
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 Laws of 1913: Exercise of Powers
- Ch 77 Mental Health Board
- Ch 79 Merit Award Board
- Ch 82 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Office Hours
- Ch 87 Open Meetings
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Personnel
- Ch 96 Planning Board
- Ch 103 Procurement Policy
- Ch 106 Real Property, Sale or Lease of
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Residency Requirements
- Ch 113 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 114 Surplus Property, Sale of
- Ch 116 (Reserved)
- Ch 122 (Reserved)
- PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
- Ch 130 Advertisements and Billboards
- Ch 135 Air Pollution and Smoke Control
- Ch 138 (Reserved)
- Ch 142 Alarm Systems
- Ch 145 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 148 All-Terrain Vehicles
- Ch 151 Animals
- Ch 154 Auctions and Auctioneering
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 163 Bingo
- Ch 166 Blasting
- Ch 169 (Reserved)
- Ch 172 Building Construction
- Ch 178 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 179 Buildings, Vacant
- Ch 180 Bus Fares
- Ch 185 (Reserved)
- Ch 188 (Reserved)
- Ch 191 Curfew
- Ch 195 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 197 Dangerous Weapons
- Ch 198 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 199 Nuisances
- Ch 205 Economic Development Zone
- Ch 208 Electrical Regulations
- Ch 210 Energy Conservation
- Ch 211 Excavation Hazards
- Ch 213 Exhibitions and Shows
- Ch 217 Fees
- Ch 220 Fences
- Ch 223 Firearms
- Ch 224 Firearms: Shooting Ranges
- Ch 226 Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Ch 229 Fire Lanes
- Ch 231 (Reserved)
- Ch 233 Fire Prevention
- Ch 236 (Reserved)
- Ch 238 (Reserved)
- Ch 245 Games of Chance
- Ch 250 Graffiti
- Ch 255 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 261 (Reserved)
- Ch 264 Historic and Architectural Design Districts
- Ch 267 (Reserved)
- Ch 268 Illicit Discharges
- Ch 277 Hotels, Motels, Inns, Rooming Houses and Boardinghouses
- Ch 280 Municipal Identification Program
- Ch 285 Navigation
- Ch 295 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Noise
- Ch 305 Parades
- Ch 308 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 310 Parks and Recreational Facilities
- Ch 313 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 318 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 321 Plumbing
- Ch 324 Public Transportation
- Ch 330 Records
- Ch 332 Rental Properties
- Ch 333 Rental Premises, Property Maintenance for Tenants of
- Ch 335 Sales of Merchandise
- Ch 336 Sanitation and Weeds
- Ch 338 Sewers
- Ch 340 Sewer Use
- Ch 345 Shopping Carts
- Ch 346 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 347 Site Plan Review
- Ch 348 Smoking
- Ch 350 Solid Waste
- Ch 353 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 355 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 358 Sidewalk Standards
- Ch 360 Taxation
- Ch 363 Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers
- Ch 366 (Reserved)
- Ch 370 Tow Trucks
- Ch 371 Toxic Pesticides and Herbicides
- Ch 373 Trees
- Ch 374 Trees, Street
- Ch 376 Trucks, Parking of
- Ch 384 Motor Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 386 Motor Vehicles, Repair of
- Ch 390 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 395 Water
- Ch 398 Waterfront
- Ch 401 (Reserved)
- Ch 405 Zoning
- APPENDIX
- Ch A406 (Reserved)
- Ch A407 Plumbing Code Administration
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
The city shall have all powers possible for
a city to have under the constitution and laws of the State of New
York as fully and completely as though they were specifically enumerated
in this Charter.
The powers of the city under this Charter shall
be construed liberally in favor of the city, and the specific mention
of particular powers in the Charter shall not be construed as limiting
in any way the general power granted under this article.
The city may exercise any of its powers or perform
any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof,
jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with any one
or more states or any state civil division or agency, or the United
States or any of its agencies.
[Amended 12-16-1999 by L.L. No. 1-2000, approved 1-3-2000]
Each officer of the city shall, before he enters
upon the duties of his office, take and file his official oath, in
accordance with Article 13 of the Constitution, and § 10
of the Public Officers Law, and for omission so to do he shall be
subject to the liability and penalties prescribed by the Penal Law,
and §§ 13, 15 and 30 of the Public Officers Law. Each
Mayor, Clerk and City Judge and Special City Judge shall forthwith
upon his election or appointment file a certificate by the City Clerk
of his election or appointment with and also take and subscribe the
constitutional oath of office before the Clerk of the County of Ulster.
