Town of Crawford, NY General Provisions

It is the intent of this local law to establish a codification of local laws, ordinances and certain resolutions of the Town of Crawford for the purpose of increasing the effectiveness of Town governmental administration, providing for greater public awareness of and access to Town legislation and protecting the health, safety and welfare of Town inhabitants. The local laws, ordinances and resolutions of the Town of Crawford referred to in § 1-2 of this local law shall be known collectively as the "Code of the Town of Crawford," 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 local law.

§ 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 severability, refer to § 1-13 hereof.)

New Number (Chapter, title, article, section)	Old Number (source)	Adoption or Amendment Date

Ch. 5, Appearance Tickets	L.L. No. 1-1974	3-11-1974
§ 5-1	Sec. 1
§ 5-2	Sec. 2
§ 5-3	Sec. 3
§ 5-4	Sec. 4
	Sec. 5*

Ch. 9, Assessors	L.L. No. 1-1971	1-11-1971
§ 9-1	Section 1
§ 9-2	Section 2
§ 9-3	Section 3

Ch. 17, Ethics, Code of	L.L. No. 2-1970	11-2-1970

Article I	Article I
§ 17-1	Section 1
§ 17-2	Section 2

Article II	Article II
§ 17-3	Section 1
§ 17-4	Section 2
§ 17-5	Section 3
§ 17-6	Section 4

Article III	Article III
§ 17-7	Section 1
§ 17-8	Section 2
§ 17-9	Section 3
§ 17-10	Section 4

Article IV	Article IV
§ 17-11	Section 1
§ 17-12	Section 2
§ 17-13	Section 3
	Article V
	Section 1*
	Article VI
	Section 1*

Ch. 26, Local Laws, Adoption of	L.L. No. 1-1966	9-6-1966
§ 26-1	Section 1
§ 26-2	Section 2
§ 26-3	Section 3
§ 26-4	Section 4
§ 26-5	Section 5
	Section 6*

Ch. 32, Notification of Defects	L.L. No. 1-1986	3-13-1986
§ 32-1	Section 1
§ 32-2	Section 2
§ 32-3	Section 3
§ 32-4	Section 4
§ 32-5	Section 5
§ 32-6	Section 6
	Section 7*
	Section 8*
	Section 9*

Ch. 36, Ordinances, Publication of	L.L. No. 7-1977	7-11-1977
§ 36-1	Section 1
§ 36-2	Section 2
§ 36-3	Section 3

Ch. 39, Planning Board	Resolution	1-8-1962
§ 39-1	Unnumbered	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 39-2	Unnumbered
§ 39-3	Unnumbered
§ 39-4	Unnumbered
§ 39-5	Unnumbered
§ 39-6	Unnumbered
	Unnumbered*

Ch. 48, Town Attorney	L.L. No. 1-1984	1-26-1984
§ 48-1	Section 1
	Section 2*

Ch. 58, Alcoholic Beverages	L.L. No. 4-1984	8-9-1984
§ 58-1	Section 1
§ 58-2	Section 2
§ 58-3	Section 3
§ 58-4	Section 4

Ch. 63, Bingo and Games of Chance

Article I	Ordinance	5-19-1958
§ 63-1	Unnumbered	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 63-2	Unnumbered

Article II	L.L. No. 3-1982	7-8-1982
§ 63-3	Section 1
§ 63-4	Section 2
§ 63-5	Section 3
§ 63-6	Section 4

Ch. 66, Buildings, Unsafe	L.L. No. 6-1984	8-9-1984
§ 66-1	Section 1
§ 66-2	Section 2
§ 66-3	Section 3
§ 66-4	Section 4
§ 66-5	Section 5
§ 66-6	Section 6
§ 66-7	Section 7
§ 66-8	Section 8
§ 66-9	Section 9
§ 66-10	Section 10
§ 66-11	Section 11
§ 66-12	Section 12
§ 66-13	Section 13
§ 66-14	Section 14
§ 66-15	Section 15
	Section 16*
	Section 17*
	Section 18*

Ch. 71, Dogs	L.L. No. 5-1979	12-13-1979
§ 71-1	Section 1
§ 71-2	Section 2
§ 71-3	Section 3
§ 71-4	Section 4
§ 71-5	Section 5
§ 71-6	Section 6
§ 71-7	Section 7
§ 71-8	Section 8	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 71-9	Section 9	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 71-10	Section 10
§ 71-11	Section 11
§ 71-12	Section 12
§ 71-13	Section 13
	Section 14*
	Section 15*
	Section 16*

Ch. 74, Dumps and Dumping	L.L. No. 3-1971	9-13-1971
§ 74-1	Section 1
§ 74-2	Section 2
§ 74-3	Section 3
§ 74-4	Section 4
§ 74-5	Section 5
	Section 6*
	Section 7*

Ch. 78, Environmental Quality Review	L.L. No. 1-1977	3-28-1977
§ 78-1	1
§ 78-2	2
§ 78-3	3
§ 78-4	4
	5*

Ch. 81, Explosives	L.L. No. 4-19-74	7-22-1974
§ 81-1	Unnumbered
§ 81-2	Unnumbered
§ 81-3	1
§ 81-4	2
§ 81-5	3
§ 81-6	4
§ 81-7	5	Amended at time of adoption of Code
	6*

Ch. 87, Fire Prevention and Building Code Administration

Article I	L.L. No. 7-1985	12-26-1985
§ 87-1	Section 1
§ 87-2	Section 2
§ 87-3	Section 3
§ 87-4	Section 4
§ 87-5	Section 5
§ 87-6	Section 6
§ 87-7	Section 7
§ 87-8	Section 8
§ 87-9	Section 9
§ 87-10	Section 10
	Section 11*

Article II	L.L. No. 2-1986	4-10-1986
	Section I, adds
	Article II
§ 87-11	Section 1
§ 87-12	Section 2
§ 87-13	Section 3
§ 87-14	Section 4
§ 87-15	Section 5
	Section 6*
	Section 7*
	Section II*

Ch. 90, Flood Damage Control	L.L. No. 2-1982	9-9-1982

Article I	Section 1.0
§ 90-1	1.1
§ 90-2	1.2
§ 90-3	1.3
§ 90-4	1.4

Article II	Section 2.0
§ 90-5	Definitions

Article III	Section 3.0
§ 90-6	3.1
§ 90-7	3.2
§ 90-8	3.3
§ 90-9	3.4
§ 90-10	3.5
§ 90-11	3.6

Article IV	Section 4.0
§ 90-12	4.1
§ 90-13	4.2
§ 90-14	4.3
§ 90-15	4.4

Article V	Section 5.0
§ 90-16	5.1
§ 90-17	5.2
§ 90-18	5.3
	Section 6.0*
	Section 7.0*

Ch. 93, Freshwater Wetlands	L.L. No. 2-1976	8-30-1976
§ 93-1	1
§ 93-2	2
§ 93-3	3

Ch. 102, Peddling and Soliciting	L.L. No. 6-1974	12-9-1974
§ 102-1	Section 1
§ 102-2	Section 2
§ 102-3	Section 3
§ 102-4	Section 4
§ 102-5	Section 5
§ 102-6	Section 6
§ 102-7	Section 7
§ 102-8	Section 8
§ 102-9	Section 9
§ 102-10	Section 10
§ 102-11	Section 11
§ 102-12	Section 12
	Section 13*
	Section 14*

Ch. 105, Records, Public Access to	L.L. No. 7-1984	8-9-1984
§ 105-1	Section 1
§ 105-2	Section 2
§ 105-3	Section 3
§ 105-4	Section 4
§ 105-5	Section 5
§ 105-6	Section 6
§ 105-7	Section 7
§ 105-8	Section 8
§ 105-9	Section 9
	Section 10*
	Section 11*
	Section 12*

Ch. 107, Rockcrushers	L.L. No. 3-1974	7-22-1974
§ 107-1	Unnumbered
§ 107-2	1
§ 107-3	2
	3*

Ch. 111, Sewer Use and Sewer Charges

Part 1	L.L. No. 1-1983	9-8-1983

Article I	Article I
§ 111-1	Section 1.1
§ 111-2	Section 1.2

Article II	Article II
§ 111-3	Section 2.1

Article III	Article III
§ 111-4	Section 3.1
§ 111-5	Section 3.2
§ 111-6	Section 3.3

Article IV	Article IV
§ 111-7	Section 4.1
§ 111-8	Section 4.2
§ 111-9	Section 4.3
§ 111-10	Section 4.4

Article V	Article V
§ 111-11	Section 5.1
§ 111-12	Section 5.2
§ 111-13	Section 5.3
§ 111-14	Section 5.4
§ 111-15	Section 5.5
§ 111-16	Section 5.6
§ 111-17	Section 5.7
§ 111-18	Section 5.8

Article VI	Article VI
§ 111-19	Section 6.1
§ 111-20	Section 6.2
§ 111-21	Section 6.3
§ 111-22	Section 6.4
§ 111-23	Section 6.5
§ 111-24	Section 6.6
§ 111-25	Section 6.7
§ 111-26	Section 6.8
§ 111-27	Section 6.9
§ 111-28	Section 6.10
§ 111-29	Section 6.11
§ 111-30	Section 6.12
§ 111-31	Section 6.13
§ 111-32	Section 6.14

Article VII	Article VII
§ 111-33	Section 7.1
§ 111-34	Section 7.2
§ 111-35	Section 7.3
§ 111-36	Section 7.4
§ 111-37	Section 7.5
§ 111-38	Section 7.6
§ 111-39	Section 7.7
§ 111-40	Section 7.8
§ 111-41	Section 7.9
§ 111-42	Section 7.10

Article VIII	Article VIII
§ 111-43	Section 8.1

Article IX	Article IX
§ 111-44	Section 9.1
§ 111-45	Section 9.2
§ 111-46	Section 9.3

Article X	Article X
§ 111-47	Section 10.1
§ 111-48	Section 10.2
§ 111-49	Section 10.3
	Article XI
	Section 11.1*
	Article XII
	Section 12.1*

Part 2	L.L. No. 2-1983	10-13-1983

Article XI	Article I
§ 111-50	Section 1.1
§ 111-51	Section 1.2
§ 111-52	Section 1.3
§ 111-53	Section 1.4
§ 111-54	Section 1.5
§ 111-55	Section 1.6
§ 111-56	Section 1.7
§ 111-57	Section 1.8
§ 111-58	Section 1.9
§ 111-59	Section 1.10
§ 111-60	Section 1.11
	Section 1.12*
	Section 1.13*

Ch. 115, Snow and Ice Removal	L.L. No. 5-1984	8-9-1984
§ 115-1	Section 1
§ 115-2	Section 2
§ 115-3	Section 3
§ 115-4	Section 4
§ 115-5	Section 5
§ 115-6	Section 6
§ 115-7	Section 7
§ 115-8	Section 8
§ 115-9	Section 9
§ 115-10	Section 10
	Section 11*

Ch. 118, Streets and Sidewalks

Article I	L.L. No. 1-1969	6-16-1969
§ 118-1	Section 1
§ 118-2	Section 2
§ 118-3	Section 3
§ 118-4	Section 4
	Section 5*

Article II	L.L. No. 3-1979	8-9-1979
§ 118-5 through § 118-33	Unnumbered paragraphs

Ch. 125, Taxation

Article I	L.L. No. 2-1984	4-12-1984
§ 125-1	Section 1
§ 125-2	Section 2
§ 125-3	Section 3
§ 125-4	Section 4
§ 125-5	Section 5
	Section 6*
	Section 7*
	Section 8*

Article II	L.L. No. 5-1985	11-14-1985
§ 125-6	Section 1
§ 125-7	Section 2
§ 125-8	Section 3
	Section 4*

Ch. 130, Vehicles and Traffic

Article I	L.L. No. 2-1974	7-8-1974
§ 130-1	Unnumbered
§ 130-2	1	Amended 12-9-1974 by L.L. No. 7-1974; 7-12-1976 by L.L. No. 1-1976; 4-10-1980 by L.L. No. 2-1980; 9-22-1985 by L.L. No. 4-1985
§ 130-3	2
§ 130-4	3
	4*

Article II	L.L. No. 4-1976	12-13-1976
§ 130-5	Section 1
§ 130-6	Section 2	Amended 2-11-1982 by L.L. No. 1-1982
§ 130-7	Section 3
§ 130-8	Section 4
§ 130-9	Section 5
	Section 6*

Article III	L.L. No. 3-1978	7-10-1978
§ 130-10	Article I	Amended 9-13-1979 by L.L. No. 4-1979
§ 130-11	Article II
§ 130-12	Article III
§ 130-13	Article IV
§ 130-14	Article V
	Article VI*

Ch. 134, Woodburning Stoves	L.L. No. 12-1977	11-14-1977
§ 134-1	1
§ 134-2	2	Amended at time of adoption of Code
	3*

Ch. 137, Zoning	L.L. No. 3-1985	9-12-1985

Article I	Article I
§ 137-1	Section 101
§ 137-2	Section 102

Article II	Article II
§ 137-3	Sections 200, 201

Article III	Article III
§ 137-4	Section 300
§ 137-5	Section 301
§ 137-6	Section 302
§ 137-7	Section 303
§ 137-8	Section 304
§ 137-9	Section 305
§ 137-10	Section 306
§ 137-11	Section 307

Article IV	Article IV
§ 137-12	Section 400
§ 137-13	Section 401
§ 137-14	Section 402
§ 137-15	Section 403
§ 137-16	Section 404
§ 137-17	Section 405
§ 137-18	Section 406
§ 137-19	Section 407
§ 137-20	Section 408
§ 137-21	Section 409
§ 137-22	Section 410
§ 137-23	Section 411
§ 137-24	Section 412
§ 137-25	Section 413

Article V	Article V
§ 137-26	Section 500
§ 137-27	Section 501
§ 137-28	Section 502

Article VI	Article VI
§ 137-29	Section 600
§ 137-30	Section 601

Article VII	Article VII
§ 137-31	Section 700
§ 137-32	Section 701
§ 137-33	Section 702

Article VIII	Article VIII
§ 137-34	Section 800
§ 137-35	Section 801
§ 137-36	Section 802
§ 137-37	Section 803

Article IX	Article IX
§ 137-38	Section 900
§ 137-39	Section 901
	Section 902*

Ch. A140, Water District Regulations	Rules and Regulations	3-6-1967
§ A140-1	1	Amended 3-14-1977; 6-14-1984
§ A140-2	2
§ A140-3	3	Amended 9-13-1979
§ A140-4	4
§ A140-5	5
	6	Deleted 6-14-1984
§ A140-6	7	Amended 9-8-1976
§ A140-7	8
§ A140-8	9
§ A140-9	10
§ A140-10	11
§ A140-11	12
§ A140-12	13
§ A140-13	14	Amended 7-11-1977
§ A140-14	15
§ A140-15	16
§ A140-16	17
§ A140-17	18
§ A140-18	19	Amended 4-1-1968; 9-23-1968
§ A140-19	20
§ A140-20	21
§ A140-21	22
§ A140-22	23

§ 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 Crawford and not included in the Code of the Town of Crawford and in force on the date of the adoption of this local law are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this local law, 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 local law 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 Crawford prior to the effective date of this local law, 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 local law in violation of any legislative provision of the Town of Crawford, 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 local law and brought pursuant to any legislative provision of the Town of Crawford.

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

Any local law, ordinance or resolution of the Town of Crawford 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 Crawford or any portion thereof.

Any ordinance or resolution of the Town of Crawford 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 Crawford 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.

Any local laws or ordinances adopted subsequent to June 12, 1986.

Local Law No. 2-1977, as amended, establishing fees for building, planning and zoning.

Any subdivision regulations currently in effect in the Town.

So much of L.L. No. 2-1973 pertaining to fire prevention as is currently in effect.

Local Law No. 3-1984, adopted April 26, 1984, to establish sewer rents, or operation and maintenance charges, for the Town of Crawford Sewer District No. 1 at the rate of $8 per 1,000 cubic feet of water consumption.

§ 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 Crawford, 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 the Town of Crawford, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Crawford and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until final action is taken on this local law; and if this local law shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified by the Town Clerk by impressing thereon the Seal of the Town of Crawford, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of said Town Clerk, to be made available to persons desiring to examine the 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 local law (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 sections were revised: §§ 5-1, 39-1, 63-1, 71-8B, 71-9A, 81-7, 93-1, 111-51 and 134-2. A complete description of these changes is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.

§ 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 Crawford," or any new local laws, ordinances 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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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, ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Town Board subsequent to the enactment of this local law, in such form as to indicate the intention of said 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, ordinances or resolutions until such changes or local laws, ordinances 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 Crawford 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 Crawford, or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the Town of Crawford to be misrepresented thereby, or who violates any other provision of this local law, 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 local law 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 local law are hereby made Chapter 1 of the Code of the Town of Crawford, to be entitled "General Provisions, Article I, Adoption of Code," and the sections of this local law shall be numbered § § 1-1 to 1-15, inclusive.

§ 1-15 When effective.

This local law and the Code of the Town of Crawford 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 local law.