City of Watervliet, NY
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2023-12-19
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art I TITLE
- § 1 Title.
- Ch C Art II CORPORATE NAME, BOUNDARIES, CIVIL DIVISIONS
- § 2 Municipal corporation continued.
- § 3 Boundaries described.
- § 4 Wards.
- § 5 Title to lands underlying the Hudson River.
- Ch C Art III CITY OFFICERS, QUALIFICATIONS, TERMS OF OFFICE, ELECTIONS, SALARIES
- § 6 Elective officers enumerated.
- § 7 Appointive officers enumerated; general duties of the general manager.
- § 8 Power of appointment delegated to general manager.
- § 9 Deputies and assistants; combining offices.
- § 10 Residence requirements for officers.
- § 11 Term of office of judge and supervisors.
- § 12 Filling vacancies.
- § 13 Manner of taking office.
- § 14 Resignations.
- § 15 Compensation.
- § 16 Additional powers and duties.
- § 17 Fire department treasurer; powers and duties.
- § 18 through Sec. 22. (Reserved.)
- Ch C Art IV GENERAL CITY POWERS; POWERS OF THE COUNCIL
- § 23 City powers generally.
- § 24 City powers to be vested in the council.
- § 25 Powers of the mayor with respect to the council.
- § 26 City clerk.
- § 27 Meetings of the council.
- § 28 Council procedures.
- § 29 Appropriations.
- § 30 Sale or lease of city real estate; franchises.
- § 31 Ordinances to be recorded; investigation of officers.
- § 32 Penalty for violation of ordinances.
- § 33 Official newspaper; publication of records.
- § 34 Ultra vire acts by members of the council.
- § 35 (Reserved.)
- § 36 Commissioners of deeds.
- § 37 through Sec. 43. (Reserved.)
- Ch C Art V MAYOR
- § 44 Powers generally.
- § 45 Appointment and removal of officers.
- § 46 Acting mayor.
- § 47 Public emergencies; special police.
- § 48 Execution of documents.
- Ch C Art VI BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND CONTRACT
- § 49 Composition; organization.
- § 50 Reserved.
- § 51 Proposals.
- § 52 Repairs, materials and supplies not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars.
- § 53 Contracts for paving.
- § 54 Power to purchase and contract limited.
- § 55 Bid deposit.
- Ch C Art VII DEPARTMENT OF LAW
- § 56 Corporation counsel to be department head; duties generally.
- § 57 Approval of contracts.
- § 58 Settlement of claims against the city.
- § 59 Employing assistants.
- § 60 Civil actions against the city.
- § 61 Payment of judgments against the city.
- § 62 Certain persons not ineligible to act as judge or juror.
- § 63 Condemnation proceedings.
- Ch C Art VIII DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
- § 64 through Sec. 66. (Reserved.)
- Ch C Art IX DEPARTMENT OF JUDICIARY; CITY COURT
- § 67 Court established; judge.
- § 68 Jurisdiction of civil actions and proceedings.
- § 69 Not to take cognizance of certain actions.
- § 70 Process, practice; appeals from judgment.
- § 71 Form of summons.
- § 72 Form of transcripts of judgment.
- § 73 Form of execution.
- § 74 Opening and vacating judgments.
- § 75 Evidentiary value of documents certified by the commissioner of accounts.
- § 76 Costs and fees.
- § 77 Appeals.
- § 78 Jurisdiction of the city judge in criminal cases.
- § 79 Account of fees; account of criminal business; docket.
- § 80 Acting city judge; designation of, compensation.
- § 81 Rules.
- § 82 Time for transaction of court business.
- § 83 Authority of the city judge to perform marriage ceremonies.
- § 84 Effect of judgments.
- § 85 Prohibition relating to interposal of counterclaims.
- § 86 When counterclaim exceeds five hundred dollars.
- § 87 Counterclaim against personal representative.
- § 88 When total of accounts exceeds one thousand dollars.
- § 89 Pleadings.
- § 90 Contempt proceedings.
- § 91 Power to take bail.
- § 92 Trial by jury.
- § 93 Drawing of juries.
- Ch C Art X DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
- § 94 Authorization of issuance of obligations; redemption of water supply obligations.
- § 95 [Reserved].
- § 96 Duties of the director of finance.
- § 96.A Depositories may deposit securities to secure city deposits.
- § 97 Claims against the city.
- § 98 Custody and management of sinking fund.
- § 99 Duties of the commissioner of accounts.
- § 100 Annual financial statement.
- § 101 Chamberlain.
- § 102 Deposits and accounts.
- § 103 Fiscal year; department estimates.
- § 104 Annual estimate.
- § 105 Contents of annual estimate.
- § 106 Annual appropriations.
- § 107 Tax budget.
- § 108 [Reserved].
- § 109 [Reserved].
- § 110 Amendments to Adopted Tax Budget.
- § 111 Penalties for violation of preceding section.
- § 112 through Sec. 113. Reserved.
- Ch C Art XI ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION
- § 114 Preparation of Assessment Roll.
- § 115 Review of the Assessment Roll.
- § 116 Equalization and levy for state and county taxes.
- § 117 Levy of taxes by council; tax roll.
- § 118 Issue of tax roll and warrants to chamberlain.
- § 119 Notice of receiving taxes; time for paying taxes; tax receipts.
- § 120 Water rents.
- § 121 Proceedings for collection of delinquent taxes, sewer rents and water rents.
- § 122 Settlement by director of finance for taxes collected.
- § 123 through Sec. 128. Reserved.
- Ch C Art XII WATER DISTRIBUTION
- § 129 Watervliet Water Board.
- § 130 Supervision of waterworks.
- § 131 Installation of water meters.
- § 132 Permits.
- § 133 Collection of water rents.
- § 134 Preparation of water rent rolls.
- § 135 Notice of assessment.
- § 136 Filing list or roll of water rents.
- § 137 Notice of receiving water rents; time of payment.
- § 138 Water rents may be included on tax bill.
- § 139 The cost of public use of water.
- § 140 Additional powers generally.
- Ch C Art XIII DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
- § 141 Commissioner of public safety; appointees.
- § 141.1 Department of Police.
- § 141.2 Department of Police.
- § 141.3 Department of Fire.
- § 142 Duties of commissioner.
- § 143 Rules, orders and regulations.
- § 144 Constitution of police and fire departments.
- § 145 Membership.
- § 146 Terms of office.
- § 147 Discipline.
- § 148 Appeal from determination of commissioner.
- § 149 Exemptions.
- § 150 Chief of police.
- § 151 Powers and duties of members of police department.
- § 152 Service of process.
- § 153 Political activity prohibited.
- § 154 Supervision of jail; expenses.
- Ch C Art XIV DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
- § 155 Commissioner of public works.
- § 156 Powers and duties of commissioner.
- § 157 Repair of sidewalks; removal of snow and ice.
- § 158 Performance of public work to be certified.
- § 159 Duties of the city engineer.
- § 160 Alteration of grades and names of streets.
- § 161 Apportionment of city's expense of improvement.
- § 162 Discontinuance of streets.
- § 163 Streets by prescription.
- § 164 Acquisition of lands.
- Ch C Art XV (RESERVED)
- § 165 through Sec. 169. (Reserved)
- Ch C Art XVI LOCAL ASSESSMENTS
- § 170 Power of council as to local improvements.
- § 171 Opening, altering or extending streets or public grounds and assessments of benefits and payment.
- § 172 Declaration of intention to make local improvements.
- § 173 Special provisions as to sewers.
- § 174 Proceedings to obtain right-of-way.
- § 175 Costs and expenses.
- § 176 Paving, repaving or macadamizing.
- § 177 Assessments payable in installments.
- § 178 Public works improvement fund.
- § 179 Macadamizing or slagging without petition.
- § 180 Change of grade of streets.
- § 181 Curbs and gutters.
- § 182 Cleaning sidewalks and gutters of snow and ice.
- § 183 Work may be done by contract.
- § 184 Guardian ad litem for infant defendants.
- § 185 Description of premises.
- § 186 Rebates and deficiencies.
- § 187 Assessment not invalidated by irregularities.
- § 188 Right to review assessment or tax for local improvement limited.
- § 189 Procedure on review.
- § 190 Consolidation of separate proceedings.
- § 191 State lands.
- § 192 Taxpayers to vote on extraordinary expenditures.
- § 193 Reserved.
- Ch C Art XVII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- § 194 Established; health officer to be head of the department.
- § 195 Powers and duties of the health officer generally.
- § 196 Office hours; registrar of vital statistics.
- § 197 Appeals from action of the health officer.
- § 198 Approval of plumbing and sewerage plans.
- § 199 Plumbing and sanitary inspector.
- § 200 When approval of plumbing plans required.
- § 201 Examining board of plumbers.
- Ch C Art XVIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- § 202 Existing ordinances and regulations.
- § 203 Venue of action against the city.
- § 204 Service of process in actions against the city.
- § 205 Perjury.
- § 205.A Vacations and sick leave for city personnel.
- § 206 Repealer.
- § 207 Effective date.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Appeals, Board of
- Ch 4A (Reserved)
- Ch 5 Assessors
- Ch 8 Buildings, Inspector of
- Ch 11 City Clerk
- Ch 15 Corporation Counsel
- Ch 20 Election Districts
- Ch 25 Employee Benefits
- Ch 28 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 33 Finance, Director of
- Ch 37 Health Districts
- Ch 42 Local Laws, Adoption of
- Ch 46 Manager, General
- Ch 51 Parks and Recreation, Commissioner of
- Ch 54 Personnel Policies
- Ch 57 Planning Board
- Ch 60 Police Department
- Ch 69 Repair Reserve Fund
- Ch 72 Residency Requirements
- Ch 77 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 94 Live Musical Entertainment
- Ch 95 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 100 Alarms, False
- Ch 102 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 105 Amusements
- Ch 108 Animals
- Ch 114 Bingo and Games of Chance
- Ch 118 Boats and Boating
- Ch 123 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 127 Building Construction and Fire Prevention
- Ch 128 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 131 Cannabis
- Ch 134 (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Outdoor Burning, Open Burning and Burning of Refuse
- Ch 145 Electrical Standards
- Ch 146 Energy
- Ch 160 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 166 Garage Sales
- Ch 168 Garbage, Waste, Littering and Recycling
- Ch 175 Housing Standards
- Ch 176 Residential Occupancy
- Ch 178 Insurance
- Ch 190 Mobile Homes
- Ch 193 Municipal Swimming Pool
- Ch 197 Noise
- Ch 202 Nuisances
- Ch 209 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 210 Parolees, Identification of
- Ch 212 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 216 Plumbing
- Ch 227 Service Station Tanks
- Ch 230 Sewers
- Ch 233 Shopping Carts
- Ch 235 (Reserved)
- Ch 239 Social Host Liability
- Ch 244 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 245 Trees
- Ch 249 Swimming Pools
- Ch 253 Taxation
- Ch 260 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 266 Water
- Ch 272 Zoning
- Ch 273 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 274 Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections
- Ch 276 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 277 Public Access to Records
- Ch 278 Contracts
- Ch 279 Fees
- Ch 280 Defense and Indemnification
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
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Editor's Note: Adopted by the Laws of 1914,
Chapter 444, as amended.
