City of Kingston, NY Chapter 5 Appearance Tickets

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Kingston 8-7-1984 by L.L. No. 3-1984, approved 8-28-1984, as Ch. 11A of the 1984 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 5-1 Legislative intent.

The Common Council finds that the enforcement of various codes, ordinances and laws effective in the City of Kingston, New York, for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of its citizens will be greatly improved by authorizing its enforcement officials to issue appearance tickets in such cases where the officer has reasonable cause to believe that a misdemeanor or petty offense, enforceable by said officials, has been committed in his or her presence.

§ 5-2 Form.

The Chief of the Kingston Police Department shall approve the form of appearance tickets to be issued pursuant hereto, which shall, to the fullest extent practicable, be uniform among the public offices effected hereby.

§ 5-3 Issuance by Building Safety Officer.

[Amended 12-16-1999 by L.L. No. 2-2000, approved 1-3-2000; 3-5-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2019, approved 3-19-2019]

The Building Safety Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue an appearance ticket for the enforcement of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Kingston, New York,[1] as well as any state or local law, ordinance or regulation now or hereafter in effect in the City of Kingston, New York, which is applicable to the construction, alteration, repair, removal and demolition of buildings and structures and the installation and use of materials and equipment therein and the location, use, occupancy and maintenance thereof.

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 172, Building Construction; Ch. 233, Fire Prevention; and Ch. 405, Zoning.

§ 5-4 Issuance by Housing Code Inspectors.

All Housing Code Inspectors of the City of Kingston, New York, are hereby authorized to issue appearance tickets for the enforcement of the Housing Standards Code of the City of Kingston, New York.

§ 5-5 Issuance by Plumbing Inspectors.

All Plumbing Inspectors of the City of Kingston, New York, are hereby authorized to issue appearance tickets for the enforcement of the New York State Plumbing Code and the Plumbing Code of the City of Kingston, New York.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 321, Plumbing.

§ 5-6 Issuance by Fire Chief and Fire Department officials.

The Fire Chief of the City of Kingston, New York, all Deputy Fire Chiefs and all officers of the Kingston Fire Department assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau are hereby authorized to issue appearance tickets for the enforcement of the Fire Prevention Code[1] and any other state or local regulations, ordinances or laws now or hereafter in effect in the City of Kingston, New York, in relation thereto or enacted for such similar purposes as said code.

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 233, Fire Prevention.

§ 5-7 Issuance by Dog Control Officer.

[Amended 12-16-1999 by L.L. No. 2-2000, approved 1-3-2000]

The Dog Control Officer of the City of Kingston, New York, is hereby authorized to issue appearance tickets for the enforcement of Article 7 of the New York State Agricultural and Markets Law and any other state or local resolution, ordinance or law now or hereafter in effect in the City of Kingston, New York,[1] pursuant thereto or enacted for such similar purposes as said article.

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 151, Animals.

§ 5-8 Issuance by Public Works Department personnel.

[Added 6-6-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989, approved 6-27-1989]

The Superintendent of Public Works, the Deputy Superintendent of Public Works and the on-duty Foreman for Sanitation are hereby authorized to issue appearance tickets for the enforcement of Chapter 350, Solid Waste, of the Code of the City of Kingston, and any other state or local law, ordinance or resolution now or hereafter in effect in the City of Kingston in relation thereto or enacted for such similar purpose as said Code provisions.

§ 5-9 Issuance by Zoning Enforcement Officer.

[Added 5-1-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012,[1] approved 5-17-2012]

The Zoning Enforcement Officer of the City of Kingston, New York, is hereby authorized to issue appearance tickets for the enforcement of the Zoning Code of the City of Kingston (Chapter 405, Zoning).

[1] Editor's Note: This local law also provided for the renumbering of former § 5-9 as § 5-10.

§ 5-10 Terminology; issuance procedure.

Wherever the phrase "appearance ticket" is used herein, it shall have the meaning ascribed by and shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 150 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York or such subsequent similar law as may be in effect in New York State.