City of Glens Falls, NY
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2023-12-13
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 128 Housing Standards
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Article II Application and Purpose
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 17 Human Resources Department
- Ch 18 Indemnification of Employees
- Ch 23 Local Laws, Adoption of
- Ch 38 Real Property and Franchises, City-Owned
- Ch 41 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 44 Tax Arrears, Board of
- Ch 45 Noise Control
- Ch 46 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 52 Advertisements
- Ch 55 Alarm Systems
- Ch 56 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 59 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 65 Bingo
- Ch 67 Blasting
- Ch 70 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 72 Building Numbering and Street Naming
- Ch 74 Business Improvement Districts
- Ch 77 Cemeteries
- Ch 83 Coin Drops
- Ch 91 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 96 Electrical Standards
- Ch 97 Energy Systems, Renewable
- Ch 98 Entertainment
- Ch 101 Exhibitions
- Ch 104 Fences
- Ch 107 Fire Department Regulations
- Ch 109 Building Code Administration
- Ch 110 Fireworks
- Ch 113 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 118 Games of Chance
- Ch 121 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 123 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 128 Housing Standards
- Ch 128 Art II Application and Purpose
- § 128-3 Scope.
- § 128-4 Compliance required.
- § 128-5 Purpose.
- Ch 129 Lighting, Outdoor
- Ch 143 Newsracks
- Ch 146 Nuisance Abatement
- Ch 150 Open Burning
- Ch 153 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 156 Peddling, Soliciting and Transient Merchants
- Ch 158 Plumbing
- Ch 160 Police Radios in Vehicles
- Ch 162 Property Maintenance, Nonresidential
- Ch 166 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 168 Recycling
- Ch 170 Sales, Special
- Ch 171 Sanitary Code
- Ch 173 Satellite Antennas
- Ch 177 Sewers and Water
- Ch 180 Signs
- Ch 181 Site Alteration
- Ch 182 Skates and Play Vehicles
- Ch 183 Smoking
- Ch 189 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 192 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 194 Swimming Pools
- Ch 196 Taxation
- Ch 198 Taxicabs
- Ch 204 Trees
- Ch 206 Vacant Buildings
- Ch 208 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 214 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 220 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Public Safety Legislation
- Ch 227 General Provisions, Board of Public Safety
- Ch 233 Fire Limits
- Part IV: Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners Legislation
- Ch 240 Water Users Fees, Nonmetered
- Appendix
- Ch A241 Road Name Changes and Street Acceptances
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 8-16-1972]
This chapter shall apply to premises within the City of Glens
Falls as follows:
A.
Lots, plots or parcels of land which are vacant or upon which buildings
used for dwellings or buildings for mixed occupancy or vacant buildings
are located.
B.
Residential buildings, including one- and two-family dwellings and
multiple dwellings, except as specifically excluded.
C.
Residential occupancies in buildings of mixed occupancy.
D.
Vacant buildings.
E.
Vacant residential or mixed-occupancy buildings.
F.
Accessory structures which are accessory to dwellings or vacant buildings.
No person shall occupy as owner-occupant or let or rent to another
for occupancy any dwelling, rooming house, dwelling unit or rooming
unit for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating therein
which does not comply with the requirements of this chapter.
[Added 9-27-1983]
The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health,
safety and welfare by establishing minimum standards for the maintenance
of premises, to fix responsibilities and duties, to authorize and
establish procedures for the inspection of such premises, to fix penalties
for the violations of this code and to provide for the right of access
by the City or its agents to permit repairs when the City believes
that the health, safety and welfare may be in jeopardy. This chapter
is hereby declared to be remedial and essential to the public interest,
and it is intended that this code be liberally construed to effectuate
the purpose as stated herein and to protect the appearance and value
of the City as a whole.
