Town of Hempstead, NY
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2023-05-09
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PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
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DIVISION 3: GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENTS
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Chapter 63 Department of Public Safety
- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
- DIVISION 1: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Enforcement of Ordinances
- Ch 3 Apprenticeship Training Programs for Town Contracts
- Ch 4 Local Laws: Adoption
- Ch 5 Access to History Records
- Ch 6 Liability of Town
- Ch 7 Elections on Propositions
- Ch 7A Reapportionment of Councilmanic Districts
- Ch 8 Tort Liability Reserve Fund
- Ch 9 Judgment Lien Protective Law
- Ch 10 Taxation: Partial Exemption of Real Property for Certain Persons With Limited Income
- Ch 10A Taxation: Partial Exemption for Members of Volunteer Fire Departments and Voluntary Ambulance Services
- Ch 10B Taxation: Veterans' Real Property Exemption
- Ch 10C Real Property Tax Relief for Cold War Veterans
- Ch 10D Superstorm Sandy Tax Relief
- Ch 11 Defense and Indemnification of Town Officers and Employees
- Ch 12 Taxation: Exemption for Improvements to Accommodate Disabled
- Ch 13 Continuity of Government
- Ch 14 Taxation: Exemption of Capital Improvements
- Ch 15 Compensation of Town Employees
- Ch 16 Councilmembers: Increase in Number
- Ch 17 Deputy Receiver of Taxes
- Ch 18 Board of Appeals
- Ch 19 Town Comptroller: Additional Powers
- Ch 20 Records Management
- Ch 21 Deputy Supervisor
- Ch 22 Waterways Improvement: Public Hearing on Benefit Assessments
- Ch 23 Community Residential Facilities
- Ch 24 Official Seal
- Ch 25 Taxation: Partial Exemption for Disabled Persons With Limited Incomes
- Ch 26 Taxation: Exemption for Gold Star Parents
- DIVISION 2: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
- Ch 27 Empire Zones
- Ch 28 Department of Human Resources
- Ch 29 Merit Award Board
- Ch 30 Employment of Volunteer Workers
- Ch 31 Qualifications of Certain Town Officers
- Ch 32 Public Employee Relations
- Ch 33 Mass Mailing Restrictions
- Ch 34 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 Grievance Procedure for Town Employees
- Ch 36 Whistleblower Protection Act
- Ch 37 Disciplinary Hearings
- Ch 38 Ethical Standards
- Ch 39 Governmental Transparency
- Ch 40 Salaries of Town Employees: Deductions
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 (Reserved)
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 45 Health Insurance for Town Employees
- Ch 46 (Reserved)
- Ch 47 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 Retirement Incentive Program
- Ch 49 (Reserved)
- DIVISION 3: GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENTS
- Ch 50 Department of Industry and Commerce
- Ch 51 Department of Senior Enrichment
- Ch 52 Department of Buildings
- Ch 53 Department of Conservation and Waterways
- Ch 54 Department of Information and Technology
- Ch 55 Cemeteries
- Ch 56 Department of Civil Service
- Ch 57 Department of Parks and Recreation
- Ch 58 Department of Planning and Economic Development
- Ch 59 Department of Engineering
- Ch 60 Drug and Alcohol Addiction
- Ch 61 Office of Tourism
- Ch 62 Department of Purchasing
- Ch 63 Department of Public Safety
- § 63-1 Department established.
- § 63-2 Deputy commissioners; public safety officers.
- § 63-3 Powers and duties.
- Ch 64 Department of Occupational Resources
- Ch 65 Compliance Officer
- Ch 66 Department of General Services
- Ch 67 Highway Department
- Ch 68 Department of Sanitation
- Ch 69 Department of Water
- DIVISION 4: WATER RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Ch 70 Department of Water, Rates and Regulations
- Ch 71 (Reserved)
- Ch 72 Enforcement of Water Conservation
- Ch 73 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 Community Choice Aggregation Energy Program
- Ch 75 (Reserved)
- PART II: PUBLIC PLACES
- Ch 76 Landmarks Preservation
- Ch 77 Public Places, Regulation of
- Ch 78 Parks
- Ch 79 Protection of Housing Authority Properties
- Ch 80 Public Parking Fields
- Ch 81 (Reserved)
- Ch 82 Shopping Carts Abandoned in Public Places
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- PART III: BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
- Ch 84 Master Electricians
- Ch 85 Board of Architectural Review
- Ch 86 Building Construction Administration
- Ch 87 Dwelling Access
- Ch 88 Housing and Rehabilitation Code
- Ch 89 Elevator Inspection Procedure
- Ch 90 Dangerous Buildings and Structures
- Ch 91 Public Nuisances
- Ch 92 Fallout Shelters
- Ch 93 Maximum Fines for Violations of Building Zone Ordinance
- Ch 94 Emergency Lighting and Power
- Ch 95 Maintenance of Vacant Buildings
- Ch 96 Places of Public Assembly: Licensing
- Ch 97 Public Indecency
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 Registration and Permitting of Property
- Ch 100 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 101 Temporary Moratorium in the Transit-Oriented Development District for North Lawrence and Inwood
- Ch 101A Temporary Moratorium in the Neighborhood Business Overlay District for North Lawrence and Inwood
- PART IV: BUSINESS AND ENTERTAINMENT
- Ch 102 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 103 Bingo
- Ch 104 Games of Chance
- Ch 105 Special Events
- Ch 106 Clothing Bins
- Ch 107 Christmas Tree Sales
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 109 Laundromat Refunds
- Ch 110 Gasoline Emergency Abatement
- Ch 111 Junk Dealers
- Ch 112 (Reserved)
- Ch 113 Control and Regulation of Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 114 Memorial and Independence Days
- Ch 115 (Reserved)
- Ch 116 Open-Air Markets
- Ch 117 Parades
- Ch 118 Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Riding Stables
- Ch 121 Smoking, Cannabis and Cbd
- Ch 122 Sunday Exhibitions
- Ch 123 (Reserved)
- Ch 124 Theaters and Theater Matrons
- Ch 125 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- PART V: GARBAGE, REFUSE AND NUISANCES
- DIVISION 1: GARBAGE AND RUBBISH
- Ch 128 Garbage and Rubbish
- Ch 129 Graffiti Control
- Ch 130 (Reserved)
- Ch 131 (Reserved)
- DIVISION 2: USE OF PROPERTY
- Ch 132 Flammable and Combustible Liquids
- Ch 133 Liquefied Petroleum Gases
- Ch 134 Portable Swimming Pools
- Ch 135 (Reserved)
- Ch 136 Trespassing
- Ch 137 (Reserved)
- Ch 138 Smoke
- Ch 139 (Reserved)
- Ch 140 Earth and Soil Removal
- Ch 141 (Reserved)
- Ch 142 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 143 (Reserved)
- Ch 144 Unreasonable Noise
- Ch 145 (Reserved)
- Ch 146 Hazardous Excavations
- Ch 147 (Reserved)
- Ch 148 Sandbanks, Pits and Quarries
- Ch 149 (Reserved)
- DIVISION 3: EXPLOSIVES
- Ch 150 Explosives
- Ch 151 (Reserved)
- DIVISION 4: DOGS AND CATS
- Ch 152 Animal Shelter and Control Division
- Ch 153 (Reserved)
- PART VI: CONSERVATION AND WATERWAYS
- Ch 154 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 155 Boats and Seaplanes
- Ch 156 Houseboats and Floating Homes
- Ch 157 Clams, Oysters or Worms
- Ch 158 (Reserved)
- Ch 159 Dredging
- Ch 160 Precautions Against Oil Spills
- Ch 161 Illicit Discharges
- Ch 162 (Reserved)
- Ch 163 Marinas and Docks
- Ch 164 Public Wetlands Preservation
- Ch 165 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 166 Shellfish
- Ch 167 Dune Protection Zone
- Ch 168 Structures in Waterways
- Ch 169 Swimming From Town Docks
- Ch 170 Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas
- Ch 171 (Reserved)
- Ch 172 Intentional Release of Balloons
- PART VII: STREETS, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
- Ch 173 Abandoned Vehicles
- Ch 174 Abandonment of Vehicles During Snow Emergencies
- Ch 175 Excavations in Streets
- Ch 176 Roll-Off Containers
- Ch 177 Materials: Deposit
- Ch 178 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Bicycle Riding on Certain Structures
- Ch 180 Play Streets
- Ch 181 Sidewalks, Roads and Streets
- Ch 182 Streets: Construction of Curb Cuts and Driveway Entrances
- Ch 183 Tow Cars
- Ch 184 Tree Preservation
- Ch 185 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 186 Failure to Stop for School Buses
- Ch 187 (Reserved)
- Ch 188 (Reserved)
- Ch 189 (Reserved)
- Ch 190 Vehicle Speed Limits
- Ch 191 (Reserved)
- Ch 192 Weight Restrictions: Commercial Vehicles
- Ch 193 (Reserved)
- Ch 194 (Reserved)
- Ch 195 Pavement Markings
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 197 Vehicular Use of Streets
- Ch 198 Tow-Away Zones
- Ch 199 Parking Fields, Private
- Ch 200 (Reserved)
- Ch 201 (Reserved)
- Ch 202 Parking
- Ch 203 (Reserved)
- Ch 204 (Reserved)
- Ch 205 (Reserved)
- Ch 206 (Reserved)
- Ch 207 (Reserved)
- APPENDIX
- Apx A221 Building Code Administration
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Comes from L.L.
No. 27-1981, adopted 3-10-1981, effective 3-13-1981.[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch. 63,
Department of Safety, adopted 2-2-1965 by L.L. No. 2-1965.
[Amended 3-14-2023 by L.L. No. 22-2023, effective 4-4-2023]
The Department of Public Safety shall be responsible for the
protection of the real and personal property of the Town and the maintenance
of order on the real properties of the Town, including the properties
of the special and improvement districts supervised and administered
by the Town Board. The Department shall be headed by a Commissioner
of Public Safety, who shall exercise overall administration and supervision
of the Department and who shall be appointed and hold office at the
pleasure of the Town Board at such salary as may from time to time
be fixed by said Town Board. The Commissioner shall have the power
to appoint and remove all subordinate officers and to assign them
to their respective duties. The Commissioner shall be in the unclassified
service of the civil service.
A.
There may be Deputy Commissioners to the Commissioner of Public Safety.
The Deputy Commissioners, individually, shall have the authority to
act for and in place of the Commissioner of Public Safety in all regards.
The Commissioner shall designate, in writing, the order in which the
deputies shall act, in case of the Commissioner's absence, inability
to work, or vacancy. The position of Deputy Commissioner shall, pursuant
to the statutory authority contained in the Municipal Home Rule Law
and the Civil Service Law, be in the exempt class.
[Amended 3-14-2023 by L.L. No. 22-2023, effective 4-4-2023]
B.
The Commissioner may appoint such public safety officers as he may
find necessary for the efficient operation of said Department and
prescribe such powers and duties, in addition to those hereinafter
prescribed, as he may find necessary to carry out the responsibilities
of the Department.
The public safety officers of the Department of Public Safety
shall, as directed by the Commissioner of Public Safety, perform the
following duties and have the following powers:
A.
Maintain a twenty-four-hour patrol each day of all the public facilities
under the protection of the Department of Public Safety, or during
such hours and on such days as the Commissioner of Public Safety shall
determine.
B.
Enforce the provisions of all local laws, ordinances or regulations
of the town relating to the public facilities under the protection
of the Department.
C.
Order from the premises of any such facility any person who may not
be lawfully present thereon or who may be disorderly or who has violated
any local law, ordinance or regulation of the town relating thereto.
D.
When permitted by law, issue summonses and/or appearance tickets
for the violation of any local law, ordinance or regulation of the
town relating to the facilities under the protection of the Department.
E.
When requested by the Nassau County police, to assist them, under
their supervision, in the detection or apprehension of any person
who may have committed any crime on or with respect to the premises
of any facility under the protection of the Department.
F.
Perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as the Commissioner
of Public Safety shall find necessary or convenient to carry out the
duties and powers described herein.
