City of Yonkers, NY
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2022-12-13
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The Code
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Part VII: Nuisances, Public Welfare and Criminal
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Chapter 87 Intentional Balloon Release Ban
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch CA Charter Appendix
- The Code
- Part I: General Provisions
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Part II: Administration of City Government
- Ch 4 Departments, Boards and Commissions
- Ch 5 Officers and Employees
- Ch 6 Freedom of Information
- Ch 7 (Reserved)
- Ch 8 Continuity of Government
- Ch 9 Administration of Government
- Ch 10 Approval and Reimbursement Rate for Use of City Property
- Ch 11 Campaign Finance Reform Code
- Part III: Finance and Taxation
- Ch 12 Budgets, Capital and Current
- Ch 13 Contracting and Purchasing
- Ch 14 Service Charges for Handling of Funds
- Ch 15 Taxes
- Ch 16 Business Improvement Districts
- Part IV: Business Regulations, Licensing and Consumer Protection
- Ch 19 Enforcement Procedures
- Ch 20 Food Vendors, Hawking, Peddling, Transient Business and Home Solicitation
- Ch 21 Noncommercial Solicitation
- Ch 22 Billposting and Distribution
- Ch 23 Cabarets, Dance Halls and Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 24 Theaters, Shows and Motion-Picture Film Storage
- Ch 25 Auctions, Auctioneers and Sales
- Ch 26 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 27 Amusements
- Ch 28 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 29 Locksmiths
- Ch 30 Laundromats and Currency-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 31 Consumer Protection Code
- Ch 32 Garages
- Ch 33 Newsracks
- Ch 34 Games of Chance
- Ch 35 Bingo
- Ch 36 Parking Lots
- Ch 37 Plastic-Straw-Free Yonkers
- Ch 38 Third-Party Food Delivery Services
- Ch 39 Hotel Licensing
- Part V: Land Use
- Ch 43 Zoning
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- Part VI: Fire and Buildings
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- Part VII: Nuisances, Public Welfare and Criminal
- Ch 65 Animals and Dogs
- Ch 66 Noise
- Ch 67 Refrigerators, Abandoned and Discarded
- Ch 68 Smoking
- Ch 69 Weeds and Vacant Property
- Ch 70 Curfew for Minors
- Ch 71 Dangerous Substances
- Ch 72 Graffiti
- Ch 73 Exposure of Females
- Ch 74 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 75 Police
- Ch 76 Insects and Rodents
- Ch 77 Industrial Hygiene
- Ch 78 Emergency Reporting
- Ch 79 Insurance
- Ch 80 Shade Trees
- Ch 81 Imaging Privacy
- Ch 82 Bamboo
- Ch 83 Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs
- Ch 84 Video Camera Systems
- Ch 85 Forfeiture of Vehicles in Connection With Criminal Acts
- Ch 86 Aggressive Panhandling
- Ch 87 Intentional Balloon Release Ban
- § 87-1 Findings; legislative intent.
- § 87-2 Definitions.
- § 87-3 Restriction on intentional release of balloons.
- § 87-4 Exceptions.
- § 87-5 Penalties for offenses.
- § 87-6 Severability.
- Part VIII: Garbage, Landfills and Public Utilities
- Ch 91 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 92 Recycling
- Ch 93 Littering
- Ch 94 Landfill Projects
- Ch 95 Water Supply
- Ch 96 Sewerage, Sewers and Liquid Waste
- Part IX: Public Property and Streets
- Ch 100 Parks and Public Places
- Ch 101 Conveyance of City Property
- Ch 102 Franchises
- Ch 103 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 104 Street Paving
- Ch 105 Right-Of-Way Management
- Ch 108 Snow Emergency
- Part X: Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 109 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 110 Taxicabs
- Ch 111 Tow Trucks and Immobilization Devices
- Ch 112 School Bus and Driver Licensing
- Part XI: Miscellaneous
- Ch 119 House Numbering
- Ch 120 Memorial Day Observance
- Ch 121 Reserve Fund for Cooperatives and Condominiums
- Ch 122 Wharves, Docks and Bulkheads
- Ch 123 Commissioners of Deeds
- Ch 124 Marriage Certificates
- Ch 125 Display of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Flag
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Parallel Table
- Ch PT Parallel Table
- Table of Datelines
- Ch TOD Table of Datelines
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Yonkers 4-14-2020 by G.O. No.
4-2020. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The City Council finds that latex and Mylar balloons are the most
common form of floating garbage within 200 miles of the American shorelines,
and that balloons are listed as the most dangerous debris item as
they are frequently mistaken by sea life as food, as determined by
the Ocean Conservancy. Balloons are composed of materials that cannot
be digested by marine and animal life, causing animals to either choke
on the balloon or create an intestinal obstruction, which will kill
the animal. Balloon ribbons similarly have been found to be hazardous,
as they can choke or entangle animals in a manner that limits their
mobility.
B.
This chapter also intends to enhance the protection of the environment.
Prohibiting the intentional release of helium-filled balloons will
reduce the amount of debris in waterways and protect the environment.
Balloons waste natural resources, litter our communities, and pollute
our environment.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A flexible porous or nonporous bag made from materials, including
but not limited to rubber, latex, polychloroprene, Mylar® or other similar foil and polyester materials,
or nylon fabric that can be inflated or filled with a gas, such as
helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, air or water, and then sealed
at the neck, usually as a toy or decoration.
A.
No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall organize the release
of or intentionally release or intentionally cause to be released
any balloon.
B.
No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall intentionally
dispose of any balloon, except in public receptacles, in private receptacles,
or in authorized commercial receptacles.
These restrictions shall not apply to:
A.
Balloons that are being used for the purpose of carrying scientific
instrumentation during the performance of an experiment or testing
procedure or by a person on behalf of a governmental agency or pursuant
to a governmental contract for scientific or meteorological purposes;
B.
Hot air balloons that are recovered after launching;
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or
part of this chapter or the application to any person or circumstance
be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction invalid or unconstitutional,
that order or judgment will not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder
thereof but will be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this chapter, or its application
to the person or circumstance directly involved in the controversy
in which that order or judgment is rendered.
