Town of LaGrange, NY General Provisions

It is important that the current laws, ordinances and resolutions of the Town of LaGrange exist in a format in which public officials and the public may have ready access to them. To this end, the Town Board has renumbered the existing provisions of the Town Code to provide greater accessibility and to make it easier to keep the Town's Code up to date. This renumbering of the Town Code is not intended to repeal any part of the existing Code or to enact any new legislative provisions other than to amend this chapter to reflect the exercise of renumbering in 2002 and to amend or remove those portions of this chapter which were first established by initial codification effected by the Town by adoption of L.L. No. 3-1981 and which have been rendered inaccurate or extraneous by the renumbering.

§ 1-2 Distribution of local laws, ordinances and resolutions.

The Town Code of the Town of LaGrange is renumbered to consist of Chapters 1 through 240, together with an Appendix, as set forth below in the Distribution Table:

Distribution to the Town Code from the Code Existing Through and Including the Adoption of L.L. No. 6-2002
	Preexisting Code Chapter Numbers	New Chapter Numbers
1.	General Provisions	Ch. 1
	Article I, Adoption of Code	Ch. 1, Art. I
	Article II, Legislation Enacted During Codification	Removed as surplusage
4.	Defense and Indemnification of Employees	Ch. 11
5.	Special Elections Governing Terms of Office	Ch. 16, Art. I
6.	Environmental Conservation Commission	Ch. 24
8.	Ethics, Code of	Ch. 28
9.	Mailing Public Information in Tax Bills	Ch. 212, Art. V
13.	Curfew	Ch. 96, Art. I
15.	Planning Board	Ch. 43
18.	Recreation Commission	Ch. 52
23.	Superintendent of Highways	Ch. 58
30.	Bingo	Ch. 78
34.	Building Construction	Ch. 83
37.	Civil Actions Against Town	Ch. 168
38.	Condominium Conversion	Ch. 92
40.	Dogs	Ch. 69
	Article I, Licensing and Control
	Article II, License Fees
41.	Dumps and Dumping	Ch. 103
42.	Electrical Inspections	Ch. 107
44.	Fire Prevention	Ch. 116
45.	Flood Damage Prevention	Ch. 120
46.	Freshwater Wetlands	Ch. 124
47.	Games of Chance	Ch. 129
48.	Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse	Ch. 195, Art. I
50.	Emergency Rules During Fire, etc.	Ch. 111
52.	Hawking and Peddling	Ch. 176
58.	Junk Dealers	Repealed by L.L. No. 3-2000
63.	Mobile Home Parks	Ch. 156
66.	Natural Resources, Extraction of	Superseded by L.L. No. 1-1988
68.	Noise Control	Ch. 162
69.	Parking in Shopping Centers	Ch. 226, Art. I
70.	Parking, Stopping and Standing	Ch. 226, Art. IV
72.	Public Assembly, Places of	Ch. 73, Art. I
79.	Telecommunications Franchising, etc.	Ch. 217
80.	Sewers	Ch. 187
	Part 1, Sewer Connections
	Part 2, Sewer Construction
	Part 3, Sewer Rentals
83.	Snow and Ice Removal	Ch. 191
	Article I, Interior Roadways
85.	Streets and Sidewalks	Ch. 199
	Part 1, Driveway Requirements
	Part 2, Highway Specifications
	Part 3, Procedure for Acceptance of New Town Highways
	Part 4, Excavations
87.	Subdivision of Land	Ch. 203
90.	Swimming Pools	Ch. 207
92.	Taxation	Ch. 212
	Article I, Senior Citizens Tax Exemption	Art. I
	Article II, Veterans Exemption	Art. III
95.	Vehicles and Traffic	Ch. 226, Art. II
96.	Vehicles, Removal of	Ch. 226, Art. III
98.	Water	Ch. 233
	Article I, Semipublic Water Supply and Distribution Facilities	Art. I
	Article II, Rules and Regulations for Installation of Systems	Art. II
	Article III, (Reserved)	n/a
	Article IV, (Reserved)	n/a
	Article V, Grandview Estates Water District	Art. III
	Article VI, Public Water Use	Art. IV
	Article VII, (Reserved)	n/a
	Article VII, Backflow Prevention	Art. VII
	Article VIII, (Reserved)	n/a
	Article IX, Contamination of Water Supply	Art. V
	Article X, Water Meters and Rates	Art. VI
	Article XI, Drought Emergency Restrictions	Art. VIII
99.	Greenway Compact	Ch. 135
100.	Zoning	Ch. 240

§ 1-3 Repeal of local laws, ordinances and resolutions not contained in Code.

All local laws and ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Town Board of the Town of LaGrange and in force as of the adoption of L.L. No. 3-1981, and not cited in the table in former § 1-2 of L.L. No. 3-1981, were heretofore repealed as of the adoption of L.L. No. 3-1981, except as provided within § 1-4 of this Code.

§ 1-4 Local laws, ordinances and resolutions saved from repeal; matters not affected by repeal.

The repeal of local laws, ordinances and resolutions provided for in § 1-3 shall not affect the following classes of local laws, ordinances and resolutions, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:

Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision of the Town of LaGrange prior to the effective date of this local law or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.

Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this local law in violation of any legislative provision of the Town of LaGrange or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.

Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending, or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this local law brought pursuant to any legislative provision of the Town of LaGrange.

Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the Town of LaGrange.

Any local law, ordinance or resolution of the Town of LaGrange providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocation, straightening, establishing grade, changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place within the Town of LaGrange or any portion thereof.

Any local law, ordinance or resolution of the Town of LaGrange appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of the Town of LaGrange or other instruments or evidence of the Town's indebtedness.

Local laws, ordinances or resolutions authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property, or any lawful contract or obligation.

The levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.

The dedication of property.

Any local laws, ordinances or resolutions relating to salaries.

Any local law, ordinance or resolution establishing a water, sewer, lighting, garbage or other special purpose district.

Any local law, ordinance or resolution amending the Zoning Map adopted 8-1-1957.

Any local law, ordinance or resolution pertaining to the regulation of vehicles and traffic.

Any local law, ordinance or resolution adopted subsequent to 5-28-1980.

§ 1-5 Severability.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part of this local law or of any local law, ordinance or resolution cited in the table in § 1-2 hereof shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.

§ 1-6 Copy of Code on file.

A certified copy of the Town Code, as renumbered pursuant to L.L. No. 7-2002, has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of LaGrange and, as amended from time to time, shall remain on file for examination and use by the public. Such copy shall be certified by the Town Clerk by impressing thereon the Seal of the Town of LaGrange.

§ 1-7 Amendments to Code.

Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions known collectively as the "Code of the Town of LaGrange," or any new local laws, ordinances or resolutions, when enacted or adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Town Board to be a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the Code of the Town of LaGrange shall be understood and intended to include such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements. Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code of the Town of LaGrange shall be enacted or adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code, as amendments and supplements thereto.

§ 1-8 Code book to be kept up-to-date.

It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk, or someone authorized and directed by the Town Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code of the Town of LaGrange required to be filed in the office of the Town Clerk for use by the public. All changes in said Code and all local laws, ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Town Board subsequent to the enactment of this local law in such form as to indicate the intention of said Town Board to be a part of said Code shall, when finally enacted or adopted, be included therein by temporary attachment of a copy of such changes or local laws, ordinances or resolutions until such changes or local laws, ordinances or resolutions are printed as supplements to said Code book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.

§ 1-9 Sale of Code book.

[Amended 7-22-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]

Copies of Chapter 199, Streets and Sidewalks, Chapter 203, Subdivision of Land, or of the complete Code of the Town of LaGrange may be purchased from the Town Clerk of the Town of LaGrange upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Town Board.

§ 1-10 Availability.

A copy of the Code of the Town of LaGrange shall be maintained in the office of the Town Clerk for inspection by the public at all times during regular office hours.

§ 1-11 Penalties for offenses.

Any person who, without authorization from the Town Clerk, changes or amends, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code of the Town of LaGrange or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the Town of LaGrange to be misrepresented thereby or who violates any other provisions of this local law shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 15 days, or both, for each offense. In addition thereto, said violation shall constitute disorderly conduct, and the person in violation shall be a disorderly person.