[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of
the City of Albany 7-18-1983 by L.L. No. 2-1983 as Ch. XXIII of the
1983 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Ambulance Services
- Ch 8 Police Information Reward Program
- Ch 11 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 15 Arms and Seal of City
- Ch 18 Bonds of City Officials; Facsimile Signature and Seal; Notes
- Ch 20 (Reserved)
- Ch 24 Claims Against City
- Ch 30 Courts and Legal Procedures
- Ch 34 Meetings
- Ch 35 Appointees to Public Bodies; Removal From Office
- Ch 38 Defense and Indemnification of Employees
- Ch 42 Departments and Commissions
- Ch 48 Equal Opportunity Protections
- Ch 54 Financial Disclosure
- Ch 57 Fiscal Year and Annual Estimate
- Ch 62 Labor
- Ch 68 Merit Award Board
- Ch 74 Printing; Publication; Publicity
- Ch 75 Policy Documents Repository
- Ch 82 Real Property Within City
- Ch 90 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 98 Youth Bureau
- Ch 99 Website Financial Data
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 111 Amusements
- Ch 115 Animals
- Ch 121 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 127 Bingo
- Ch 133 Building Construction
- Ch 133A Building Construction and Housing: Special Provisions
- Ch 135 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 137 Bulletin Boards
- Ch 141 Businesses
- Ch 142 Business Improvement Districts
- Ch 147 Collateral Loan Brokers
- Ch 151 Commercial Standards
- Ch 152 Conversion Therapy
- Ch 153 Community Choice Aggregation
- Ch 161 Economic Development Zone
- Ch 167 Elections
- Ch 171 Electricity
- Ch 175 Elevators
- Ch 181 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 183 Equity Agenda
- Ch 187 Fair Housing
- Ch 188 Fair Hotel Consumer Practices
- Ch 193 Firearms and Ammunition
- Ch 197 Fire Prevention
- Ch 203 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 211 Grading and Mining
- Ch 217 Handbills
- Ch 223 Health
- Ch 231 Housing
- Ch 239 Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processing
- Ch 245 Licenses
- Ch 246 Newsracks
- Ch 247 Parking Violations Amnesty Program - 2015
- Ch 251 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 255 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 258 Penalties
- Ch 259 Pesticides
- Ch 261 Plumbing
- Ch 267 Pollution
- Ch 270 Public Pay Telephones
- Ch 272 Public Transportation
- Ch 293 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 299 Sewers
- Ch 303 Sidewalk and Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 307 (Reserved)
- Ch 313 Solid Waste
- Ch 319 Store Sales
- Ch 323 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 323 Art I General
- § 323-1 Defacing; littering.
- § 323-2 Exposing goods for sale.
- § 323-3 Erecting or fixing any post or posts.
- § 323-4 Signs, pipes or gutters projecting into or over streets.
- § 323-5 Obstruction of streets and sidewalks.
- § 323-6 Removal of persons from City streets or vacant grounds.
- § 323-7 Alteration of posts, stakes and marks.
- § 323-8 Cake and fruit stands.
- § 323-9 Sale of bulky articles.
- § 323-10 Windows.
- § 323-11 Awnings.
- § 323-12 Lower edge of awning.
- § 323-13 Display of wares in front of store, house or building; requirements.
- § 323-14 Balcony; requirements to erect.
- § 323-15 Merchandise exposed or sold upon a balcony.
- § 323-16 Using streets for advertising; requirements; bond; approval by Mayor.
- § 323-17 Digging in public streets or lots prohibited.
- § 323-18 Paving streets; required regulations.
- § 323-19 Pavement taken up for drains or sewers; owner's expense.
- § 323-20 Refusal of owner to repair street.
- § 323-21 Snow and ice removal from sidewalks and streets.
- § 323-22 Commissioner of General Services; cleaning snow and/or ice off sidewalks; costs.
- § 323-23 Fine.
- § 323-24 Repealer.
- § 323-25 Severability.
- § 323-26 Steamboat Square; snow dumping.
- § 323-27 Penalties for offenses.
- § 323-28 Street cleaning; sprinkled with water.
- § 323-29 Incompleted pavement.
- § 323-30 Damage to sidewalks.
- § 323-31 Connection to common drain or sewer prohibited.
- § 323-32 Persons desiring connection; requirements.
- § 323-33 Commissioner of Public Works; duty of.
- § 323-34 Street crossings kept open for passage.
- § 323-35 Crosswalks.
- § 323-36 Area in front of buildings.
- § 323-37 Area enclosed with railing; gates open inwards.
- § 323-38 Opening for descent from street to basement.
- § 323-39 Vault or cistern; permission required.
- § 323-40 Cistern; requirements before construction.
- § 323-41 Specifications to build cisterns.
- § 323-42 Grates of vaults.
- § 323-43 Removal of grates.
- § 323-44 Replacement of grates.
- § 323-45 Curbstones.
- § 323-46 Grade and level of sidewalks; exception.
- § 323-47 Construction at level different from established level.
- § 323-48 Water boxes and/or gas boxes leveled with sidewalks.
- § 323-49 Owners neglecting to conform.
- § 323-50 Gas cutoff valves.
- § 323-51 Authority to relocate certain cutoff valves.
- § 323-52 Sleds.
- § 323-53 Penalties for offenses.
- § 323-54 Moving of buildings.
- § 323-55 Application to remove building; issuance of permit.
- § 323-56 Disturbance of lampposts and electrical appliances; trees.
- § 323-57 Responsibility to maintain light at night.
- § 323-58 License required; bond.
- § 323-59 Resolved; patent pavements prohibited.
- § 323-59.1 Neighborhood traffic calming.
- Ch 323 Art II Laying Out and Naming of Streets
- § 323-60 Copy of plans filed with City Engineer; approval; recorded.
- § 323-61 Approved by City Engineer.
- § 323-62 Powers and authority of City Engineer.
- § 323-63 Money appropriated.
- Ch 323 Art IIA Honorary Street Namings
- § 323-63.1 Legislative intent.
- § 323-63.2 Criteria for approval.
- § 323-63.3 Application procedure.
- § 323-63.4 Signage and restrictions.
- Ch 323 Art IIA Where Petition Not Required For Street Improvements
- § 323-64 Petitions not required for street improvements.
- § 323-65 Amendments to be published before passage.
- Ch 323 Art III Pavement Openings
- § 323-66 Permits required; fee, transferability.
- § 323-67 Public notification of street closing.
- § 323-68 Application for permits.
- § 323-69 Insurance.
- § 323-70 Replacement of existing pavement.
- § 323-71 Closing and repavement.
- § 323-72 Maintenance; subsequent repairs.
- § 323-73 Fee exemption.
- § 323-74 City-made openings; repairs.
- § 323-75 Promulgation of rules and regulations.
- § 323-75.1 Capital improvements.
- § 323-75.2 Pavement improperly relaid.
- § 323-76 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 323 Art IV Removal of Wires, Poles and Fixtures From Certain Streets
- § 323-77 Unlawful to erect poles, fixtures, wires or cables on following streets.
- § 323-78 Underground conduits; exceptions.
- § 323-79 Temporarily erected.
- § 323-80 Comply with laws of State of New York and City of Albany.
- § 323-81 Commissioner of Public Works; conduit plans submitted to.
- § 323-82 Grounds restored; Commissioner of Public Works.
- § 323-83 In case of neglect to restore and/or replace.
- § 323-84 Construction of conduits.
- § 323-85 File written acceptance; bond.
- § 323-86 Permission granted to construct underground.
- § 323-87 Authority to enforce.
- Ch 323 Art V Complete Streets
- § 323-88 Legislative findings.
- § 323-89 Complete street design.
- § 323-90 Development of guidelines; reporting requirements.
- § 323-91 through § 323-95. (Reserved)
- Ch 323 Art VI Smoking Near Health Care Facilities and Inside Bus Shelters
- § 323-96 Legislative intent.
- § 323-97 Definitions.
- § 323-98 Smoking prohibited.
- § 323-99 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 323 Art VII Small Cell Wireless Facilities in City Rights-of-Way
- § 323-100 Purpose and scope.
- § 323-101 Definitions.
- § 323-102 License agreement and permit applications.
- § 323-103 Application review process.
- § 323-104 Regulatory authority.
- § 323-105 Permit fees and charges.
- § 323-106 Aesthetic, safety, and operational standards.
- § 323-107 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 329 Tattoo Parlors
- Ch 333 Taxation
- Ch 341 Transient Retail Businesses
- Ch 345 Trees and Vegetation
- Ch 353 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 357 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 359 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 363 Vendors
- Ch 371 Water and Waterways
- Ch 373 Youth Protection Against Tobacco Promotion
- Ch 375 Unified Sustainable Development
- Appendix
- Ch A377 Certain Territory Located in Town of Colonie
- Ch A381 Certain Territory Located in Town of Bethlehem
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
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