Village of Dobbs Ferry, NY
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2023-10-10
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 204 Housing Standards
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Part 5 Minimum Standards for Rooming Houses and Group Homes
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Article XXV Group Homes
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administrator, Village
- Ch 13 Building Department
- Ch 14 Competitive Bidding, Exception to
- Ch 29 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 33 Drug Abuse Prevention Council
- Ch 36 Elections
- Ch 40 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 44 Fire Department
- Ch 55 Library Board
- Ch 60 Local Laws, Adoption of
- Ch 64 Nominating Committee
- Ch 68 Parks and Recreation Commission
- Ch 71 Police Department
- Ch 76 Records Management
- Ch 78 Residency Requirements
- Ch 80 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 83 School Crossing Guards
- Ch 86 Superintendent of Public Works
- Ch 90 Traffic Committee
- Ch 93 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 98 Youth Services Council
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 107 Air Pollution
- Ch 110 Alarm Systems
- Ch 112 Alcoholic Beverages and Smoking
- Ch 115 Amusements
- Ch 122 Bingo
- Ch 125 Blasting
- Ch 127 Building Construction Standards
- Ch 136 Buildings — Unsafe, Dangerous and Public Nuisance
- Ch 140 Buses
- Ch 141 Cannabis
- Ch 144 Community Choice Aggregation (Energy) Program
- Ch 147 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 153 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 158 Electrical Standards
- Ch 167 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 169 Escrow Deposits
- Ch 171 Excavations and Grading
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 180 Fire Prevention
- Ch 186 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 191 Games of Chance
- Ch 194 Garage Sales
- Ch 201 Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
- Ch 204 Housing Standards
- Ch 204 Pt 5 Art XXV Group Homes
- § 204-145 Requirements.
- Ch 213 Littering
- Ch 214 Municipal Building Energy Benchmarking
- Ch 220 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
- Ch 225 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 230 Parks
- Ch 234 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 238 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 243 Plumbing
- Ch 247 Property Maintenance
- Ch 252 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 256 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 258 Solid Waste
- Ch 262 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 264 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 265 Street Openings
- Ch 271 Tanks
- Ch 273 Taxation
- Ch 276 Taxicabs
- Ch 284 Trucks, Village-Owned
- Ch 290 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 296 Weapons
- Ch 300 Zoning and Land Use
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
Group homes shall be operated and maintained in compliance
with Part 11 of the New York State Social Services Law.
B.
All firesafety requirements for group homes shall
conform to those provided in this chapter for all residential structures.
C.
Additionally, all floors used by children in a group
home shall have alternate exits remotely located from each other and
readily accessible to the occupants, except that a two-story detached
dwelling shall have a minimum of one exit stairway from the second
floor and at least one additional alternate, safe means of emergency
egress from the second floor. Folding drop ladders or attached vertical
ladders are not acceptable as secondary means of egress.
D.
All group homes shall provide and maintain a smoke-detection
system approved by the Fire Department, covering all rooms and areas,
connected to an automatic fire alarm with an audible alarm signal.
E.
In all group homes, the following requirements must
be met:
(1)
Extinguishers shall be installed in kitchens,
boiler rooms, basements and hallways.
(2)
A telephone shall be provided, with emergency
instructions for Fire and Police Departments posted nearby.
(3)
Residents and staff shall be instructed at regular
intervals as to evacuation of the building.
(4)
Occupancy by children shall not be permitted
above the second floor in a building of wood-frame construction.
