City of Buffalo, NY
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2023-11-15
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The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 491 Water and Water Pollution
- The Charter
- Ch C The Charter
- Ch CDL Disposition of Charter Legislation
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Boards, Committees, Agencies and Commissions
- Ch 12 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 16 Finance
- Ch 24 Libraries
- Ch 27 Notice, Publication of
- Ch 30 Office Hours and Holidays
- Ch 35 Personnel Policies
- Ch 37 Police Department
- Ch 44 Seal
- Ch 46 Telecommunications, Office of
- Ch 48 Time, Official
- Ch 53 Vehicles, City-Owned
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 63 Aircraft
- Ch 66 Air Pollution
- Ch 69 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 72 Ambulances and Ambulance Drivers
- Ch 75 Amusements
- Ch 78 Animals
- Ch 81 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 85 Bait Dippers
- Ch 88 Bakers and Confectioners
- Ch 91 Bicycle Paths
- Ch 92 Billiard and Pool Rooms and Bowling Alleys
- Ch 94 Boilers and Engines; Engineers
- Ch 96 Bonds and Contracts
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 101 Buildings, Cleaning of
- Ch 103 Building Construction and Demolition; Fire Prevention
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 109 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 111 Buildings, Public
- Ch 113 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 116 Burials
- Ch 119 Burning, Open
- Ch 120 Bureau of Administrative Adjudication
- Ch 122 Business Identification and Registration
- Ch 129 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 130 Sales of Cannabis and Products Containing Cannabis
- Ch 131 Certificate of Operation
- Ch 132 Tobacco/Hookah/Vaping Establishments
- Ch 133 City Property
- Ch 137 Code Enforcement
- Ch 140 Collection Agencies
- Ch 141 Collection of Arrears
- Ch 142 Collection Boxes
- Ch 143 Consumer Electronics Installation and Repair
- Ch 144 Contractors
- Ch 150 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 154 Discrimination
- Ch 158 Diseases, Infectious
- Ch 159 Dentistry
- Ch 160 Domestic Partnership Registry
- Ch 161 Drugs
- Ch 165 Electricity
- Ch 167 Elevators and Conveyances
- Ch 168 Environmental Review
- Ch 169 Excavations and Quarries
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 180 Firearms, Arrows and Other Weapons
- Ch 183 Flags
- Ch 186 Flammable Liquids
- Ch 189 (Reserved)
- Ch 193 Food and Drugs
- Ch 194 Food Stores
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 199 Fruits and Vegetables
- Ch 203 Fumigation
- Ch 209 Gambling
- Ch 213 Games of Chance
- Ch 216 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 219 Gasoline
- Ch 222 (Reserved)
- Ch 226 Grain
- Ch 232 Handbills and Other Publications
- Ch 235 Hazardous Materials and Wastes
- Ch 238 Heating
- Ch 242 Housing Standards
- Ch 249 Inspections
- Ch 254 Junk Dealers and Pawnbrokers
- Ch 259 Laundries and Clothes Cleaners
- Ch 261 Lead-Based Paint Abatement
- Ch 263 Licenses
- Ch 264 Rental Dwelling Unit Registration
- Ch 265 Property Managers
- Ch 266 Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- Ch 269 Lodging Houses
- Ch 270 Eviction for Illegal Drug Use and Possession
- Ch 275 Markets
- Ch 277 Mortgage in Default Property Registry
- Ch 278 Motion Pictures
- Ch 281 Multiple Housing
- Ch 286 Naming of Streets, Parks and Public Buildings
- Ch 288 Natural Gas Extraction
- Ch 289 Newsstands
- Ch 293 Noise
- Ch 294 Nuisance Abatement
- Ch 295 Nuisance Party
- Ch 299 Obscenity
- Ch 302 Oil and Gas Wells
- Ch 307 Parking and Parking Lots
- Ch 309 Parks and Other Open Spaces
- Ch 313 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 316 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 317 Aggressive Panhandling
- Ch 319 Performers, Outdoor
- Ch 322 (Reserved)
- Ch 326 Plumbing
- Ch 330 Poles and Wires
- Ch 333 Police Shields, Use of
- Ch 337 Preservation Standards
- Ch 341 Property Maintenance
- Ch 343 Promoting General Welfare of Minors in Public Places
- Ch 345 Public Safety, Obstruction of
- Ch 352 Railroads
- Ch 356 Rat Control
- Ch 361 Records
- Ch 365 Refrigerators
- Ch 370 Restaurants
- Ch 372 Bouncers
- Ch 378 Sanitation
- Ch 383 Shortwave Broadcasts
- Ch 387 (Reserved)
- Ch 391 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 395 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 399 Smoking
- Ch 404 (Reserved)
- Ch 409 Statues and Monuments; Public Art
- Ch 413 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 414 Special Events
- Ch 417 Strikebreakers
- Ch 421 (Reserved)
- Ch 425 (Reserved)
- Ch 430 Swimming Pools
- Ch 431 Tax Preparers, Regulation of
- Ch 437 Taxicabs, Liveries and Sightseeing Buses
- Ch 440 Telecommunications
- Ch 441 Telephone Facilities
- Ch 442 Wireless Facilities in Public Right-Of-Way
- Ch 444 (Reserved)
- Ch 449 Tires
- Ch 452 Alcohol Advertising
- Ch 454 Tow Trucks and Motor Vehicle Booting
- Ch 459 Trailers
- Ch 463 Transient Businesses; Trade Shows and Festivals
- Ch 467 Trees, Shrubs and Plants
- Ch 475 (Reserved)
- Ch 479 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 483 Vending Machines
- Ch 491 Water and Water Pollution
- Ch 491 Art I Water System and Rates
- § 491-1 License required for work on system.
- § 491-2 Application for license for plumbing work on system.
- § 491-3 Plumber's bond.
- § 491-4 Use of other plumber's name prohibited.
- § 491-5 Responsibility for journeyman plumbers and other employees.
- § 491-6 Effect of forfeiture or suspension of license.
- § 491-7 License fees.
- § 491-8 Forfeit of license upon discontinuance of business.
- § 491-9 Taps or connections with mains or distributing pipes.
- § 491-10 Permit for alterations to system attachments.
- § 491-11 Multiple service prohibited.
- § 491-12 Yard hydrants and street washers.
- § 491-13 Responsibility for payment for multiple service.
- § 491-14 Responsibility for payment for more than one house on lot.
- § 491-15 Extensions of service pipes; certain facilities prohibited.
- § 491-16 Shutoff after repairs.
- § 491-17 Turning on water by plumber prohibited.
- § 491-18 Tapping and disconnecting of service lines.
- § 491-19 Additional charge for unready pipe.
- § 491-20 Responsibility for street opening.
- § 491-21 Maintenance of service pipes.
- § 491-22 Depth of service pipe.
- § 491-23 Size and makeup of service pipe.
- § 491-24 Fittings, taps and joints.
- § 491-25 Type of stopcocks to be used.
- § 491-26 Service pipes larger than one inch.
- § 491-27 Inspection of stopcocks; stopcock box materials.
- § 491-28 Installation of stopcock box.
- § 491-29 Provision of stopcock for each service.
- § 491-30 Installation of stopcock box and street washer in sidewalk.
- § 491-31 Stopcock handle.
- § 491-32 Safeguarding from freezing.
- § 491-33 Hydraulic elevator service pipes.
- § 491-34 Leaks in service pipes.
- § 491-35 Payment of bills; charges to become lien.
- § 491-36 Notice of discontinuation of service.
- § 491-37 Certification of shutoff by plumber.
- § 491-38 Adjustment of bill.
- § 491-39 Use of water through street washer.
- § 491-40 Unnecessary running or leaking of taps.
- § 491-41 Permit for yard hydrant.
- § 491-42 Consent required for use.
- § 491-43 Shutoff of water for fraud or misuse.
- § 491-44 Use after shutoff.
- § 491-45 Withdrawal of ferrule.
- § 491-46 Use of water for street washer or hydrant only.
- § 491-47 Water closets and urinals.
- § 491-48 Number of hours of use of yard fountain, street washer or jet.
- § 491-49 Hose size and nozzle requirements.
- § 491-50 Meter required for constantly running water.
- § 491-51 Meter required for hydraulic and other motors.
- § 491-52 Safety valves for boilers.
- § 491-53 Pumps for boilers.
- § 491-54 Inspections.
- § 491-55 Prevention of waste at fire hydrant.
- § 491-56 Notice of waste.
- § 491-57 Report of leaks.
- § 491-58 Supplying to others prohibited.
- § 491-59 Placement of meter.
- § 491-60 Payment of meter bills; charges to become lien.
- § 491-61 Abatement in rates.
- § 491-62 Protection of facilities.
- § 491-63 Unauthorized turn-on or shutoff.
- § 491-64 Unauthorized connection; cross-connections.
- § 491-65 Shutoff for repairs or new construction.
- § 491-66 Standpipes and sprinkler tanks.
- § 491-67 Damage to system.
- § 491-68 Maintenance of records.
- § 491-69 Limitation on use.
- § 491-70 Approval required for extension of supply.
- § 491-71 Full rates to be charged.
- § 491-72 Supply to building under construction.
- § 491-73 Penalties for offenses.
- § 491-74 Determination of charges.
- § 491-75 Cross-connection restrictions.
- Ch 491 Art II Sufficient Rates
- § 491-76 Rates to be sufficient.
- Ch 491 Art III Pollution
- § 491-77 Contamination of drinking water.
- § 491-78 Contamination of watercourses.
- § 491-79 Washing vehicles in public waters prohibited.
- Ch 491 Art IV Eaves Troughs
- § 491-80 Construction required.
- § 491-81 Disconnection from sewer system.
- Ch 495 Wharves, Harbors and Bridges
- Ch 496 Unified Development Ordinance
- Ch 501 Wood and Coal
- Ch 511 (Reserved)
- Distribution Table
- Ch DT Distribution Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Derived from the Charter and Ordinances, 1974,
of the City of Buffalo as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Air pollution — See Ch. 66.
Building construction and demolition; fire prevention — See Ch. 103.
Enforcement — See Ch. 137.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 189.
Housing standards — See Ch. 242.
Inspections — See Ch. 249.
Plumbing — See Ch. 326.
Sanitation — See Ch. 378.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 413.
Swimming pools — See Ch. 430.
Wharves, harbors and bridges — See Ch. 495.
