This Charter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Glen Cove City Charter."
The City of Glen Cove is and shall continue
to be a municipal corporation in perpetuity by the name of "City of
Glen Cove." The territory comprised in the City of Glen Cove is bounded
and described as follows:
Beginning at a stone monument in the line of
the bounds of the incorporated Village of Sea Cliff at a point on
the southerly side of the Glen Cove creek and running thence the following
forty-eight courses and distances along the mean high water line of
Hempstead harbor and Long Island sound: North sixty-six degrees seven
minutes thirty seconds west four hundred and thirty-five and fifteen
one-hundredths feet; north nineteen degrees four minutes thirty-five
seconds east five hundred and sixty-nine and eighty-seven one-hundredths
feet; north ten degrees thirteen minutes five seconds east four hundred
and eighty and seventy-five one-hundredths feet; north sixty degrees
forty-nine minutes ten seconds west-nine hundred and twenty-seven
and seventy-six one-hundredths feet; north twenty-five degrees twenty-eight
minutes ten seconds west three hundred and sixty and twenty-six one-hundredths
feet; north thirteen degrees forty-four minutes west four hundred
and eighteen and thirty-six one-hundredths feet; north one degrees
thirty-six minutes thirty seconds west two hundred and seventeen and
ninety-four one-hundredths feet; north twelve degree thirty-five minutes
fifty-five seconds east three hundred and nine and twenty one-hundredths
feet; north three degrees thirteen minutes west two hundred and fifty-two
and thirty-five one-hundredths feet; north fourteen degrees nine minutes
east three hundred and seventy-eight and seventy-one one-hundredths
feet; north seven degrees thirty-one minutes west five hundred and
nine and thirty-two one-hundredths feet; north thirty-nine degrees
fifty-four minutes ten seconds west five hundred and twenty-three
and sixty-nine one-hundredths feet; north twelve degrees forty-four
minutes fifteen seconds west four hundred and eighty-two and thirty-two
one-hundredths feet; north eleven degrees fifty minutes twenty seconds
east three hundred and seventy-five and sixty-four one-hundredths
feet; north twenty-four degrees six minutes forty-five seconds east
five hundred and seventy and ninety-two one-hundredths feet; north
eighteen degrees thirty minutes twenty-five seconds east six hundred
and sixty-four and thirty one-hundredths feet; north eleven degrees
forty-five minutes fifty-five seconds west three hundred and sixty-five
and seventy-four one-hundredths feet; north fifteen degrees ten minutes
five seconds east five hundred and thirty-nine and fifty one-hundredths
feet; north thirty-three degrees thirty-eight minutes fifty-five seconds
west two hundred and seventeen and ten one-hundredths feet; north
one degree forty-two minutes thirty-five seconds east five hundred
and fifty-eight and sixty-one one-hundredths feet; north twenty-three
degrees twenty-one minutes ten seconds east one thousand one hundred
and seventy-two and twenty-two one-hundredths feet; north twelve degrees
twenty-three minutes fifty seconds east three hundred and thirteen
and eighty one-hundredths feet; north fifty degrees fifty-four minutes
forty seconds east one hundred and ninety-four and twenty-eight one-hundredths
feet; north sixty-eight degrees thirty-eight minutes ten seconds east
seven hundred and seventy-eight and eighty-eight one-hundredths feet;
north fifty-five degrees forty-six minutes twenty seconds east nine
hundred and eighty and eighty-one one-hundredths feet; north forty-one
degrees thirty-six minutes five seconds east one thousand and twenty-six
and eighty-seven one-hundredths feet; north thirty degrees fourteen
minutes thirty-five seconds east four hundred and sixty-two and eighty-five
one-hundredths feet; north thirty-eight degrees twenty-five minutes
fifteen seconds east three hundred and seventy-seven and three one-hundredths
feet; north fifty degrees seven minutes five seconds east four hundred
and seventy-one and sixty-eight one-hundredths feet; north forty-two
degrees nineteen minutes thirty-five seconds east seven hundred and
fourteen and forty one-hundredths feet; north forty-five degrees ten
minutes forty-five seconds east four hundred and ninety-six and twelve
one-hundredths feet; north twenty-six degrees forty-eight minutes
thirty-five seconds east eight hundred and seventy-four and fourteen
one-hundredths feet; north twelve degrees forty-four minutes thirty-five
seconds east three hundred and eighty-two and thirty-eight one-hundredths
feet; north forty-five degrees fifty-six minutes fifty-five seconds
east seven hundred and two and sixty one-hundredths feet; north eighty
degrees fifty minutes fifteen seconds east four hundred and eighty-three
and forty one-hundredths feet; north twenty-five degrees two minutes
thirty seconds east five hundred and twenty-six and eighty-one one-hundredths
feet; north sixty-three degrees fifty-seven minutes ten seconds east
eight hundred and eighteen and four one-hundredths feet; north forty-two
degrees fifty-four minutes five seconds east four hundred and eight
and sixty one-hundredths feet; north seventeen degrees fourteen minutes
thirty seconds east three hundred and seventy-eight and twenty-three
one-hundredths feet; north twenty-five degrees fifty-six minutes ten
seconds east three hundred and sixty-three and forty-four one-hundredths
feet; north eighteen degrees thirty-one minutes five seconds east
five hundred and thirty-nine and seventy one-hundredths feet; north
four degrees eighteen minutes ten seconds west three hundred and thirty-four
and forty-six one-hundredths feet; south forty-nine degrees fifty-eight
minutes forty seconds east three hundred and sixty-three and forty
one-hundredths feet; south thirty-six degrees fifty-three minutes
ten seconds east four hundred and twenty-four and seventeen one-hundredths
feet; south forty-five degrees thirty-five minutes five seconds east
six hundred and forty-four and thirty-one one-hundredths feet; south
fifty-three degrees eight minutes ten seconds east six hundred and
thirty-six and fifteen one-hundredths feet; south fifty-eight degrees
five minutes thirty seconds east eight hundred and forty-seven and
six one-hundredths feet; south sixty-nine degrees eighteen minutes
forty-five seconds east eight hundred and fifteen and seventy-nine
one-hundredths feet; thence south one degree fifty-five minutes east,
passing over a stone monument in the southerly side of east beach,
two thousand nine hundred and sixteen and ninety one-hundredths feet;
thence following the general course of Island Swamp brook the following
three courses and distances to the head of said brook; south thirty-two
minutes fifteen seconds east one thousand three hundred and sixty-nine
and seventy-nine one hundredths feet; south thirteen degrees fifty-six
minutes fifteen seconds east six hundred and fifty-seven and seventy-six
one-hundredths feet; south ten degrees fifty-seven minutes west eight
hundred and ninety-nine and eighteen one-hundredths feet; thence south
eight degrees twenty-six minutes thirty seconds east nine hundred
and seventy-six and fifty-eight one-hundredths feet to a stone monument;
thence south nineteen degrees east one thousand three hundred and
sixty-three and nineteen one-hundredths feet to a stone monument;
thence south forty-three minutes east, crossing the highway which
leads from Glen Cove to Lattingtown, four hundred and fifty and forty-one
one-hundredths feet; thence south twenty-three degrees fourteen minutes
thirty seconds west, along the easterly line of said highway, two
hundred and six and ninety one-hundredths feet; thence south sixty
degrees forty-seven minutes west, still along the easterly line of
said highway, three hundred and thirty-five and fifty-seven one-hundredths
feet to a stone monument at the intersection of the highway which
leads from Glen Cove to Lattingtown with the highway which leads from
Glen Cove to Locust Valley; thence south fifty-three degrees twenty-three
minutes fifteen seconds east six thousand five hundred and ninety-one
and sixty-six one-hundredths feet; to a point near the south-easterly
corner of the lands owned by the religious Society of Friends, which
point was formerly the approximate center of a large oak tree; thence
south sixty-one degrees sixteen minutes thirty seconds west ninety-four
and ninety one-hundredths feet to a stone monument in the southerly
side of the highway which leads from Glen Cove to Oyster Bay; thence
along the centre line of the highway which leads from Locust Valley
to Brookville the following twelve courses and distances: South nineteen
degrees forty-nine minutes east three hundred and seventy-nine and
thirty one-hundredths feet; south fifteen degrees forty-five seconds
east six hundred and eighteen feet; south two degrees thirty minutes
west one hundred and twenty-one and forty-five one-hundredths feet;
south nine degrees fifty-five minutes west four hundred and sixty
one-hundredths feet; south fourteen degrees and four minutes west
one hundred and ninety-four and ten one-hundredths feet; south six
degrees forty-three minutes west one hundred and thirty-four and twenty-five
one-hundredths feet; south nine degrees fifty minutes east three hundred
and forty-two feet; south five degrees fifty-three minutes east four
hundred and five and forty one-hundredths feet; south fourteen degrees
nine minutes east one hundred and three feet; south twenty-three degrees
forty-eight minutes east two hundred and ninety-three and fifteen
one-hundredths feet; south eleven degrees thirty-five minutes east
one hundred and forty-one and twenty one-hundredths feet; south eight
minutes east two hundred and fifty-two and thirty-seven one-hundredths
feet to a point opposite the northeasterly corner of the cemetery
of the African Methodist Episcopal church of Glen Cove; thence north
eighty-seven degrees thirty-nine minutes twenty seconds west, passing
over a stone monument at the northeast corner of said cemetery, five
thousand seven hundred and sixty-six and ninety-nine one-hundredths
feet to a stone monument; thence south two degrees thirteen minutes
thirty seconds west ninety-eight and ninety-one one-hundredths feet
to a stone monument at the southeasterly corner of the lands of Samuel
Burke on the Frost Pond road; thence north eighty-seven degrees thirty-seven
minutes west two thousand two hundred and sixty-seven and fourteen
one-hundredths feet to a point in the westerly line of the highway
which leads from Glen Cove to Jericho; thence along the westerly line
of said highway the following two courses and distances: South six
degrees twenty-one minutes thirty seconds west twenty-one and twenty-one
one-hundredths feet; south forty-six minutes west six hundred and
thirty-nine and fifty-seven one-hundredths feet to a stone monument
at the intersection of the southerly line of Sea Cliff Avenue with
the westerly line of the said highway which leads from Glen Cove to
Jericho; thence south fifty-nine degrees forty-seven minutes forty-five
seconds west two thousand eight hundred and forty-three and sixty-one
one-hundredths feet to a stone monument in the westerly line of the
lands of the Long Island Railroad Company and in the lands of Caroline
Hohenrath; thence south eighty-four degrees forty-six minutes west
two thousand four hundred and thirty-seven and sixty-five one-hundredths
feet to the center of the highway known as Glen Cove Avenue which
leads from Glen Cove to Mineola; thence along the center of said highway,
being also the easterly line of the bounds of the incorporated Village
of Sea Cliff the following nine courses and distances: North ten degrees
twenty-two minutes west one hundred and twenty-nine and seventy-six
one-hundredths feet; north four degrees twenty minutes east one hundred
and seventy-nine and eighty-seven one-hundredths feet; north ten degrees
fifty-three minutes east three hundred and forty-nine and sixty-seven
one-hundredths feet; north eighteen degrees forty-two minutes east
five hundred and seven and ninety-four one-hundredths feet; north
eleven degrees twenty-eight minutes east seven hundred and ninety-seven
and thirteen one-hundredths feet; north fifteen degrees one minute
east two hundred and thirty-six and twenty-two one-hundredths feet;
north twenty-two degrees twenty-four minutes east three hundred and
twenty-five and eleven one-hundredths feet; north twenty-four degrees
fifty-four minutes east one hundred and fifty-nine and twelve one-hundredths
feet; north forty degrees twenty-four minutes east one hundred and
eighty-nine and sixty one-hundredths feet; thence along the bounds
of the incorporated Village of Sea Cliff the following eight courses
and distances: North eighty-seven degrees thirty-five minutes west
one thousand four hundred and forty and sixteen one-hundredths feet
to a stone monument; south seventy-six degrees forty-seven minutes
west seven hundred and sixty-nine and sixty-one one-hundredths feet
to a stone monument; north thirty degrees forty-two minutes west one
hundred and four and sixty-seven one-hundredths feet; north fifty-eight
degrees fifty minutes west seventy and forty-one one-hundredths feet;
south seventy-five degrees thirty-three minutes west two hundred and
forty-nine and three one-hundredths feet; north fifty-nine degrees
forty-five minutes west twenty-eight and ninety-seven one-hundredths
feet to a stone monument; north three degrees nine minutes east three
hundred and forty-eight and fifty-three one-hundredths feet to a stone
monument; south forty-seven degrees thirty-nine minutes west nine
hundred and two feet to a stone monument; north nineteen degrees,
thirty-one minutes west one hundred and fifty-one and thirty one-hundredths
feet to the stone monument at the point or place of beginning.
Also all the lands under water lying in Hempstead
harbor and Long Island Sound adjacent to said premises to the centre
of said harbor and Sound respectively.
The following lands having been annexed to the
City of Glen Cove pursuant to Chapter 651 of the Laws of 1933 are
also a part of the City of Glen Cove:
All that tract or parcel of land formerly situate
in the town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau and state of New York,
bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the then
Glen Cove city line where said line running westerly intersects the
westerly line of Cedar Swamp road and running thence the following
two courses along the then Glen Cove city line: south six degrees
twenty-one minutes thirty seconds west twenty-one and twenty-one one-hundredths
feet, south no degrees forty-six minutes west four hundred and two
and five one-hundredths feet; thence along the extension of and southerly
line of Frost Pond road and south eighty-six degrees thirty-nine minutes
forty seconds east one thousand two hundred and seventy-eight and
thirty-two one-hundreths feet; thence north four degrees forty-four
minutes ten seconds east four hundred forty-four and seventy one-hundredths
feet to a point in the then Glen Cove city line; thence, along the
then Glen Cove city line, north eighty-seven degrees thirty-seven
minutes west one thousand three hundred and six and twenty-six one-hundredths
feet to the point or place of beginning, containing twelve and eight
hundred seventy-five thousandths acres, be the same more or less.
Also all that tract or parcel of land formerly
situate in the town of Oyster Bay, county of Nassau and state of New
York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a monument in
the then Glen Cove city line where said line running southerly on
the westerly line of Old Frost Pond road, in the city of Glen Cove,
turns in a westerly direction and running thence the following courses
and distances: south three degrees thirty-six minutes fifty seconds
and twenty-four and seventy-one one-hundredths feet to a monument;
thence along the southerly line of Old Frost Pond road the following
three courses and distances: south eighty-seven degrees thirty-seven
minutes ten seconds east six hundred and seventy-seven and twenty-eight
one-hundredths feet to a monument, south eighty-seven degrees forty-eight
minutes twenty-five seconds east one hundred and ninety-five and sixty
one-hundredths feet, south eighty-seven degrees thirty-nine minutes
twenty seconds east two hundred and sixty-nine and ninety-six one-hundredths
feet; thence north two degrees sixteen minutes thirty seconds west
one hundred and twenty-three and ninety-four one-hundredths feet to
a point in the then Glen Cove city line; thence, along the then Glen
Cove city line, north eighty-seven degrees thirty-nine minutes twenty
seconds west one thousand one hundred and thirty-two and fifty-two
one-hundredths feet to a monument at the point where this line intersects
the westerly line of Old Frost Pond road; thence south two degrees
thirteen minutes thirty seconds west ninety-eight and ninety-one one-hundredths
feet to the point or place or beginning, containing three and two
hundred thirty-one thousandths acres, be the same more or less.
The following lands having been annexed to the
City of Glen Cove pursuant to Chapter 706 of the Laws of 1936 are
also a part of the City of Glen Cove:
All that tract or parcel of land formerly situate
in the incorporated village of Sea Cliff, town of Oyster Bay, county
of Nassau and state of New York, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northeasterly line of Carpenter Avenue
and on the then boundary of the city of Glen Cove thence N. 59°
45' W. 37.27 feet to a stone monument; thence along the center line
of Carpenter avenue, as shown on "Map of Hammond Hill Park at Glen
Cove and Sea Cliff, Long Island, N.Y.", filed in the county clerk's
office in Nassau county October thirtieth, nineteen hundred twenty-eight,
and designated by file number six hundred sixty-six, and on the extension
of said center line, N 2° 32' E. 316.97 feet to a stone monument;
thence along the then boundary line of the city of Glen Cove, the
following two courses and distances: N. 71° 28' 30" E. 39.39 feet
and S. 3° 09' W. 348.53 feet to the point or place of beginning.
The said territory so annexed constitutes a
narrow strip of land, most of which, about twenty feet in width comprises
approximately one-half of the street or roadway called the Carpenter
avenue extension and land adjacent thereto less than twenty feet in
width.
A.
The city shall have a common seal, and it shall have
all the powers, subject to delegation, conferred by the General City
Law.
B.
In addition to the powers expressed and fairly implied
the city shall have all the powers necessary to the exercise of any
such powers, and in case of doubt as to the exercise of any such powers
and in case of doubt as to the possession of any particular power,
a liberal construction shall be given in favor of its existence.
C.
Where the manner of exercising any power is not expressly
given or implied, it may be prescribed by local law or ordinance.
A.
Whenever an act is required to be done by the City
Council or an officer on a particular date but the date is allowed
to pass without the act being done, it may be done as soon thereafter
as practicable.
B.
A substantial compliance with any of the provisions
of this Charter shall be deemed a full performance thereof.
Whenever used in this Charter, unless otherwise
expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter otherwise
requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes the salaries and office expenses of the officers
and employees of the city, but not the wages of laborers.
The Glen Cove City Charter.
The City of Glen Cove.
The elective governing body of the City of Glen Cove.
A state statute, charter, local law, ordinance or resolution.
A law adopted pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law or
to other authorization of a state statute or this Charter by the City
Council, or proposed by a Charter Commission or by petition, and ratified
by a popular vote, as provided in Article VI of the Municipal Home
Rule Law or as provided in a state statute, this Charter or local
law; but shall not mean or include an ordinance, resolution or other
similar act of the City Council or of any other board or body of this
city.
A legislative act of the City Council which is permanent
in nature, unless specifically self-limiting, general in its application
and may or may not contain penal provisions for its violation and
must be in written form. It shall be enacted in accordance with the
provisions hereinafter provided.
A legislative act of the City Council which is limited in
its application or of a temporary nature, or both, and shall include,
as used in this Charter, all orders, rules, motions and all other
legislative acts except local laws and ordinances. Unless specifically
provided, it need not be in writing.
The violet, a flower of the genus Viola, in
its common purple flowered species of eastern North America and wild
form shall be the official flower of the City of Glen Cove.
