City of Kingston, NY
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2023-08-01
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THE CHARTER
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Chapter C Charter
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Article V City Departments and Officers
- THE CHARTER
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art V City Departments and Officers
- § C5-1 Duties and organization.
- ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- Ch A Administrative Code
- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Adopt-A-Highway, -Park or -Shoreline Program
- Ch 5 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 8 Assessment Review Board
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Community Choice Aggregation Program
- Ch 22 Commissions
- Ch 26 Common Council
- Ch 30 Community Development Advisory Council
- Ch 32 Crossing Guards
- Ch 35 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 40 Emergency Regulations
- Ch 46 Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
- Ch 49 Ethics
- Ch 52 Fire Department
- Ch 55 Flag and Seal, Official
- Ch 60 Information Technology, Department of
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 Laws of 1913: Exercise of Powers
- Ch 77 Mental Health Board
- Ch 79 Merit Award Board
- Ch 82 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Office Hours
- Ch 87 Open Meetings
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Personnel
- Ch 96 Planning Board
- Ch 103 Procurement Policy
- Ch 106 Real Property, Sale or Lease of
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Residency Requirements
- Ch 113 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 114 Surplus Property, Sale of
- Ch 116 (Reserved)
- Ch 122 (Reserved)
- PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
- Ch 130 Advertisements and Billboards
- Ch 135 Air Pollution and Smoke Control
- Ch 138 (Reserved)
- Ch 142 Alarm Systems
- Ch 145 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 148 All-Terrain Vehicles
- Ch 151 Animals
- Ch 154 Auctions and Auctioneering
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 163 Bingo
- Ch 166 Blasting
- Ch 169 (Reserved)
- Ch 172 Building Construction
- Ch 178 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 179 Buildings, Vacant
- Ch 180 Bus Fares
- Ch 185 (Reserved)
- Ch 188 (Reserved)
- Ch 191 Curfew
- Ch 195 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 197 Dangerous Weapons
- Ch 198 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 199 Nuisances
- Ch 205 Economic Development Zone
- Ch 208 Electrical Regulations
- Ch 210 Energy Conservation
- Ch 211 Excavation Hazards
- Ch 213 Exhibitions and Shows
- Ch 217 Fees
- Ch 220 Fences
- Ch 223 Firearms
- Ch 224 Firearms: Shooting Ranges
- Ch 226 Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Ch 229 Fire Lanes
- Ch 231 (Reserved)
- Ch 233 Fire Prevention
- Ch 236 (Reserved)
- Ch 238 (Reserved)
- Ch 245 Games of Chance
- Ch 250 Graffiti
- Ch 255 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 261 (Reserved)
- Ch 264 Historic and Architectural Design Districts
- Ch 267 (Reserved)
- Ch 268 Illicit Discharges
- Ch 277 Hotels, Motels, Inns, Rooming Houses and Boardinghouses
- Ch 280 Municipal Identification Program
- Ch 285 Navigation
- Ch 295 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Noise
- Ch 305 Parades
- Ch 308 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 310 Parks and Recreational Facilities
- Ch 313 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 318 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 321 Plumbing
- Ch 324 Public Transportation
- Ch 330 Records
- Ch 332 Rental Properties
- Ch 333 Rental Premises, Property Maintenance for Tenants of
- Ch 335 Sales of Merchandise
- Ch 336 Sanitation and Weeds
- Ch 338 Sewers
- Ch 340 Sewer Use
- Ch 345 Shopping Carts
- Ch 346 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 347 Site Plan Review
- Ch 348 Smoking
- Ch 350 Solid Waste
- Ch 353 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 355 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 358 Sidewalk Standards
- Ch 360 Taxation
- Ch 363 Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers
- Ch 366 (Reserved)
- Ch 370 Tow Trucks
- Ch 371 Toxic Pesticides and Herbicides
- Ch 373 Trees
- Ch 374 Trees, Street
- Ch 376 Trucks, Parking of
- Ch 384 Motor Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 386 Motor Vehicles, Repair of
- Ch 390 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 395 Water
- Ch 398 Waterfront
- Ch 401 (Reserved)
- Ch 405 Zoning
- APPENDIX
- Ch A406 (Reserved)
- Ch A407 Plumbing Code Administration
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 12-16-1999 by L.L. No. 1-2000, approved 1-3-2000]
A.
Until otherwise provided by local law, the administrative
service of the city, under the supervision of the Mayor, shall include
a Department of Financial Administration headed by the Comptroller;
an Office of the Corporation Counsel headed by the Corporation Counsel;
a Department of Assessment headed by the City Assessor; a Building
Department headed by the Building Safety Officer; Department of Public
Works headed by the Superintendent of Public Works; a Water Department
headed by the Superintendent of the Water Department; a Police Department
headed by the Chief of Police; a Fire Department headed by the Fire
Chief; a Parks and Recreation Department headed by the Director of
Recreation/Parks Administrator; a Department of Planning headed by
the City Planner; a Department of Engineering headed by the City Engineer;
a Purchasing Department headed by a Purchasing Assistant; a Special
City Judge, City Historian, Deputy Assessor, Deputy Building Inspector,
Plumbing Inspector, Registrar of Vital Statistics, Deputy Registrar
of Vital Statistics, Deputy City Clerk, Deputy Comptroller, Community
Development Director, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Urban Parks Coordinator,
Bingo Inspector, Dog Control Officer and all departments, divisions,
officers and officials existing at the time of passage of this Charter.[1]
[Amended 3-5-2019 by L.L.
No. 1-2019, approved 3-19-2019]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Administrative Code.
B.
The head of each such department shall devote full-time
to his or her employment with the city and shall accept no other employment
which would conflict with such duties.
C.
The Common Council may reorganize departments at any
time by local law, after receiving and considering the recommendations
of the Mayor and appropriate department heads. Any such local law
may change the number, names, functions, powers and duties of any
and all offices in departments, except such as may not be changed
by city action under state law, and may reallocate the functions,
powers and duties of such offices and departments.
