[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dobbs Ferry as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-11-2012 by L.L. No. 7-2012]
In accordance with Subdivision 3 of § 20 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the local laws, ordinances and certain resolutions of the Village of Dobbs Ferry, as codified by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 300, together with an Appendix, shall be known collectively as the "Code of the Village of Dobbs Ferry," hereafter termed the "Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions contained in the "Code of the Village of Dobbs Ferry" to any other local law, ordinance or resolution appearing in said Code, such reference shall be changed to the appropriate chapter title, chapter number, article number or section number appearing in the Code as if such local law, ordinance or resolution had been formally amended to so read.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of local laws, ordinances and resolutions in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this local law are intended as a continuation of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior local law, ordinance or resolution. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dobbs Ferry, and it is the intention of said Board that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of former local laws and ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below.
Except as provided in § 1-4, Enactments saved from repeal; matters not affected, below, all local laws and ordinances or parts of local laws and ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this local law are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the Village of Dobbs Ferry which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
The repeal of local laws and ordinances provided for in § 1-3 of this local law shall not affect the following classes of local laws, ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
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Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision of the Village of Dobbs Ferry prior to the effective date of this local law or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
B. 
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this local law in violation of any legislative provision of the Village of Dobbs Ferry or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
C. 
Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this local law, brought pursuant to any legislative provision of the Village of Dobbs Ferry.
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Any agreement entered into or any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the Village of Dobbs Ferry.
E. 
Any local law or ordinance of the Village of Dobbs Ferry providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing grade, changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place within the Village of Dobbs Ferry or any portion thereof.
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Any local law or ordinance of the Village of Dobbs Ferry appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of the Village of Dobbs Ferry or other instruments or evidence of the Village's indebtedness.
G. 
Local laws or ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property, or any lawful contract, agreement or obligation.
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The levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.
I. 
The annexation or dedication of property.
J. 
Any local law or ordinance relating to salaries and compensation.
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Any local law or ordinance amending the Zoning Map.
L. 
Any local law or ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
M. 
Any local law or ordinance or portion of a local law or ordinance establishing a specific fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained from the Village.
N. 
Any local law adopted subsequent to 2-14-2012.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter or part of this local law or of any local law, ordinance or resolution included in this Code now or through supplementation shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in the office of the Village Clerk of the Village of Dobbs Ferry and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until final action is taken on this local law; and, if this local law shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified by the Village Clerk of the Village of Dobbs Ferry by impressing thereon the Seal of the Village of Dobbs Ferry, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of said Village Clerk to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect. The enactment and publication of this local law, coupled with the availability of a copy of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions known collectively as the "Code of the Village of Dobbs Ferry" or any new local laws or resolutions, when enacted or adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Board of Trustees to be a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the Code shall be understood and intended to include such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements. Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall be enacted or adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as amendments and supplements thereto. Nothing contained in this local law shall affect the status of any local law, ordinance or resolution contained herein, and such local laws, ordinances or resolutions may be amended, deleted or changed from time to time as the Board of Trustees deems desirable.
It shall be the duty of the Village Clerk to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code of the Village of Dobbs Ferry required to be filed in the office of the Village Clerk for use by the public. All changes in said Code and all local laws and resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees subsequent to the enactment of this local law in such form as to indicate the intention of said Board to be a part of said Code shall, when finally enacted or adopted, be included therein by temporary attachment of copies of such changes, local laws or resolutions until such changes, local laws or resolutions are printed as supplements to said Code book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be purchased from the Village Clerk, or an authorized agent of the Clerk, upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Board of Trustees. The Clerk may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation of the Code.
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Tampering with Code. Any person who alters or tampers with the Code of the Village of Dobbs Ferry in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the Village of Dobbs Ferry to be misrepresented thereby, or who violates any other provision of this local law, shall be guilty of an offense and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 15 days, or both.
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Penalties for offenses against Code provisions. Except where specifically provided elsewhere in the Code or in the laws of the county, state or federal government, any person who shall commit an offense against any provision of the Code of the Village of Dobbs Ferry shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 15 days, or both.[1]
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Editor's Note: This general penalty is a continuation of the penalty provisions originally contained in § 1-12 of the 1984 Code.
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In compiling and preparing the local laws, ordinances and resolutions for publication as the Code of the Village of Dobbs Ferry, no changes in the meaning or intent of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions have been made, except as provided for in Subsection B hereof. In addition, certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the Board of Trustees that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the local laws, ordinances and resolutions had been previously formally amended to read as such.
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In addition, the amendments and/or additions as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this local law. (Chapter and section number references are to the local laws, ordinances and resolutions as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)[1]
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Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-11B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this local law are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 9-11-2012 by L.L. No. 7-2012." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Village offices.
The provisions of this local law are hereby made Article I of Chapter 1 of the Code of the Village of Dobbs Ferry, such local law to be entitled "General Provisions, Article I, Adoption of Code," and the sections of this local law shall be numbered §§ 1-1 to 1-13, inclusive.
This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
[Adopted 6-28-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
The Village of Dobbs Ferry recognizes the importance of the public's right to witness and otherwise observe the governmental process of debate, deliberation and decision making, and commits to facilitating the public's ability to access meetings at which Village business is conducted.
Except as may be otherwise authorized by federal, state or local emergency order, all meetings convened by the Village's public bodies for the purpose of conducting the public business of the Village of Dobbs Ferry shall comply with provisions of NYS Public Officers Law, Article 7, known as the "Open Meetings Law." The terms "meeting" and "public body" referenced in this article shall be ascribed with the same meanings as set forth in Open Meetings Law.
A. 
The Village shall employ and permit the use of available technology to the extent mandated by and in compliance with provisions of Open Meetings Law for notifications, broadcast, transmission, recording or participation at meetings convened for the purpose of conducting the Village's business.
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Without limiting the right, authority or ability of the Village to utilize available technology, the Village chooses to exercise the discretion set forth in Open Meetings Law § 103-a and permit use of videoconferencing to conduct meetings of the Village's public bodies.
(1) 
In accordance with Open Meetings Law § 103-a, members of any Village public body shall have the right to participate remotely in a public meeting with the use of videoconferencing technology when the member experiences an "extraordinary circumstance," which precludes that member from attending in person, provided that:
(a) 
Such "extraordinary circumstance" consists of a significant or unexpected factor or event which precludes the member's physical attendance, including but not limited to circumstances involving caregiving responsibilities, disability, illness, health condition, or other significant or unexpected factor or event; and
(b) 
Such member provides notice of such "extraordinary circumstances" in accordance with procedural requirements as established by the Village.
C. 
The Village Board of Trustees shall promulgate and adopt by resolution written procedures, which may be amended from time to time, for the conduct of any meeting which involves participation by a member exercising the right to participate remotely under Open Meetings Law § 103-a.