City of Ithaca, NY
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2023-12-06
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The Code
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 8 Advisory Commissions
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Article V Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources Commission
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 5 (Reserved)
- Ch 6 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 7 Appointments, by Mayor and/or City Manager
- Ch 8 Advisory Commissions
- Ch 8 Art V Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources Commission
- § 8-17 Purpose.
- § 8-18 Duties.
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Cable Commission
- Ch 18 Cable Access Oversight Committee
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 27 (Reserved)
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 Continuity of Government
- Ch 39 Contracts
- Ch 42 Cyber Security Citizen Notification Policy
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 47 Economic Development Zone
- Ch 48 Emergency Preparedness
- Ch 50 Energy Commission
- Ch 55 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 62 Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 68 Industrial Park Leasing Policy
- Ch 73 Landmarks Preservation Commission
- Ch 78 Meetings, Open
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 90 Personnel
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 100 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Residency Requirements
- Ch 105 Room Occupancy Tax
- Ch 107 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 112 (Reserved)
- Ch 113 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 Natural Areas
- Ch 116 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 118 Videoconferences
- Ch 120 Youth Council
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 128 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 132 Assemblies and Parades
- Ch 137 Bicycles
- Ch 139 Bingo
- Ch 141 Bridges
- Ch 146 Building Code Enforcement
- Ch 149 Business Improvement Districts
- Ch 152 Communications Technology
- Ch 155 Circuses and Carnivals
- Ch 157 Commons
- Ch 160 Design Review
- Ch 164 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 170 Use of City Real Property
- Ch 176 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 177 Eviction for Illegal Drug Use and Possession
- Ch 178 Exterior Property Maintenance
- Ch 179 Fill, Excavation and Stockpiling
- Ch 181 Fire Prevention
- Ch 186 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 192 Games of Chance
- Ch 196 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 201 Hazardous or Radioactive Materials
- Ch 206 Houses, Numbering of
- Ch 210 Housing Standards
- Ch 215 Human Rights Protection
- Ch 219 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 228 Landmarks Preservation
- Ch 232 Licensing of Businesses and Occupations
- Ch 237 Newsracks
- Ch 240 Noise
- Ch 250 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 256 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 258 Rental Housing
- Ch 260 Residential Parking Permit System
- Ch 262 Sewers and Water, Intermunicipal
- Ch 264 Sewer Use
- Ch 268 Shopping Carts
- Ch 272 Signs
- Ch 276 Site Plan Review
- Ch 278 Skateboards
- Ch 280 Smoking, Outdoor
- Ch 282 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 283 Stormwater Utility
- Ch 285 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 290 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 295 Swimming Pools
- Ch 300 Taxation
- Ch 306 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 316 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 317 Vehicles, Removal of
- Ch 320 Watershed
- Ch 325 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Public Works Legislation
- Ch 329 General Provisions, Board of Public Works
- Ch 330 Business Operations
- Ch 331 Garbage, Trash and Weeds
- Ch 336 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 342 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 346 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 348 Water and Sewers
- Appendix
- Ch A351 Special Acts Table
- Ch A352 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The purpose of the Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources
Commission is to provide the Common Council, appropriate committees
thereof, the City's quasi-judicial boards, and City staff with advisory
research, public input, and analysis for matters related to parks,
recreation, natural areas, trees, waterways and waterfront, boating,
docks, the City of Ithaca Cemetery, and the Newman Municipal Golf
Course.
The duties of the Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources Commission
shall include, as needed, the following:
A.Â
To advise on issues affecting the City of Ithaca's parks and open
spaces, including the City of Ithaca Cemetery and the Newman Municipal
Golf Course, and on the public use of, and access to, such parks and
open spaces for recreation and other purposes.
B.Â
To advise on issues related to the conservation of the designated natural areas of the City of Ithaca set forth in Chapter 114 of the City Code, the public use of such areas, and education about the importance and fragility of such areas.
C.Â
To advise on issues related to trees and shrubs, and the maintenance thereof, in the City of Ithaca, including the provisions of Chapter 306 of the City of Ithaca Municipal Code.
D.Â
To advise on issues related to the City of Ithaca's waterways and
waterfront, marinas, docks, boats, and boating.
E.Â
To advise on issues affecting the preservation, development, and
use of the natural and physical features and conditions of the City
of Ithaca so as to enhance the long-range value of the environment
to the people of the City.
F.Â
To advise the Planning and Development Board or City staff on environmental assessments and environmental impact statements required under Chapter 176 of the City Code for proposed actions.
G.Â
To serve as a means of engaging in community outreach and receiving
community input on the above-described subject matter in a manner
consistent with the diversity, accessibility, and sustainability goals
of the City and in conjunction with all appropriate commissions, as
necessary, to achieve such goals.
