The purpose of this chapter
325 is to establish an identification card program for residents of the City of Middletown. At the present time, there are certain services and venues (such as the City's dog park) that are open only to persons who can establish their Middletown residency. While the possession of a valid New York driver's license, for example, is one way to establish one's residency in the City, not all persons who are residents of the City may be able to obtain traditional forms of photographic identification cards such as a driver's license. The intent of the program and this chapter, therefore, is to assist those who are residents of the City but who may not be able to obtain traditional forms of identification to obtain photographic identification through the City's identification card program. It is also the intent of the program and this chapter that the establishment of a City of Middletown identification card program will help foster community pride and economic activity by giving residents of the City a sense of unity through the identification card program and thus encourage residents to patronize local business establishments that may provide incentives to those who enroll in and use the City of Middletown identification card.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CITY
Unless otherwise identified, shall solely mean the City of
Middletown.
RESIDENT
A person who can establish that he or she is a current resident
of the City of Middletown.
The City of Middletown is providing the Middletown identification
card for identification and access to services provided by the City
of Middletown, its institutions and businesses. The City does not
act as guarantor or warrantor either of the information provided by
the applicant for the Middletown identification card or against any
acts, criminal or otherwise, committed by the individual(s) while
possessing or using the Middletown identification card. The City does
not waive any of its protections afforded under federal, state or
local statutory law or under federal or state case law by processing
or issuing the Middletown identification card.
The city clerk's office shall, consistent with all federal,
state and local laws, use reasonable efforts to provide language assistance
to applicants for the Middletown identification card to facilitate
access thereto. The city clerk's office shall use reasonable efforts
to interpret foreign documents, but it is the ultimate responsibility
of the applicant to provide translations for documents.
This chapter shall take effect on February 1, 2019.