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City of Hudson, NY
Columbia County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Hudson 12-13-1973 by Ord. No. 23-1973 (Ch. 78, Art. III, of the 1973 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alarms — See Ch. 62.
Drinking in public places — See Ch. 65, Art. I.
Amusements — See Ch. 67.
Bingo — See Ch. 81.
Games of chance — See Ch. 152.
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 157.
Loitering — See Ch. 192.
Mass gatherings — See Ch. 199.
Transient merchants — See Ch. 203.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CITY
The City of Hudson, County of Columbia, New York.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, association, organization, firm or partnership.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, disrobe in any automobile, truck or vehicle while the same is upon any parking place, street, road, avenue, highway, park or other public place.
No person shall, within the limits of this City, bathe, sun or swim out-of-doors in a state of nudity.
No person shall, within the limits of the City and in public view, appear in a state of nudity or make any indecent exposure of his or her person or commit or do any lewd or indecent act or behave in a lewd or indecent manner.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, keep or maintain a disorderly house or a house of ill fame or allow or permit any house, shop, store or other building or structure owned or occupied by him or by her to be used as a disorderly house or house of ill fame.
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Editor's Note: Former § 188-6, Selling lewd objects or giving indecent performances prohibited, was repealed 9-16-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008. See now § 325-28.1.
All other riotous conduct, indecent conduct, breaches of the peace, vagrancy and prostitution not hereinbefore mentioned are hereby prohibited within the City.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, deal, play or exchange in faro, roulette, lottery, number games or any other games of chance not licensed, either as banker, player, dealer or otherwise, for the purpose of gaming or gambling for money or other valuable thing.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 78-16, Loitering and offensive or indecent language prohibited, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person shall, within the limits of the City, permit any house, shop, store or other building or structure owned or occupied by him or her to be frequented or resorted to by noisy, riotous or disorderly persons or by prostitutes, gamblers or vagrants.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, enter the building or go upon the lands of any school and break, damage or deface such building or any part thereof or the fences or other property belonging to or connected with such building or lands; and no person shall disturb the exercises of any school or molest or give annoyance to the children attending such school or any teacher therein, either while on the school property or while going to or coming from said school.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, disturb any lawful assembly of persons or of any neighborhood, family or person by any loud or unnecessary noise or by shouting or by using any profane, indecent or obscene language or by quarreling, assaulting, fighting or otherwise disturbing the peace and quiet.
No person shall be intoxicated or under the influence of a drug or drugs or a barbituate in any street, highway, thoroughfare or public place within the limits of the City, or in any hotel, boardinghouse, store, restaurant or other quasi-public place to the annoyance of any person or so as to cause a danger of a breach of the peace.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, maliciously destroy or damage any real or personal property belonging to another.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 78-22, Discarding or throwing debris in public places prohibited, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person shall nail, tack, paste or in any manner affix any advertisement or any notice of any kind or description on any tree, streetlight or pole in, upon or within any street; and no person shall place, post, mark, draw or assist in the same, or cause to be placed, posted, marked or drawn, upon any fence, billboard, door, wall, window, building, pavement or any other surface exposed in or on any street or place, any indecent or profane picture, drawing, writing or representation.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, throw or discard any tin cans, bottles, garbage or refuse of any kind whatsoever into the waters of any pond, stream or lake or into waters adjacent thereto, or discharge any sewage or waste into said waters or any of them or pollute said waters or any of them in any manner whatsoever.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 78-25, Dumping of rubbish or decaying matter prohibited, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person shall, within the limits of the City, keep or maintain on any public or private property any open cistern, open hole, unsafe structure, dilapidated vehicle or junk which would be likely to endanger the health or safety of any person.
No person shall hinder, obstruct or interfere with any City officer in the performance of his duties, nor shall any person willfully refuse or neglect to assist any City officer, when lawfully called upon by him so to do, in the execution of any process, or in the suppression of any breach of the peace or disorderly conduct, or in case of an escape, or when such officer is resisted in the discharge of his duty, nor shall any person knowingly resist, hinder, obstruct or interfere with any officer or person authorized by law in serving or attempting to serve any summons, writ, subpoena, order or other process, or when making an arrest.
No person shall burn leaves within the limits of the City.
[Amended 7-18-2023 by L.L. No. 7-2023]
No person shall kindle, make or keep a fire in any yard, building, or other public or private space in the City unless in a smokeless container approved by such use by the manufacturer. Only dried, cut and split firewood is allowed to be used in the approved container. A fire so kindled, built or maintained, as aforesaid, on the outside of any building shall be continuously under the care and direction of a competent adult from the time it is kindled until it is extinguished. No fire will be left unattended at any time while it is burning until such time it is fully extinguished. Any fire kindled or built outside of any building shall be at least 25 feet from any wood structure, and in no event shall such fire be built within 10 feet of any type of structure. The Chief of the Department of Fire or his representative shall have the authority in all cases to prohibit the use of any fireplace or fire-burning receptacle within or outside of any building, as aforesaid, which in his opinion shall be deemed hazardous and dangerous. In no event shall this chapter be construed to permit the burning of garbage or any material which would produce noxious odors or smoke.
A. 
Prohibited burning. The following fires are prohibited in the City of Hudson.
(1) 
The burning of garbage, refuse and rubbish in any manner is prohibited.
(2) 
All open fires are prohibited in the City of Hudson, with the exception of those in conformity with the provisions of this section.
B. 
Permitted burning. Burning in an open fire, provided that it is not contrary to any other federal, state, county or local law, ordinance, rule or regulation, will be permitted as follows:
(1) 
Bonfires. Bonfires shall be permitted only for a publicly sponsored celebration or event, or for an organization-sponsored event, or for a public or private school sponsored event, and shall be subject to the approval of the Fire Chief, prior to any bonfire being lit and taking place. No fire shall be ignited prior to an on-site inspection of the location where the bonfire is to take place and shall be subject to any and all conditions or restrictions the Fire Department may impose for the safety of life and property.
(2) 
Outdoor cooking. Open burning will be permitted for outdoor cooking when the fire is limited to the minimal size necessary and contained in a device or cooking utensil commonly referred to as a grill or hibachi and designed for outdoor cooking purposes. Fuels for outdoor cooking will be limited to charcoal and charcoal briquettes, natural gas and LP gas. All applicable and/or reasonable safety precautions shall be taken when using said devices or utensils. Outdoor cooking will not be permitted on balconies and covered porches and patios.
C. 
Control of fires within the City. If in the opinion of the Fire Chief or his representative, any conditions are such that the starting or the continuation of burning is a risk to life, health or property within the City, they shall have the right to declare that any and all burning shall cease immediately until further notice.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, fire or discharge any gun, pistol or firearm of any description.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 78-31, False alarms of fire or police prohibited, as amended, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person shall trespass on private property and surreptitiously or sneakingly invade the privacy of another by peering into the windows or other openings of dwelling places located thereon for no lawful purpose.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 78-33, Certain persons deemed disorderly persons, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person shall, within the limits of the City, loiter, sleep or remain in a parked automobile on the public streets or public places or on the private grounds of another.
[Added 6-17-1975 by Ord. No. 1-1975]
No person shall loiter or remain within any beach area, park, playground or other recreational area owned or operated by the City, in a vehicle or otherwise, after the posted closing hours as established by resolution of the Common Council.
[Added 6-21-1977 by Ord. No. 3-1977]
No person shall loiter or remain within the public boat launching site, in a vehicle or otherwise, after the posted closing hours as established by resolution of the Common Council.[1]
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Editor's Note: Res. No. 4 of 6-21-1977 provided that closing hours for the public boat launching site shall be from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, go about from door to door or place himself or herself in any street, road, avenue, highway or other public place to beg or gather alms, except upon written permit from the Mayor.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, willfully or maliciously take down, remove or injure any notice, advertisement or other placard legally and publicly set up by an officer or person in accordance with law, before the time to which such notice, advertisement or placard relates.
No person shall use or pretend to use or have any skill in physiognomy, palmistry or like crafty science, or pretend to tell destinies or fortunes.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation punishable as follows: by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days or by a fine not exceeding $250, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.