City of Rye, NY
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2023-06-14
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 167 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article I Encroachments and Obstructions
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Continuity of Government
- Ch 10 Committees
- Ch 12 Early Retirement Incentive
- Ch 15 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 22 Human Rights, Commission of
- Ch 31 Police Pension Fund
- Ch 32 Procurement Policy
- Ch 34 Sale of City Property
- Ch 35 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 36 Travel and Convention Expenses
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 45 Air Pollution
- Ch 46 Alarm Systems
- Ch 47 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 50 Amusements and Exhibitions
- Ch 52 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 53 Architectural Review
- Ch 56 Auctioneers
- Ch 61 (Reserved)
- Ch 64 Boats and Harbors
- Ch 68 Building Construction
- Ch 69 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 71 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 72 Buildings, Vacant
- Ch 73 Coastal Zone Management Waterfront Consistency Review
- Ch 74 Community Choice Aggregation (Energy) Program
- Ch 76 Dogs
- Ch 81 Electrical Standards
- Ch 83 Energy Conservation Financing: Pace Program
- Ch 84 Energy Conservation Financing: Open C-Pace Program
- Ch 87 Escrow Provisions
- Ch 88 Explosives, Blasting and Mechanical Rock Excavation
- Ch 89 Fats, Oils and Grease Abatement
- Ch 90 Fences and Walls
- Ch 92 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Filming
- Ch 95 Firearms
- Ch 98 Fire Prevention
- Ch 100 Floodplain Management
- Ch 102 (Reserved)
- Ch 104 Graffiti
- Ch 106 Helicopters and Other Aircraft
- Ch 108 Housing Standards
- Ch 113 Junk Dealers
- Ch 117 Landmarks Preservation
- Ch 121 Laundromats
- Ch 122 Leaf Blowers
- Ch 125 Licenses
- Ch 128 Local Improvement Assessments
- Ch 133 Noise
- Ch 138 Parking Lots
- Ch 141 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 144 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 145 Public Officers Indemnification
- Ch 147 Records Management
- Ch 149 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 153 Residential Care Facilities
- Ch 154 Retail Checkout Bags
- Ch 155 Retail Dispensary and On-Site Consumption Licenses Opt-Out
- Ch 157 Sanitary Regulations
- Ch 161 Sewers
- Ch 162 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 164 Shopping Carts
- Ch 165 Signs
- Ch 166 Smoking and Vaping
- Ch 166A Steep Slope Protection
- Ch 167 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 167 Art I Encroachments and Obstructions
- § 167-1 General prohibition.
- § 167-2 Removal of soil and trees.
- § 167-3 Awnings.
- § 167-4 (Reserved)
- § 167-5 Erection and maintenance of poles and wires.
- § 167-6 Removal of buildings.
- Ch 170 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 173 (Reserved)
- Ch 174 Stormwater Management
- Ch 176 (Reserved)
- Ch 177 Taxation
- Ch 180 Taxicabs
- Ch 183 Tax Liens, Disposition of
- Ch 185 Telecommunications
- Ch 187 Trees
- Ch 191 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 194 Water
- Ch 195 Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 196 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 197 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A201 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 2-4-1942 as Art. 1 and
a portion of Art. 5 of Ch. 5 of the General Ordinances]
It shall be unlawful for any person to encumber
or obstruct any street, sidewalk or other public place within the
City, except for immediate transfer into or from the premises, or
to erect or maintain any encroachment or projection in, over or upon
any street, sidewalk or other public place, without a permit from
the Clerk.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig,
remove or carry away, or cause to be dug, removed or carried away,
any stone, earth, soil, sand, sod, gravel, shade or ornamental trees
from any street, sidewalk or other public place within the City without
a permit from the Clerk.
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect
or maintain any awning over any sidewalk unless the lowest point of
the awning is at least seven feet above the surface of the sidewalk.
No person not otherwise authorized by law to
do so shall erect or maintain on or over any street or sidewalk within
the City any telegraph, telephone, electric light or other poles,
or string wires in, over or upon any street, sidewalk or other public
place, or over or in front of any building within the City, without
the consent of the Council. All telephone, telegraph, electric light
and electric power poles, where the same are located upon the public
highway within the City, shall be marked with the name or initials
of the owner of said poles in distinct and legible letters and characters
and in such manner as the Council may prescribe.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove
or cause or permit to be removed, or to aid or assist in removing,
any building or structure or part thereof along, over, across or through
any street or other public place within the City without first having
obtained the consent of the Council.
