[Adopted 7-18-1983 by L.L. No. 2-1983 as
Ch. I, Art. II, Div. 15, of the 1983 Code]
City of Albany, NY
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2023-12-04
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The Code
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 42 Departments and Commissions
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Part 15 Department of Urban Redevelopment
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Ambulance Services
- Ch 8 Police Information Reward Program
- Ch 11 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 15 Arms and Seal of City
- Ch 18 Bonds of City Officials; Facsimile Signature and Seal; Notes
- Ch 20 (Reserved)
- Ch 24 Claims Against City
- Ch 30 Courts and Legal Procedures
- Ch 34 Meetings
- Ch 35 Appointees to Public Bodies; Removal From Office
- Ch 38 Defense and Indemnification of Employees
- Ch 42 Departments and Commissions
- Ch 42 Pt 15 Department of Urban Redevelopment
- Ch 42 Pt 15 Art XXV General Provisions
- § 42-186 Creation.
- § 42-187 Director; appointed; Mayor.
- § 42-188 Director; term of office.
- § 42-189 Director; appointment; evidence of.
- § 42-190 Director; deputy and subordinates; Board of Estimate and Apportionment; disability.
- § 42-191 Undertaking.
- § 42-192 Powers and duties of Director.
- Ch 48 Equal Opportunity Protections
- Ch 54 Financial Disclosure
- Ch 57 Fiscal Year and Annual Estimate
- Ch 62 Labor
- Ch 68 Merit Award Board
- Ch 74 Printing; Publication; Publicity
- Ch 75 Policy Documents Repository
- Ch 82 Real Property Within City
- Ch 90 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 98 Youth Bureau
- Ch 99 Website Financial Data
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 111 Amusements
- Ch 115 Animals
- Ch 121 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 127 Bingo
- Ch 133 Building Construction
- Ch 133A Building Construction and Housing: Special Provisions
- Ch 135 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 137 Bulletin Boards
- Ch 141 Businesses
- Ch 142 Business Improvement Districts
- Ch 147 Collateral Loan Brokers
- Ch 151 Commercial Standards
- Ch 152 Conversion Therapy
- Ch 153 Community Choice Aggregation
- Ch 161 Economic Development Zone
- Ch 167 Elections
- Ch 171 Electricity
- Ch 175 Elevators
- Ch 181 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 183 Equity Agenda
- Ch 187 Fair Housing
- Ch 188 Fair Hotel Consumer Practices
- Ch 193 Firearms and Ammunition
- Ch 197 Fire Prevention
- Ch 203 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 211 Grading and Mining
- Ch 217 Handbills
- Ch 223 Health
- Ch 231 Housing
- Ch 239 Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processing
- Ch 245 Licenses
- Ch 246 Newsracks
- Ch 247 Parking Violations Amnesty Program - 2015
- Ch 251 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 255 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 258 Penalties
- Ch 259 Pesticides
- Ch 261 Plumbing
- Ch 267 Pollution
- Ch 270 Public Pay Telephones
- Ch 272 Public Transportation
- Ch 293 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 299 Sewers
- Ch 303 Sidewalk and Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 307 (Reserved)
- Ch 313 Solid Waste
- Ch 319 Store Sales
- Ch 323 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 329 Tattoo Parlors
- Ch 333 Taxation
- Ch 341 Transient Retail Businesses
- Ch 345 Trees and Vegetation
- Ch 353 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 357 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 359 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 363 Vendors
- Ch 371 Water and Waterways
- Ch 373 Youth Protection Against Tobacco Promotion
- Ch 375 Unified Sustainable Development
- Appendix
- Ch A377 Certain Territory Located in Town of Colonie
- Ch A381 Certain Territory Located in Town of Bethlehem
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There shall be in the City of Albany a department
known as the "Department of Urban Redevelopment."
There shall be appointed by the Mayor a Director
who shall be the head of the Department of Urban Redevelopment.
The Director shall hold office during the pleasure
of the Mayor.
The appointment of the Director of Urban Redevelopment
shall be evidenced by a certificate, in writing, signed by the Mayor
and filed forthwith in the office of the City Clerk.
The Director shall appoint to hold office during
his pleasure a deputy and such other subordinates as may be prescribed
by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. In case of the inability
of the Director or of a vacancy in the office, the Deputy Director
shall discharge the duties of the office until the Director returns,
his disability ceases or the vacancy is filled.
The Director, the Deputy Director and such other
persons as the Director shall designate, before entering upon the
discharge of the duties of their respective office, shall each execute
and file with the City Clerk an official undertaking in the penal
sum of $5,000.
The Director of the Department of Urban Redevelopment
shall be charged with the following duties and powers:
A.Â
To make surveys and plans for and estimates of the
cost of redevelopment of substandard and unsanitary areas in the City
and recommending to the Council specific methods for the elimination
of such conditions by clearance, replanning or rehabilitation of the
same and for providing adequate recreational and other facilities
in such areas.
B.Â
To prepare and submit at the direction of the Council
applications for approval of projects pursuant to any federal or state
law under which grants may be made to said City to accomplish such
work.
C.Â
To make and report to the Council plans and estimate
costs for the conservation of residential areas by the removal of
nonconforming uses and for the rehabilitation of structures in such
area.
D.Â
To represent the City in submitting applications for
federal or state funds for the conservation or redevelopment of any
areas as may be authorized by resolution of the Council.
E.Â
To make from time to time, rules and regulations,
not inconsistent with the general law or any local law or ordinance,
for the regulation of its activities and the management and discipline
of its officers and employees.
