[Adopted 12-17-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2002]
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 16 Department of Recreation
- 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 16 Department of Recreation
- Ch 42 Pt 16 Art XXVI General Provisions
- § 42-193 Establishment.
- § 42-194 Commissioner.
- § 42-195 Qualifications and compensation of Commissioner; Acting Commissioner; subordinates.
- § 42-196 Departmental scope, powers and duties.
- § 42-197 Transfer of functions, personnel and property.
- § 42-198 (Reserved)
- 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 is hereby established a department to
be entitled "Department of Recreation."
There shall be appointed by the Mayor a Commissioner
of Recreation who shall head the Department of Recreation and who
shall serve and hold such office at the pleasure of the Mayor.
A.Â
The qualifications for eligibility to hold the office
of the Commissioner and the compensation of the Commissioner shall
be established by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
B.Â
Pending appointment of a qualified Commissioner, the
position of Acting Commissioner may be established to serve temporarily;
such temporary appointment shall be made by the Mayor.
C.Â
The Commissioner shall appoint such deputies, directors
and other subordinates as shall be authorized by the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner.
The Department of Recreation shall administer,
oversee and manage the following governmental functions:
A.Â
Recreation: to develop, arrange, promote, operate,
supervise and conduct public playgrounds, teen centers, swimming pools,
recreation programs and initiatives, including personal enhancement,
hobby activities and continuing education programs.
B.Â
Youth/Senior citizens: to develop, arrange, promote,
operate, supervise and conduct recreational programs and activities
directed toward the enjoyment and productivity of the City's youth
and senior citizens.
All functions, personnel and property previously performed in the areas set forth in § 42-196 by and under the auspices of the Department of General Services and the former Department of Youth and Recreation Services are hereby transferred to the Department of Recreation.
