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City of Ogdensburg, NY
St. Lawrence County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Ogdensburg as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-15-1975 as Ch. 65, Art. II, §§ 65.24 and 65.26 through 65.29, of the 1975 Ogdensburg Municipal Code]
[Amended 7-8-1996 by Ord. No. 12-1996]
No person shall expectorate, urinate or defecate in this city upon the floors of any public place, building, street, sidewalk or public conveyance.
No person shall publicly bathe without bathing suits in the daytime in any river, pond or canal in the city.
A. 
Areas designated. No person shall swim off the Lake Street Bridge, the Spring Street Bridge, the pier on the west side of the Oswegatchie Dam or off any or all property owned by or under the control or supervision of the City of Ogdensburg.
B. 
Penalties. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined or punished as follows:
(1) 
First offense: by a fine not to exceed $10 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed two days.
(2) 
Second offense: by a fine not to exceed $25 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed five days.
(3) 
Third or subsequent offense within one year: by a fine not to exceed $100 or by imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
No person shall play ball or knock or kick any ball or play any other game or sport in any public street, lane or alley in this city.
No person shall throw a snowball or any other missile or instrument in, over or across any public street, lane or alley in the city.
[Adopted 12-15-1975 as Ch. 65, Art. V, of the 1975 Ogdensburg Municipal Code]
No person shall discharge any firearms, air guns, spring guns, sling shot or other instrument or weapon within the city except in self-defense or in the discharge of official duty or during a memorial service or veterans' funeral or at an indoor rifle range operated under the supervision, guidance and instruction of a duly commissioned officer of the armed forces, including the National Guard and reserve forces, or a duly qualified adult citizen of the United States who has been granted a certificate as an instructor of small arms practice issued by one of the armed forces of the United States, the Adjutant General of the state or by the National Rifle Association of America.