The local laws, ordinances and resolutions of the Town of North Hempstead referred to in § 1-2 of this local law shall be known collectively as the "Code of the Town of North Hempstead," and the various parts and sections of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions shall be distributed and designated as provided and set forth in § 1-2 of this local law.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the North Hempstead Town Board: Article I, 12-18-1973 as L.L. No. 2, 1973. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Distribution of Local Laws, Ordinances and Resolutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Ordinance | New Number (chapter, Article, section) | Adoption and Amendment Dates | Source |
Administration and Enforcement | Chapter 2 | 5-18-1965 | |
§§ 2-1 — 2-76§ | § 2-34B amended 8-26-1969 | ||
2-35A amended 2-18-1969 | |||
§ 2-35J amended 8-26-1969 | |||
§ 2-35U amended 10-21-1969 | |||
§ 2-60 amended 8-27-1968; 12-3-1968 | |||
§ 2-63 amended 8-27-1968; 12-3-1968 | |||
§ 2-64B amended 8-27-1968; 12-3-1968; 8-26-1969 | |||
§ 2-64D added 8-27-1968; amended 12-3-1968 | |||
§ 2-65A amended 2-18-1969 | |||
§ 2-66B amended 8-27-1968; 12-3-1968; 8-26-1969 | |||
§ 2-68 amended 8-27-1968; 12-3-1968; 8-26-1969 | |||
§ 2-70 added 5-20-1969 | |||
§ 2-72 amended 8-27-1968; 12-3-1968 | |||
Attendance of Employees at Outside Meetings | Chapter 3 §§ 3-1 — 3-2 | 5-23-1972 | |
Bingo | Chapter 5 | 11-5-1957; amended 2-3-1959 | |
§§ 5-1 — 5-14 | § 5-13 amended 10-10-1968 | ||
Boats | Chapter 6 | ||
Article I | 6-28-1949 | ||
§§ 6-1 — 6-14 | § 6-4 amended 10-31-1967; 1-16-1968 | ||
Article II | 12-7-1948 | ||
§§ 6-15 — 6-19 | |||
Building Code | Chapter 7 | 3-23-1965 | |
Buildings, Numbering of | Chapter 10 §§ 10-1 — 10-3 | 3-1-1949 | |
Circuses | Chapter 12 §§ 12-1 — 12-12 | 6-12-1951 § 12-4 amended 12-16-1958 | |
Continuity of Government | Chapter 13 §§ 13-1 — 13-8 | 1-22-1963 | |
Dogs | Chapter 14 | 4-11-1950; amended 1-22-1957, 12-29-1959 | |
§§ 14-1 — 14-7 | § 14-2 amended 6-14-1966 | ||
§ 14-4 amended 7-23-1968 | |||
§ 14-5 amended 6-14-1966 | |||
Elections on Propositions | Chapter 15 §§ 15-1 — 15-2 | 10-25-1966 | L.L. No. 1, 1966 |
Employee Organizations | Chapter 16 | 8-22-1967 | |
§§ 16-1 — 16-12 | § 16-1 amended 8-26-1969; 9-28-1971 | ||
§ 16-2 amended 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-3A amended 8-26-1969; 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-3B amended 8-26-1969 | |||
§ 16-4A amended 1-16-1968 | |||
§ 16-4D amended 1-16-1968; 8-26-1969 | |||
§ 16-4E amended 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-5 amended 1-16-1968 | |||
§ 16-6 amended 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-7A amended 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-7B amended 1-16-1968; 8-26-1969 | |||
§ 16-7C amended 1-16-1968; 8-26-1969; 11-24-1970; 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-8A amended 8-26-1969 | |||
§ 16-8B amended 8-26-1969; 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-8C amended 1-16-1968; 8-26-1969; 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-8D added 8-26-1969; amended 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-9 amended 1-16-1968; 8-26-1969; 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-10 added 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-11 amended 9-28-1971 | |||
§ 16-12 added 1-16-1968; amended 9-28-1971 | |||
Ethics, Code of | Chapter 16A §§ 16A-1 — 16A-7 | 9-10-1963 § 16A-7 amended 12-29-1970 | |
Excavations, Hazardous | Chapter 17 §§ 17-1 — 17-9 | 1-6-1959 | |
Excavations, Highways | Chapter 18 §§ 18-1 — 18-10 | 5-25-1948 § 18-2 amended 1-29-1957 § 18-3 added 1-29-1957 § 18-4 added 10-3-1961 § 18-7 added 1-29-1957 | |
Explosives | Chapter 19 §§ 19-1 — 19-7 | 3-30-1954 § 19-2 amended 12-26-1972 § 19-5 amended 12-26-1972 § 19-6 amended 12-14-1965; 12-26-1972 | |
Fire Prevention | Article II § 22-2 Article III §§ 22-3 — 22-5 Article IV §§ 22-6 — 22-7 Article V §§ 22-8 — 22-12 Article VI §§ 22-13 — 22-17 Article VII § 22-18 Article VIII § 22-19 Article IX § 22-20 Article X §§ 22-21 — 22-22 | 9-24-1963 § 22-5 amended 2-15-1966 | |
Grading and Soil Removal | Chapter 25 §§ 25-1 — 25-11 | 2-13-1973 | |
Housing and Rehabilitation Code | Chapter 28 Article I §§ 28-1 — 28-5 Article II §§ 28-6 — 28-20 Article III §§ 28-21 — 28-28 Article IV §§ 28-29 — 28-33 Article V § 28-34 Article VI §§ 28-35 — 28-37 Article VIA §§ 28-38 — 28-39.5 Article VII §§ 28-40 — 28-41.1 Article VIII § 28-42 Article IX § 28-43 | 5-4-1965 § 28-3 amended 1-4-1966; 10-15-1968 § 28-8C added 8-10-1965 § 28-8D added 8-10-1965 § 28-22F amended 4-27-1971 § 28-22A added 1-4-1966 § 28-28D added 4-26-1966 § 28-30 amended 4-27-1971 § 28-35 amended 4-27-1971 § 28-36 amended 1-4-1966; 10-15-1968; 4-27-1971 § 28-37 added 10-15-1968; amended 4-27-1971 Article VIA added 2-27-1973 § 28-40 amended 4-27-1971 § 28-41.1 added 2-27-1973 | |
Housing, Open | Chapter 28A §§ 28A-1 — 28A-7 | 1-28-1969 | |
Inflammable Materials | Chapter 29 §§ 29-1 — 29-20 | 1-23-1962 § 29-2 amended 9-23-1969 § 29-6 amended 9-23-1969 | |
Junk Dealers | Chapter 31 §§ 31-1 — 31-9 | 3-17-1942 | |
Launderettes | Article II § 33-2 Article III §§ 33-3 — 33-4 Article IV § 33-5 Article V § 33-6 Article VI §§ 33-7 — 33-13 Article VII § 33-14 Article VIII §§ 33-15 — 33-18 | 12-16-1960 § 33-11 amended 7-11-1961 | |
Littering | Chapter 34 §§ 34-1 — 34-16 | 5-26-1970 | |
Materials, Deposit of | Chapter 35 §§ 35-1 — 35-5 | 7-23-1963 | |
Noise | Chapter 38 §§ 38-1 — 38-8 | 12-17-1968 | |
Parks | Chapter 39 §§ 39-1 — 39-27 | 5-11-1971 § 39-22B amended 8-15-1972 § 39-24B amended 4-11-1972 § 39-24C amended 4-11-1972 | |
Payroll Deductions | Chapter 39A §§ 39A-1 — 39A-2 | 10-17-1972 | L.L. No. 2, 1972 |
Peddlers and Solicitors | Chapter 40 §§ 40-1 — 40-22 | 12-15-1964 | L.L. No. 1, 1964 |
Personal Property, Abandonment of | Chapter 40A §§ 40A-1 — 40A-8 | 4-11-1967 | |
Pregnancy Termination Facilities | Chapter 41A §§ 41A-1 — 41A-5 | 8-10-1971 | |
Public Waterways; Structures | Chapter 42 §§ 42-1 — 42-15 | 10-13-1964 § 42-3 added 11-30-1965 § 42-4 added 11-30-1965 § 42-5 amended 11-30-1965 § 42-7B amended 11-30-1965 § 42-11 added 3-2-1965 | |
Sand Bank and Pit Excavation | Chapter 45 §§ 45-1 — 45-12 | 2-13-1973 | |
Sanitation | Chapter 46 Article I §§ 46-1 — 46-14 Article II §§ 46-15 — 46-20 Article III §§ 46-21 — 46-24 | 12-13-1966 § 46-2 amended 6-15-1971 § 46-3 added 6-15-1971 § 46-5B amended 6-15-1971 § 46-11 amended 6-15-1971 § 46-18A amended 6-15-1971 § 46-24 amended 11-12-1968; 10-20-1970; 3-14-1972 | |
Sewers | Chapter 47 §§ 47-1 — 47-14 | 4-11-1972 | |
Sidewalks | Chapter 48 Article I §§ 48-1 — 48-3 Article II § 48-4 Article III §§ 48-5 — 48-9 Article IV §§ 48-10 — 48-11 Article V §§ 48-12 — 48-13 Article VI §§ 48-14 — 48-15 | 9-23-1947 § 48-10B added 4-10-1956 § 48-13 added 5-15-1956 | |
Snow Removal and Street Cleaning | Chapter 49 §§ 49-1 — 49-7 | 11-10-1964 | |
Taxicabs, Port Washington Police District | Chapter 51 Article II §§ 51-2 — 51-7 Article III §§ 51-8 — 51-13 Article IV §§ 51-14 — 51-17 Article V §§ 51-18 — 51-23 | 4-1-1947; amended 10-2-1962 | |
Taxicabs and Limousines | Chapter 52 Article II § 52-2 Article III § 52-3 Article IV §§ 52-4 — 52-17 Article V §§ 52-18 — 52-26 Article VI §§ 52-27 — 52-28 Article VII § 52-29 Article VIII §§ 52-30 — 52-32 Article IX §§ 52-33 — 52-34 Article X §§ 52-35 — 52-36 Article XI §§ 52-37 — 52-39 Article XII § 52-40 Article XIII § 52-41 Article XIV §§ 52-42 — 52-44 | 12-11-1962 | § 52-30 amended 12-14-1965 |
Theaters | Chapter 54 §§ 54-1 — 54-8 | 8-9-1949 § 54-8 added 10-19-1954 | |
Tow Cars | Chapter 55 Article II § 55-2 Article III §§ 55-3 — 55-16 Article IV §§ 55-17 — 55-24 Article V §§ 55-25 — 55-26 Article VI §§ 55-27 Article VII §§ 55-28 — 55-32 Article VIII §§ 55-33 — 55-34 Article IX §§ 55-35 — 55-36 Article X §§ 55-37 — 55-42 Article XI §§ 55-43 — 55-45 Article XII §§ 55-46 — 55-52 Article XIII § 55-53 Article XIV §§ 55-54 — 55-56 | 1-25-1959; amended 10-2-1962 § 55-29 amended 12-14-1965 § 55-30 amended 12-14-1965 § 55-39B amended 8-12-1969 § 55-39C amended 8-12-1969 § 55-41 amended 8-12-1969 | |
Town Beaches | Chapter 56 §§ 56-1 — 56-11 | 6-11-1963 | |
Town Dock and Facilities | Chapter 58 §§ 58-1 — 58-6 | 4-5-1960 | |
Trade on Memorial and Independence Days | Chapter 60 §§ 60-1 — 60-6 | 5-13-1969; amended 4-25-1972 | L.L. No. 1, 1969; as amended by L.L. No. 1, 1972 |
Trespass | Chapter 61 §§ 61-1 — 61-4 | 7-12-1955 | |
Waterways | Chapter 69 §§ 69-1 — 69-23 | 8-24-1971 § 69-15B amended 5-16-1972 | |
Zoning | Chapter 70 Article I §§ 70-1 — 70-3 Article II §§ 70-4 — 70-12 Article III §§ 70-13 — 70-22 Article IV §§ 70-23 — 70-32 Article V §§ 70-33 — 70-42 Article VI §§ 70-43 — 70-52 Article VII §§ 70-53 — 70-64 Article VIII §§ 70-65 — 70-78 Article IX §§ 70-79 — 70-87 Article X §§ 70-88 — 70-97 Article XI §§ 70-98 — 70-102 Article XII § 70-103 Article XIII §§ 70-104 — 70-105 Article XIV §§ 70-106 — 70-112 Article XV §§ 70-113 — 70-123 Article XVI §§ 70-124 — 70-136 Article XVII §§ 70-137 — 70-148 Article XVIII §§ 70-149 — 70-170 Article XIX §§ 70-171 — 70-184 Article XX §§ 70-185 — 70-195 Article XXI §§ 70-196 — 70-201 Article XXII §§ 70-202 — 70-219 Article XXIII §§ 70-220 — 70-223 Article XXIV §§ 70-224 — 70-229 Article XXV §§ 70-230 — 70-231 Article XXVI §§ 70-232 — 70-236 Article XXVII §§ 70-237 — 70-239 Article XXVIII §§ 70-240 — 70-241 | 4-29-1929; readopted as revised 7-10-1945; subsequently readopted as revised 5-31-1966 Article X added 3-6-1973 § 70-103A amended 1-30-1973 § 70-103I added 10-10-1967 § 70-114A amended 5-20-1969 § 70-114D amended 2-27-1973 § 70-123B amended 2-27-1973 § 70-125A amended 1-9-1968; 5-20-1969 § 70-126A added 1-6-1968; amended 5-20-1969 amended 5-20-1969 § 70-126G amended 6-23-1970 Article XVIII added 8-29-1967; amended 4-15-1969 § 70-150 amended 1-30-1973 § 70-151 amended 1-30-1973 § 70-151B amended 3-6-1973 § 70-152 added 1-30-1973 § 70-153 added 1-30-1973 § 70-156 amended 1-30-1973 § 70-165 amended 1-30-1973; 2-27-1973; 3-27-1973 Article XIX amended 4-27-1971 § 70-184 repealed 2-27-1973 § 70-197 added 10-15-1968 § 70-199 amended 2-13-1973 § 70-201 added 12-19-1972; amended 2-27-1973 § 70-203E amended 7-26-1966 § 70-208D amended 10-10-1967 § 70-215B added 6-28-1966 § 70-215C added 3-6-1973 § 70-216 added 10-10-1967 § 70-216A amended 4-27-1971; 5-18-1971 § 70-216B added 11-17-1970 § 70-217 added 10-10-1967 § 70-218 added 2-13-1973 § 70-219 added 2-27-1973; amended 4-24-1973 § 70-220A amended 7-23-1968 § 70-221C amended 2-15-1972 § 70-221D amended 2-15-1972 § 70-221G amended 1-4-1972 § 70-224 amended 2-27-1973 § 70-229 added 1-4-1972 § 70-231 amended 7-23-1968; 10-15-1968 § 70-238B amended 2-13-1968 § 70-238C added 8-29-1972; amended 10-24-1972 § 70-239 amended 2-13-1968; 10-6-1970 | |
Locker Rental Fees for Town Beaches | Chapter 80 §§ 1 — 5 | 6-28-1949; amended 4-5-1960 | |
Fallout Shelter Rules and Regulations | 11-21-1961 | ||
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, Article or part of this local law or of any local law, ordinance or resolution cited in the table in § 1-2 hereof shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, Article or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
[Amended 3-11-2025 by L.L. No. 5-2025]
A digital copy of the Code of the Town of North Hempstead shall be available on the Town's website for use and examination by the public.
[Amended 3-11-2025 by L.L. No. 5-2025]
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions known collectively as the "Code of the Town of Hempstead," or any new local laws, ordinances or resolutions, when acted or adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Town Board to be a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the Code of the Town of North Hempstead shall be understood and intended to include such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements. Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code of the Town of North Hempstead shall be enacted or adopted, they shall thereafter be digitally published as provided hereunder, as amendments and supplements thereto.
[Amended 3-11-2025 by L.L. No. 5-2025]
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk, or someone authorized and directed by the Town Clerk, to keep up-to-date the Code of the Town of North Hempstead in a digital format for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all local laws, ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Town Board subsequent to the enactment of this local law in such form as to indicate the intention of said Town Board to be a part of said Code shall, when finally enacted or adopted, be included therein.
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Editor's Note: Former § 1-7, Sale of Code book; supplementation, was repealed 3-11-2025 by L.L. No. 5-2025.
[Amended 6-28-1977 by L.L. No. 5, 1977]
A.
The Town Clerk of the Town of North Hempstead, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published, in the manner required, a copy of this local law in the official newspaper of the town. A copy of the Code of the Town of North Hempstead shall be maintained in the office of the Town Clerk for inspection by the public at all times during regular office hours. The enactment and application of this local law, coupled with the availability of a copy of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of provisions of the Code for all purposes.
B.
Publication of ordinances and local laws.
(1)
Every ordinance or local law and every amendment or supplement to an ordinance or local law hereafter adopted or approved by the Town Board of the Town of North Hempstead which is or may be required to be published in one (1) or more newspapers in order to make such ordinance or local law, amendment or supplement effectual shall not be so published in full, but it shall be sufficient to publish in such newspaper or newspapers a notice setting forth the title thereof, a brief description of the provisions thereof and a statement that the full text thereof is on file and may be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk.
Any person who, without authorization from the Town Clerk, changes or amends, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code of the Town of North Hempstead or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the Town of North Hempstead to be misrepresented thereby, or who violates any other provision of this local law, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) for each offense. In addition thereto, said violation shall constitute disorderly conduct, and the person violating shall be a disorderly person.
This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
[Added 9-26-1978 by L.L. No. 3, 1978]
Whenever any section of the Code of the Town of North Hempstead requires that notice be given by registered mail, such section shall be construed to permit notice to be given by either registered or certified mail.