Town of Queensbury, NY
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2024-01-22
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 85 Fire Hydrants
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Advisory Boards
- Ch 5 (Reserved)
- Ch 6 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 6A Checks
- Ch 7 Civil Enforcement
- Ch 8 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 9 Court Clerk and Deputy Court Clerk
- Ch 10 Economic Development Zone Application
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 14 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 20 Local Development Corporations
- Ch 27 Ordinances, Publication of
- Ch 32 Police Department
- Ch 34 Procurement
- Ch 36 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 36A Terms of Office
- Ch 37 Town Budget Officer
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 43 Adult Entertainment Uses
- Ch 44 Hotel and Motel Registered Sex Offender Occupancy Licenses
- Ch 46 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 50 Bicycles
- Ch 52 Bingo and Games of Chance
- Ch 55 Boats
- Ch 58 Building Requirements
- Ch 59 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 60 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 61 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 65 Cemeteries
- Ch 68 Diesel Vehicles
- Ch 70 Dock Use
- Ch 73 Dog Control
- Ch 77 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 80 Electrical Standards
- Ch 85 Fire Hydrants
- § 85-1 Legislative intent.
- § 85-2 Definitions.
- § 85-3 Authorized use.
- § 85-4 Unlawful use.
- § 85-5 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 88 (Reserved)
- Ch 88A Enforcement Officials and Personnel
- Ch 88B Fire Prevention and Building Construction
- Ch 91 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 94 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 96 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 97 Composting
- Ch 100 Insurance
- Ch 102 Junkyards
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 Lawn Fertilizer and Pesticide Runoff Control
- Ch 109 Littering
- Ch 113 Manufactured Home Parks
- Ch 115 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 118 Obscene Materials
- Ch 119 Outdoor Furnaces
- Ch 124 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 125 Glen Lake Boat Launch Site
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- Ch 128 Park Hours
- Ch 130 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 133 Recycling
- Ch 136 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 137 Septic Systems
- Ch 140 Signs
- Ch 146 Storm Sewer System Discharges, Activities and Connections
- Ch 147 Stormwater Management
- Ch 149 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 150 Streets, Temporary Blocking of
- Ch 152 Sunday Activities
- Ch 155 Taxation
- Ch 160 Transient Merchants, Transient Merchant Markets, Peddlers/Solicitors
- Ch 161 Special Sales Events and Garage Sales
- Ch 164 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 168 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 173 Water
- Ch 178 Zoning - Subdivision Review
- Ch 179 Zoning
- Ch 181A Zoning Board of Appeals
- Appendix
- Ch A182 Cemetery Commission
- Ch A183 Subdivision of Land
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury 6-21-1999
by L.L. No. 1-1999. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention and building construction — See Ch.
88.
A.
Having fire hydrants in good repair and optimal working
condition is essential in order to prevent damage by fire and to protect property
and lives.
B.
Use of fire hydrants by unauthorized persons may damage
the fire hydrants, harm the water supply, allow pollutants to enter the water
supply and/or compromise the ability of fire fighters and other rescue workers
to prevent damage by fire and protect property and lives, and such use should
be prohibited.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
To take water from, drain or connect with by hose, other equipment
or otherwise.
To allow water to pass from any fire hydrant or to allow water or
any other substance to enter the water system through any fire hydrant.
Only the following individuals, while acting within the scope of their
duties, are authorized to open or discharge fire hydrants within the Town
of Queensbury:
A.
Emergency personnel, including volunteers such as fire
fighters, fire commissioners, paramedics, rescue workers and others similarly
charged with the protection of lives and/or property;
B.
State, county and/or Town highway employees;
C.
Town of Queensbury Water Department employees;
D.
Town of Queensbury Wastewater Department employees; and
E.
Any persons specifically authorized, in writing, by the
Town of Queensbury Water Department, which authorization shall specify the
terms and conditions of the authority granted.
It shall be unlawful for anyone other than as authorized in § 85-3 above to open, discharge or connect in any fashion to a fire hydrant located in the Town of Queensbury.
A person convicted of violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500 and/or imprisonment for
a period of not more than 60 days.
