TWN - Town
- Article 1 - (1 - 2) SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS
- Article 2 - (10 - 12) CLASSIFICATION OF TOWNS
- Article 3 - (20 - 42) TOWN OFFICERS, POWERS, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION
- 20 - Town officers.
- 22-B - Chairman of assessors; designation; duties and compensation.
- 22-C - Election and term of assessors in the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk.
- 23 - Eligibility of town officers.
- 23-A - Residence requirement for comptroller of the town of Cortlandt.
- 24 - Terms of office.
- 24-A - Terms of office of elective officers.
- 24-B - Election of councilmen and town justices in the town of Pawling.
- 25 - Oaths of office and undertaking.
- 25-A - Fingerprints of persons before appointment as town policemen, or as constables possessing powers in criminal matters.
- 26 - Resignation of town officers.
- 27 - Compensation of town officers and employees.
- 28 - Power to administer oaths.
- 29 - Powers and duties of supervisor.
- 30 - Powers and duties of town clerk.
- 31 - Powers and duties of town justices; requirements; restriction.
- 32 - Powers and duties of town superintendent of highways and deputy superintendent.
- 32-A - Entry by town engineer on private lands.
- 33 - Powers and duties of assessors.
- 34 - Powers and duties of town comptroller.
- 35 - Powers and duties of collector.
- 36 - Collection of taxes by town clerk.
- 37 - Powers and duties of receiver of taxes and assessments.
- 38 - Certain offices abolished.
- 39 - Powers and duties of constables and town policemen.
- 40 - Powers and duties of fence viewers.
- 41 - Additional supervisors in certain towns.
- 41-A - Abolition of the additional office of supervisor of the town of Hempstead.
- 41-B - (Enacted without section heading).
- 42 - Deputy supervisor.
- Article 3-A - SUBURBAN TOWN LAW
- Article 3-B - (58 - 58-A) TOWN MANAGER
- Article 4 - (60 - 69) TOWN BOARDS
- 60 - Town board constituted.
- 60-A - Removal of town justices from town board.
- 61 - Commissions abolished.
- 62 - Meetings of town board.
- 63 - Presiding officer and rules of procedure.
- 64 - General powers of town boards.
- 64-A - Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park or recreational purposes.
- 64-B - Powers of town with respect to municipal deposits in national banks in liquidation.
- 64-C - Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park and recreational purposes.
- 64-D - Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for open space purposes.
- 64-E - Peconic Bay region community preservation funds.
- 64-F - Town of Brookhaven community preservation fund.
- 64-G - Town of Warwick preservation funds.
- 64-H - Town of Red Hook preservation funds.
- 64-I - Town of Chatham preservation funds.
- 64-I*2 - Town of Fishkill preservation funds.
- 64-J - Town of Northeast preservation funds.
- 65 - Actions and proceedings by and against towns.
- 65-A - Liability of towns and town superintendents of highways in certain actions.
- 66 - Place of trial of actions and proceedings against towns; inhabitants not incompetent to act thereat.
- 67 - Presentation of claims for torts: actions against towns.
- 68 - Compromise of actions, proceedings or claims.
- 69 - Duties of town board with respect to justice courts.
- Article 5 - (73 - 79) ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES
- 73 - Alteration of town boundaries.
- 74 - Effective date of alteration or division.
- 75 - Disposition of town property on alteration of boundaries.
- 76 - Apportionment of debts on division of towns.
- 77 - Meetings of town boards on alteration of boundaries.
- 78 - Right of action upon failure of towns whose boundaries are altered to agree upon disposition of assets and debts.
- 79 - Application of article.
- Article 5-A - (79-A) DISSOLUTION OF CERTAIN TOWNS
- Article 6 - (80 - 88) TOWN ELECTIONS
- 80 - Biennial town elections.
- 81 - Election upon proposition.
- 82 - Notice of submission of proposition; hours of voting.
- 83 - Conduct of town elections.
- 84 - Qualifications of electors at town elections.
- 84-A - Absentee ballots for special town elections; special provisions.
- 85 - Ward system for election of councilmen.
- 86 - Town elections in the county of Broome.
- 87 - Increase or decrease of number of councilmen.
- 88 - Reduction of number of justices of the peace and election of town councilmen.
- Article 7 - (90 - 94) PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM
- Article 8 - (100 - 125) FINANCES
- 100 - Application.
- 101 - Fiscal year.
- 102 - Budget system.
- 103 - Definitions.
- 104 - Submission of estimates.
- 105 - Fire district estimates and budget.
- 106 - Preparation, filing and review of tentative and preliminary budgets.
- 107 - Contents of preliminary budget.
- 108 - Public hearing.
- 109 - Final revision and adoption of budget.
- 110 - Encumbering appropriations.
- 111 - Lapse of appropriations.
- 112 - Supplemental appropriations; unappropriated unreserved fund balances.
- 113 - Transfers from general purpose funds to other funds.
- 114 - Interest charges against districts.
- 115 - Tax levy.
- 116 - Town charges.
- 117 - Certain contracts and expenditures prohibited.
- 118 - Form of claims.
- 119 - Audit of claims and issuance of warrants.
- 120 - Payrolls to be certified.
- 121 - Payment of judgments and compromised actions, proceedings or claims.
- 122 - Advertising for bids; letting of contracts.
- 122-A - Purchasing of products for public use.
- 123 - Annual accounting by town officers and employees.
- 124 - Designation of the comptroller as accounting officer.
- 125 - Duties of supervisor.
- Article 9 - (130 - 139) ORDINANCES AND LICENSES
- 130 - Town ordinances.
- 131 - Definition of town ordinance.
- 132 - Effect of town ordinances limited.
- 133 - When ordinance shall take effect.
- 134 - Proof of ordinance; maps.
- 135 - Violations of ordinances.
- 136 - Licensing and regulating occupations.
- 137 - Issuing of licenses.
- 138 - Building inspector.
- 139 - Agreements with fire districts.
- Article 9-A - (140 - 143) SELF-SUPPORTING IMPROVEMENTS
- Article 10 - (150 - 158) POLICE
- Article 11 - (170 - 189) FIRE, FIRE ALARM AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS
- 170 - Establishment and extension of fire, fire alarm and fire protection districts.
- 171 - Petition and hearing.
- 172-A - Alteration of boundaries of fire districts.
- 172-C - Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district.
- 172-E - Change of name of fire district.
- 172-F - Resolution and hearing for diminution of fire district boundaries.
- 172-G - Filing of determination.
- 173 - Filing of determination.
- 174 - Fire district officers.
- 175 - Election of fire district officers.
- 175-A - Registration for voters.
- 175-B - Absentee ballots for fire district elections; special provisions.
- 175-C - Notice of hearings and elections.
- 176 - Powers and duties of fire district commissioners.
- 176-A - Duties of chief and assistant chiefs of fire department of fire district.
- 176-B - Volunteer members of fire district fire companies.
- 176-D - Funding of fire districts.
- 176-E - Training requirements for fire commissioners.
- 177 - Powers and duties of fire district treasurer.
- 177-B - Powers and duties of deputy fire district treasurers.
- 177-C - Powers and duties of the director of purchasing.
- 178 - Powers and duties of fire district secretary.
- 178-A - Expenses incurred in attending town and county officers training school.
- 178-B - Expenses of the association of fire districts of the state of New York.
- 178-C - Expenses of fire district officers, officials and employees.
- 178-D - Costs, expenses and damages a fire district charge in certain cases.
- 179 - Special district elections to vote upon appropriations.
- 180 - Actions and proceedings against fire districts.
- 181 - Annual budget and levy of taxes.
- 181-A - Budgetary controls.
- 181-B - Independent audit of fire districts.
- 182 - Effect of incorporation of village or city including lands within a fire district.
- 183 - Fire alarm districts.
- 184 - Fire protection districts.
- 184-A - Contract for water supply outside of fire districts.
- 184-C - Water supply outside of fire districts.
- 186 - Savings clause.
- 187 - Exclusion of a fire district from a water supply district.
- 188 - Use of surplus town moneys for purchase of fire apparatus for use in town fire districts.
- 189 - Fire inspection of property in contract areas.
- Article 11-A - (189-A - 189-I) JOINT FIRE DISTRICTS IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES
- 189-A - Procedure.
- 189-B - Sale of firehouse, land and apparatus.
- 189-D - Establishment of district.
- 189-E - Management of affairs of joint fire districts.
- 189-F - Powers of board of commissioners.
- 189-G - Appointment of district treasurer.
- 189-H - Annual statement of expenditures and levy of taxes.
- 189-I - Fire protection.
- Article 12 - (190 - 208-B) DISTRICT AND SPECIAL IMPROVEMENTS
- 190 - Establishment or extension of improvement districts.
- 190-A - Water storage and distribution districts.
- 190-B - Sewage disposal districts.
- 190-C - Preparation of maps and plans.
- 190-D - Procedure for establishment of a sewage disposal district.
- 190-E - Wastewater disposal districts.
- 190-F - Additional powers of sewer districts.
- 190-G - Water quality treatment districts.
- 191 - Petition.
- 191-A - Preparation of maps and plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage and water districts before petition.
- 192 - Maps and plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage and water districts.
- 192-A - Provision for excess sewer, drainage or water facilities.
- 193 - Notice of hearing on petition; cost to typical property; definitions.
- 194 - Establishment or extension of districts.
- 194-A - Powers of town boards with respect to certain contracts.
- 195 - Recording of determination; review by certiorari.
- 196 - Modification of plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage, water or water quality treatment districts.
- 197 - Performance of the work.
- 197-A - Contracts by water districts or town water storage and distribution districts with water authorities.
- 198 - Powers of town boards with respect to improvement districts.
- 198-A - Special districts for disposal of duck waste in Suffolk county.
- 199 - Proceedings for lateral sewers, drains or water mains.
- 200 - Petition for street improvement and proceedings thereon.
- 200-A - Construction and repair of sidewalks pursuant to order of town board.
- 201 - Sewer and water connections.
- 202 - Expenses of improvement; how raised.
- 202-A - Expense of maintenance.
- 202-B - Increase or improvement of facilities.
- 202-C - Dissolution and diminishing area of certain districts.
- 202-D - Increase of maximum amount to be expended.
- 202-E - Acquisition and improvement of additional property in park districts.
- 202-F - Construction or installation of certain improvements in state highways and county roads.
- 203 - Existing districts preserved.
- 204 - Transition to benefit basis levy of assessments in existing lighting districts.
- 207 - Re-establishment of certain water supply districts as water districts.
- 208 - Joint administration and operation of special or improvement districts with town functions.
- 208-A - Acquisition of land for proposed district.
- 208-B - Dissolution of lighting or public parking districts; town of Oyster Bay.
- Article 12-A - (209 - 209-I) ESTABLISHMENT OR EXTENSION OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS--ALTERNATE PROCEDURE
- 209 - Application of article.
- 209-A - Definitions.
- 209-B - Appropriation for preparation of maps, plans and reports.
- 209-C - Maps, plans and reports.
- 209-D - Notice of hearing; cost to typical property.
- 209-E - Establishment or extension of districts.
- 209-F - Application for permission of state comptroller to establish or extend district.
- 209-G - Recording of determination; review by certiorari.
- 209-H - Increase of maximum amount to be expended.
- 209-I - Refuse and garbage improvement districts.
- Article 12-C - (209-Q - 209-S) SEWER OR WATER IMPROVEMENTS
- Article 13 - (210 - 216) IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS
- 210 - Application.
- 211 - District commissioners.
- 211-A - Special provisions applicable to the Fishers Island garbage and refuse district.
- 212 - Annual election and notice thereof.
- 212-A - Election of commissioners of Bethpage water district and Hicksville water district.
- 213 - Qualification of voters.
- 213-A - Registration for voters and preparation of the voter register.
- 213-B - Absentee ballots for improvement district elections; special provisions.
- 214 - Oaths, undertakings and compensation of commissioners.
- 215 - Powers and duties of improvement district commissioners.
- 215-A - Postings on website of district.
- 216 - Powers of town board.
- Article 14 - (220 - 223) GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS
- Article 15 - (231 - 247) FINANCING OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
- 231 - Permanent financing of district and special improvements.
- 231-A - Permanent financing of district improvements to be paid from general taxation.
- 232 - Permanent financing of general improvements.
- 234 - Disposition of proceeds of bonds, notes or certificates.
- 235 - Accounts to be kept with each improvement.
- 236 - Completion of improvements.
- 237 - Preparation of assessment-roll for certain improvements.
- 238 - Assessment of property partly in district.
- 239 - Completion of roll and hearing.
- 240 - Delivery of roll to collector; warrant for collection.
- 241 - Notice by collector or receiver of taxes; return of assessment roll.
- 242 - Assessments payable in installments.
- 243 - Collection of annual installments of assessments.
- 244 - Correction of assessments.
- 244-A - Apportionment of completed local assessment upon subdivision or sale of part of land affected.
- 245 - Expense of maintenance.
- 246 - Proceeding to review decision.
- 247 - Reassessment and apportionment where original assessment and apportionment has been held invalid.
- Article 16 - (261 - 285) ZONING AND PLANNING
- 261 - Grant of power; appropriations for certain expenses incurred under this article.
- 261-A - Transfer of development rights; definitions; conditions; procedures.
- 261-B - Incentive zoning; definitions, purpose, conditions, procedures.
- 261-C - Planned unit development zoning districts.
- 262 - Districts.
- 262-A - Town of Lansing; division of certain parts thereof.
- 263 - Purposes in view
- 264 - Adoption of zoning regulations.
- 265 - Changes.
- 265-A - Exemption of lots shown on approved subdivision plats.
- 266 - Adoption of first zoning ordinance.
- 267 - Zoning board of appeals.
- 267-A - Board of appeals procedure.
- 267-B - Permitted action by board of appeals.
- 267-C - Article seventy-eight proceeding.
- 268 - Enforcement and remedies.
- 269 - Conflict with other laws.
- 270 - Official map, establishment.
- 271 - Planning board, creation, appointment.
- 272-A - Town comprehensive plan.
- 273 - Official map, changes.
- 274-A - Site plan review.
- 274-B - Approval of special use permits.
- 276 - Subdivision review; approval of plats; development of filed plats.
- 277 - Subdivision review; approval of plats; additional requisites.
- 278 - Subdivision review; approval of cluster development.
- 279 - Subdivision review; record of plats.
- 280 - Permits for buildings in bed of mapped streets.
- 280-A - Permits for buildings not on improved mapped streets.
- 281 - Municipal improvements in streets.
- 282 - Court review.
- 283 - Issuance of licenses and permits in certain towns.
- 283-A - Coordination with agricultural districts program.
- 284 - Intermunicipal cooperation in comprehensive planning and land use regulation.
- 285 - Separability clause.
- Article 17 - (290 - 296) CEMETERIES
- Article 18 - (300 - 327) FENCES, STRAYS AND POUNDS
- 300 - Apportionment of division fence.
- 301 - Lands lying open.
- 302 - Division fence on change of title.
- 303 - Settlement of disputes.
- 304 - Powers of fence viewers.
- 305 - Neglect to make or repair division fence.
- 306 - Fence destroyed by accident.
- 307 - Damages for insufficient fence.
- 308 - Damages for omitting to build fence.
- 309 - Use of barbed or other wire for division fence.
- 310 - Lien upon strays.
- 311 - Notice of lien to town clerk.
- 312 - Impounding strays.
- 313 - Notice of strays to owner.
- 314 - Charges for notice of strays.
- 315 - Fees of fence viewers as to strays.
- 316 - Foreclosure of lien upon strays.
- 317 - Notice of sale of strays by fence viewers.
- 318 - Proceeds of sale of strays.
- 319 - Notice to owner of strays of fence viewers' meeting.
- 320 - Duties of fence viewers as to strays.
- 321 - Foreclosure of lien upon strays by action.
- 322 - Surplus money upon sale of strays.
- 323 - Damages from other personal property.
- 324 - Penalty of conversion of floating lumber.
- 325 - Application of article.
- 326 - Erection and discontinuance of pounds.
- 327 - Pound-master's fees.
- Article 19 - (340 - 342) LAWS REPEALED; TEMPORARY PROVISIONS AND SAVING CLAUSE