Beacon, NY — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-02-17. Official source: https://ecode360.com/BE0803

Every town writes its own rules, and Beacon's live in its municipal code — 97 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Beacon code

• Ch C — Charter (Sec. 1.00 – Sec. 10.05)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-20)
• Ch 5 — Administration of Government (§ 5-1 – § 5-20)
• Ch 11 — Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer (§ 11-1 – § 11-5)
• Ch 17 — Conservation Advisory Committee (§ 17-1 – § 17-9)
• Ch 19 — Continuity of Government (§ 19-1 – § 19-7)
• Ch 21 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 21-1 – § 21-9)
• Ch 23 — Emergency Management Committee (§ 23-1 – § 23-6)
• Ch 24 — Drought Emergency Plan (§ 24-1 – § 24-4)
• Ch 26 — Economic Development Zone (§ 26-1 – § 26-5)
• Ch 29 — Ethics, Code of (§ 29-1 – § 29-15)
• Ch 31 — Fire Department (§ 31-1 – § 31-13)
• Ch 32 — Fire Advisory Board (§ 32-1 – § 32-6)
• Ch 32A — Greenway Connections (§ 32A-1 – § 32A-3)
• Ch 33 — Harbor Management (§ 33-1 – § 33-15)
• Ch 34 — Hearings (§ 34-1 – § 34-3)
• Ch 39 — Meetings (§ 39-1 – § 39-6)
• Ch 41 — Mental Hygiene Board (§ 41-1)
• Ch 42 — Municipal Identification Program (§ 42-1 – § 42-10)
• Ch 43 — Officers and Employees (§ 43-1 – § 43-5)
• Ch 45 — Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals (§ 45-1 – § 45-17)
• Ch 51 — Police Department (§ 51-1 – § 51-18)
• Ch 53 — Purchasing (§ 53-1 – § 53-3)
• Ch 55 — Records (§ 55-1 – § 55-16)
• Ch 56 — Recreation Director; Recreation Department (§ 56-1 – § 56-3)
• Ch 57 — Recreation Committee (§ 57-1 – § 57-6)
• Ch 59 — Retirement and Pensions (§ 59-1 – § 59-4)
• Ch 61 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 63 — Smoking (§ 63-1 – § 63-6)
• Ch 64 — Summonses (§ 64-1 – § 64-5)
• Ch 65 — Traffic and Safety Planning Committee (§ 65-1 – § 65-3)
• Ch 77 — Alarms (§ 77-1 – § 77-6)
• Ch 79 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 79-1 – § 79-5)
• Ch 83 — Amusements (§ 83-1 – § 83-7)
• Ch 85 — Application Processing Restrictions (§ 85-1 – § 85-5)
• Ch 86 — Architectural Design (§ 86-1 – § 86-6)
• Ch 87 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 87-1 – § 87-5)
• Ch 89 — Bingo (§ 89-1 – § 89-7)
• Ch 91 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 91-1 – § 91-5)
• Ch 92 — Buildings, Vacant (§ 92-1 – § 92-11)
• Ch 94 — Crime Property (§ 94-1 – § 94-8)
• Ch 99 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 99-1 – § 99-19)
• Ch 100 — Driveways (§ 100-1 – § 100-8)
• Ch 101 — Drugs (§ 101-1 – § 101-2)
• Ch 102 — Dumpsters and Clothing Bin Containers (§ 102-1 – § 102-8)
• Ch 103 — Electrical Standards (§ 103-1 – § 103-28)
• Ch 106 — Energy Conservation (§ 106-1 – § 106-35)
• Ch 107 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 107-1 – § 107-15)
• Ch 111 — Explosives (§ 111-1 – § 111-17)
• Ch 115 — Fees (§ 115-1 – § 115-2)
• Ch 117 — Filming (§ 117-1 – § 117-18)
• Ch 119 — Fire Prevention and Building Code, Uniform (§ 119-1 – § 119-18)
• Ch 120 — E-911 (§ 120-1 – § 120-9)
• Ch 123 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 123-1 – § 123-19)
• Ch 127 — Games of Chance (§ 127-1 – § 127-13)
• Ch 131 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 131-1 – § 131-9)
• Ch 132 — Graffiti (§ 132-1 – § 132-6)
• Ch 134 — Historic Preservation (§ 134-1 – § 134-12)
• Ch 136 — Furnaces, Outdoor Wood-Burning (§ 136-1 – § 136-12)
• Ch 139 — Junk Dealers (§ 139-1 – § 139-4)
• Ch 143 — Littering (§ 143-1 – § 143-17)
• Ch 145 — Loitering (§ 145-1 – § 145-7)
• Ch 149 — Noise (§ 149-1 – § 149-13)
• Ch 154 — Parking Permit System (§ 154-1 – § 154-2)
• Ch 155 — Parks (§ 155-1 – § 155-6)
• Ch 159 — Peace and Good Order (§ 159-1 – § 159-15)
• Ch 163 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 163-1 – § 163-12)
• Ch 167 — Plumbing (§ 167-1 – § 167-31)
• Ch 169 — Public Art (§ 169-1 – § 169-8)
• Ch 170 — Public Trail Regulations (§ 170-1 – § 170-7)
• Ch 171 — Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 171-1 – § 171-2)
• Ch 173 — Rental Properties (§ 173-1 – § 173-16)
• Ch 174 — Safe Storage and Display of Firearms (§ 174-1 – § 174-4)
• Ch 175 — Sales, Special (§ 175-1 – § 175-9)
• Ch 179 — Sewers (§ 179-1 – § 179-13)
• Ch 183 — Signs (§ 183-1 – § 183-11)
• Ch 187 — Slaughterhouses (§ 187-1)
• Ch 189 — Storm Sewers (§ 189-1 – § 189-19)
• Ch 190 — Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 190-1 – § 190-13)
• Ch 191 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 191-1 – § 191-24)
• Ch 192 — Street Specifications (§ 192-1 – § 192-33)
• Ch 195 — Subdivision of Land (§ 195-1 – § 195-30)
• Ch 199 — Taxation (§ 199-1 – § 199-88)
• Ch 200 — Taxicabs (§ 200-1 – § 200-28)
• Ch 203 — Trees, Shrubs and Grass (§ 203-1 – § 203-8)
• Ch 204 — Sand and Gravel Excavation and Tree Removal (§ 204-1 – § 204-13)
• Ch 209 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 209-1 – § 209-10)
• Ch 210 — Vehicle Repair and Sales (§ 210-1 – § 210-2)
• Ch 211 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 211-1 – § 211-47)
• Ch 213 — Vehicles for Hire (§ 213-1 – § 213-6)
• Ch 219 — Water (§ 219-1 – § 219-40)
• Ch 220 — Waterfront Consistency Review (§ 220-1 – § 220-8)
• Ch 223 — Zoning (§ 223-1 – § 223-86)
• Ch A226 — Polo Fields Annexation (§ A226-1 – § A226-10)
• Ch A227 — Annexation of Lands of Elsie J. Burke (§ A227-1 – § A227-6)
• Ch A228 — Emergency Regulations for Outdoor Business Areas (§ A228-1 – § A228-14)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)