Kingston, NY — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-05-05. Official source: https://ecode360.com/KI0280

Every town writes its own rules, and Kingston's live in its municipal code — 107 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 Kingston code

• Ch C — Charter (§ C1-1 – § C18-3)
• Ch A — Administrative Code (§ A-1 – § A-9)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-17)
• Ch 3 — Adopt-A-Highway, -Park or -Shoreline Program (§ 3-1 – § 3-10)
• Ch 5 — Appearance Tickets (§ 5-1 – § 5-10)
• Ch 8 — Assessment Review Board (§ 8-1 – § 8-3)
• Ch 18 — Community Choice Aggregation Program (§ 18-1 – § 18-12)
• Ch 22 — Commissions (§ 22-1 – § 22-27)
• Ch 26 — Common Council (§ 26-1 – § 26-2)
• Ch 30 — Community Development Advisory Council (§ 30-1 – § 30-2)
• Ch 32 — Crossing Guards (§ 32-1 – § 32-3)
• Ch 35 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 35-1 – § 35-3)
• Ch 40 — Emergency Regulations (§ 40-1 – § 40-6)
• Ch 46 — Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (§ 46-1 – § 46-4)
• Ch 49 — Ethics (§ 49-1 – § 49-10)
• Ch 52 — Fire Department (§ 52-1 – § 52-2)
• Ch 55 — Flag and Seal, Official (§ 55-1 – § 55-5)
• Ch 60 — Information Technology, Department of (§ 60-1 – § 60-2)
• Ch 74 — Laws of 1913: Exercise of Powers (§ 74-1 – § 74-12)
• Ch 77 — Mental Health Board (§ 77-1 – § 77-2)
• Ch 79 — Merit Award Board (§ 79-1 – § 79-9)
• Ch 85 — Office Hours (§ 85-1 – § 85-4)
• Ch 87 — Open Meetings (§ 87-1)
• Ch 93 — Personnel (§ 93-1 – § 93-6)
• Ch 96 — Planning Board (§ 96-1 – § 96-15)
• Ch 103 — Procurement Policy (§ 103-1 – § 103-5)
• Ch 106 — Real Property, Sale or Lease of (§ 106-1 – § 106-2)
• Ch 110 — Residency Requirements (§ 110-1 – § 110-5)
• Ch 113 — Salaries and Compensation
• Ch 114 — Surplus Property, Sale of (§ 114-1)
• Ch 130 — Advertisements and Billboards (§ 130-1 – § 130-17)
• Ch 135 — Air Pollution and Smoke Control (§ 135-1 – § 135-9)
• Ch 142 — Alarm Systems (§ 142-1 – § 142-15)
• Ch 145 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 145-1 – § 145-5)
• Ch 148 — All-Terrain Vehicles (§ 148-1 – § 148-8)
• Ch 151 — Animals (§ 151-1 – § 151-40)
• Ch 154 — Auctions and Auctioneering (§ 154-1 – § 154-10)
• Ch 163 — Bingo (§ 163-1 – § 163-2)
• Ch 166 — Blasting (§ 166-1 – § 166-11)
• Ch 172 — Building Construction (§ 172-1 – § 172-21)
• Ch 178 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 178-1 – § 178-9)
• Ch 179 — Buildings, Vacant (§ 179-1 – § 179-12)
• Ch 180 — Bus Fares (§ 180-1 – § 180-3)
• Ch 188 — Community Preservation (§ 188-1 – § 188-27)
• Ch 191 — Curfew (§ 191-1 – § 191-5)
• Ch 195 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 195-1 – § 195-2)
• Ch 197 — Dangerous Weapons (§ 197-1 – § 197-5)
• Ch 198 — Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia (§ 198-1 – § 198-14)
• Ch 199 — Nuisances (§ 199-1 – § 199-28)
• Ch 205 — Economic Development Zone (§ 205-1 – § 205-8)
• Ch 208 — Electrical Regulations (§ 208-1 – § 208-28)
• Ch 210 — Energy Conservation (§ 210-1 – § 210-9)
• Ch 211 — Excavation Hazards (§ 211-1 – § 211-3)
• Ch 213 — Exhibitions and Shows (§ 213-1 – § 213-7)
• Ch 217 — Fees (§ 217-1)
• Ch 220 — Fences (§ 220-1 – § 220-4)
• Ch 223 — Firearms (§ 223-1 – § 223-5)
• Ch 224 — Firearms: Shooting Ranges (§ 224-1 – § 224-28)
• Ch 226 — Fire Insurance Proceeds (§ 226-1 – § 226-13)
• Ch 229 — Fire Lanes (§ 229-1 – § 229-4)
• Ch 233 — Fire Prevention (§ 233-1 – § 233-11)
• Ch 245 — Games of Chance (§ 245-1 – § 245-3)
• Ch 250 — Graffiti (§ 250-1 – § 250-7)
• Ch 255 — Hazardous Materials (§ 255-1 – § 255-2)
• Ch 268 — Illicit Discharges (§ 268-1 – § 268-17)
• Ch 277 — Hotels, Motels, Inns, Rooming Houses and Boardinghouses (§ 277-1 – § 277-18)
• Ch 280 — Municipal Identification Program (§ 280-1 – § 280-11)
• Ch 285 — Navigation (§ 285-1 – § 285-11)
• Ch 300 — Noise (§ 300-1 – § 300-9)
• Ch 305 — Parades (§ 305-1 – § 305-9)
• Ch 308 — Parental Responsibility (§ 308-1 – § 308-6)
• Ch 310 — Parks and Recreational Facilities (§ 310-1 – § 310-16)
• Ch 313 — Pawnbrokers (§ 313-1 – § 313-7)
• Ch 318 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 318-1 – § 318-20)
• Ch 321 — Plumbing
• Ch 324 — Public Transportation (§ 324-1 – § 324-10)
• Ch 330 — Records (§ 330-1 – § 330-10)
• Ch 331 — Residential Rentals (§ 331-1 – § 331-5)
• Ch 332 — Rental Properties (§ 332-1 – § 332-12)
• Ch 333 — Rental Premises, Property Maintenance for Tenants of (§ 333-1 – § 333-13)
• Ch 335 — Sales of Merchandise (§ 335-1 – § 335-2)
• Ch 336 — Sanitation and Weeds (§ 336-1 – § 336-2)
• Ch 338 — Sewers (§ 338-1 – § 338-24)
• Ch 340 — Sewer Use (§ 340-1 – § 340-56)
• Ch 345 — Shopping Carts (§ 345-1 – § 345-5)
• Ch 346 — Sidewalk Cafes (§ 346-1 – § 346-5)
• Ch 347 — Site Plan Review
• Ch 348 — Smoking (§ 348-1 – § 348-2)
• Ch 350 — Solid Waste (§ 350-1 – § 350-30)
• Ch 353 — Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 353-1 – § 353-14)
• Ch 355 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 355-1 – § 355-69)
• Ch 358 — Sidewalk Standards (§ 358-1 – § 358-11)
• Ch 360 — Taxation (§ 360-1 – § 360-66)
• Ch 363 — Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers (§ 363-1 – § 363-34)
• Ch 370 — Tow Trucks (§ 370-1 – § 370-33)
• Ch 371 — Toxic Pesticides and Herbicides (§ 371-1 – § 371-6)
• Ch 373 — Trees (§ 373-1 – § 373-12)
• Ch 374 — Trees, Street (§ 374-1 – § 374-2)
• Ch 376 — Trucks, Parking of (§ 376-1 – § 376-5)
• Ch 384 — Motor Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 384-1 – § 384-11)
• Ch 386 — Motor Vehicles, Repair of (§ 386-1 – § 386-4)
• Ch 390 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 390-1 – § 390-122)
• Ch 395 — Water (§ 395-1 – § 395-53)
• Ch 398 — Waterfront (§ 398-1 – § 398-13)
• Ch 405 — Zoning (§ 405-1 – § 405-28)
• Ch A407 — Plumbing Code Administration (§ A407-1 – § A407-110)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)