Mount Vernon, NY — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-11-25. Official source: https://ecode360.com/MO0742

Every town writes its own rules, and Mount Vernon's live in its municipal code — 103 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 Mount Vernon code

• Ch C — Charter (§ 1 – § 277)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-20)
• Ch 7 — Appearance Tickets (§ 7-1 – § 7-9)
• Ch 10 — Architectural Review Board (§ 10-1 – § 10-11)
• Ch 12 — Cable Television Advisory Committee (§ 12-1 – § 12-12)
• Ch 13 — Mount Vernon Disability Advisory Board (§ 13-1 – § 13-9)
• Ch 14 — Civilian Advisory Board for Police Affairs (§ 14-1 – § 14-12)
• Ch 16 — Continuity of Government (§ 16-1 – § 16-2)
• Ch 18 — Crimestoppers Board (§ 18-1 – § 18-11)
• Ch 22 — Economic Development Task Force (§ 22-1 – § 22-9)
• Ch 24 — Ethics (§ 24-1 – § 24-11)
• Ch 28 — Highway Safety Committee (§ 28-1 – § 28-5)
• Ch 30 — Human Rights Commission (§ 30-1 – § 30-11)
• Ch 38 — Map, Official (§ 38-1 – § 38-3)
• Ch 42 — Notices of Claim (§ 42-1 – § 42-2)
• Ch 46 — Officers and Employees (§ 46-1 – § 46-12)
• Ch 50 — Personnel Policies (§ 50-1 – § 50-67)
• Ch 53 — Planning Board (§ 53-1 – § 53-7)
• Ch 56 — Police and Firemen's Pension Fund (§ 56-1 – § 56-19)
• Ch 57 — Procurement Policy (§ 57-1 – § 57-20)
• Ch 58 — Public Improvements (§ 58-1 – § 58-6)
• Ch 63 — Seal (§ 63-1)
• Ch 70 — Veterans Service Agency (§ 70-1 – § 70-4)
• Ch 72 — Videoconferencing (§ 72-1 – § 72-7)
• Ch 75 — Youth Bureau (§ 75-1 – § 75-11)
• Ch 80 — Abatement of Nuisances (§ 80-1 – § 80-3)
• Ch 81 — Air Pollution (§ 81-1 – § 81-8)
• Ch 83 — Alarm Systems (§ 83-1 – § 83-9)
• Ch 84 — Amusements (§ 84-1 – § 84-25)
• Ch 88 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 88-1 – § 88-23)
• Ch 90 — Bamboo (§ 90-1 – § 90-7)
• Ch 92 — Bicycles (§ 92-1 – § 92-21)
• Ch 95 — Bingo (§ 95-1 – § 95-23)
• Ch 98 — Boilers and Other Equipment (§ 98-1 – § 98-32)
• Ch 102 — Building Construction and Fire Prevention (§ 102-1 – § 102-21)
• Ch 104 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 104-1 – § 104-3)
• Ch 106 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 106-1 – § 106-11)
• Ch 113 — Dances and Dance Halls (§ 113-1 – § 113-11)
• Ch 116 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 116-1 – § 116-18)
• Ch 120 — Electrical Standards (§ 120-1 – § 120-10)
• Ch 122 — Energy (§ 122-1 – § 122-9)
• Ch 126 — Fees and Deposits (§ 126-1 – § 126-17)
• Ch 128 — Filming (§ 128-1 – § 128-10)
• Ch 131 — Fire Prevention (§ 131-1 – § 131-271)
• Ch 135 — Fireworks (§ 135-1)
• Ch 137 — Forfeiture of Vehicles in Connection With Criminal Acts (§ 137-1 – § 137-11)
• Ch 139 — Fuel, Sale of (§ 139-1 – § 139-3)
• Ch 139A — Games of Chance (§ 139A-1 – § 139A-23)
• Ch 140 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 140-1 – § 140-35)
• Ch 142 — Gasoline Sales (§ 142-1 – § 142-5)
• Ch 144 — Graffiti (§ 144-1 – § 144-10)
• Ch 145 — Handbills and Posters (§ 145-1 – § 145-6)
• Ch 147 — Harassment of Police Officers (§ 147-1 – § 147-3)
• Ch 148 — Home Improvement Businesses (§ 148-1 – § 148-20)
• Ch 149 — Housing Standards (§ 149-1 – § 149-78)
• Ch 153 — Hydrants (§ 153-1 – § 153-3)
• Ch 154 — Illicit Discharges: Storm Sewer System (§ 154-1 – § 154-22)
• Ch 155 — Insurance (§ 155-1 – § 155-2)
• Ch 156 — Item Pricing (§ 156-1 – § 156-13)
• Ch 157 — Junkyards and Junk Dealers (§ 157-1 – § 157-22)
• Ch 162 — Liquefied Petroleum Gases (§ 162-1 – § 162-5)
• Ch 164 — Memorial Day Observance (§ 164-1 – § 164-4)
• Ch 165 — Minibikes (§ 165-1 – § 165-5)
• Ch 170 — Municipal Fields (§ 170-1 – § 170-24)
• Ch 174 — National Anthem (§ 174-1)
• Ch 178 — Noise (§ 178-1 – § 178-11)
• Ch 183 — Parking Lots (§ 183-1 – § 183-25)
• Ch 186 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 186-1 – § 186-18)
• Ch 189 — Pawnbrokers (§ 189-1 – § 189-12)
• Ch 191 — Peace and Good Order (§ 191-1 – § 191-42)
• Ch 194 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 194-1 – § 194-29)
• Ch 197 — Property, Abandoned (§ 197-1 – § 197-2)
• Ch 198 — Property Registration (§ 198-1 – § 198-4)
• Ch 200 — Public Buildings (§ 200-1 – § 200-12)
• Ch 205 — Real Estate, City-Owned (§ 205-1 – § 205-7)
• Ch 208 — Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 208-1)
• Ch 210 — Retail and Commercial Establishments (§ 210-1 – § 210-7)
• Ch 211 — Rooming Houses (§ 211-1 – § 211-19)
• Ch 215 — Sales, Special (§ 215-1 – § 215-16)
• Ch 218 — Shooting Ranges (§ 218-1 – § 218-10)
• Ch 219 — Shopping Carts (§ 219-1 – § 219-11)
• Ch 221 — Signs and Postings (§ 221-1 – § 221-5)
• Ch 224 — Social Clubs (§ 224-1 – § 224-19)
• Ch 224A — Solar Energy (§ 224A-1 – § 224A-14)
• Ch 225 — Special Police (§ 225-1 – § 225-9)
• Ch 226 — Stormwater Management (§ 226-1 – § 226-20)
• Ch 227 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 227-1 – § 227-68)
• Ch 230 — Surfacing and Paving Materials (§ 230-1 – § 230-7)
• Ch 234 — Taxation (§ 234-1 – § 234-64)
• Ch 237 — Taxicabs (§ 237-1 – § 237-42)
• Ch 238 — Taxicab Commission (§ 238-1 – § 238-5)
• Ch 239 — Telecommunications Franchising and Licensing (§ 239-1 – § 239-15)
• Ch 240 — Theaters (§ 240-1 – § 240-11)
• Ch 243 — Tow Trucks (§ 243-1 – § 243-42)
• Ch 246 — Trailers and Trailer Camps (§ 246-1 – § 246-20)
• Ch 249 — Transient Retail Business (§ 249-1 – § 249-10)
• Ch 252 — Trees (§ 252-1 – § 252-19)
• Ch 256 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 256-1 – § 256-31)
• Ch 260 — Window Cleaning (§ 260-1 – § 260-9)
• Ch 263 — Wreckers, Auto (§ 263-1 – § 263-20)
• Ch 267 — Zoning (§ 267-1 – § 267-102)
• Ch 268 — Independent Counsel (§ 268-1 – § 268-3)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)