Rensselaer, NY — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-10-01. Official source: https://ecode360.com/RE1014

Every town writes its own rules, and Rensselaer's live in its municipal code — 69 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 Rensselaer code

• Ch C — Rensselaer City Charter (§ 1 – § 371)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-13)
• Ch 5 — Appearance Tickets (§ 5-1 – § 5-3)
• Ch 9 — Assessment and Taxation, Department of (§ 9-1 – § 9-4)
• Ch 11 — Assessment Review, Board of (§ 11-1 – § 11-4)
• Ch 12 — Budget Committee (§ 12-1 – § 12-2)
• Ch 14 — Code Enforcement (§ 14-1 – § 14-2)
• Ch 17 — Ethics, Code of (§ 17-1 – § 17-24)
• Ch 23 — Hearings, Public (§ 23-1)
• Ch 28 — Loan Review Committee (§ 28-1 – § 28-5)
• Ch 33 — Office Hours (§ 33-1 – § 33-2)
• Ch 35 — Officers and Employees (§ 35-1)
• Ch 37 — Personnel Policies (§ 37-1 – § 37-29)
• Ch 39 — Planning Commission (§ 39-1 – § 39-4)
• Ch 43 — Police Department (§ 43-1 – § 43-23)
• Ch 45 — Procurement Policy (§ 45-1 – § 45-5)
• Ch 47 — Purchasing Department (§ 47-1 – § 47-6)
• Ch 51 — Records (§ 51-1 – § 51-15)
• Ch 53 — Retirement Incentive Program (§ 53-1 – § 53-4)
• Ch 55 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 55-1 – § 55-5)
• Ch 57 — Sale of Property (§ 57-1)
• Ch 69 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 69-1 – § 69-6)
• Ch 73 — Amusement Devices (§ 73-1 – § 73-12)
• Ch 77 — Billboards (§ 77-1 – § 77-17)
• Ch 81 — Bingo (§ 81-1)
• Ch 84 — Buildings, Nuisance (§ 84-1 – § 84-12)
• Ch 85 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 85-1 – § 85-17)
• Ch 85A — Buildings, Vacant (§ 85A-1 – § 85A-19)
• Ch 86 — Clothing Requirements (§ 86-1 – § 86-4)
• Ch 87 — Deed Restrictions (§ 87-1 – § 87-2)
• Ch 89 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 89-1 – § 89-20)
• Ch 90 — Domestic Partnerships (§ 90-1 – § 90-4)
• Ch 91 — Emergencies, Declaration of (§ 91-1 – § 91-9)
• Ch 93 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 93-1 – § 93-33)
• Ch 95 — Fair Housing (§ 95-1 – § 95-13)
• Ch 97 — Fees (§ 97-1 – § 97-5)
• Ch 99 — Firearms (§ 99-1)
• Ch 101 — Fire Prevention and Building Code, Uniform (§ 101-1 – § 101-19)
• Ch 105 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 105-1 – § 105-17)
• Ch 109 — Games of Chance (§ 109-1 – § 109-22)
• Ch 113 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 113-1 – § 113-45)
• Ch 117 — Hazardous Materials, Storage of (§ 117-1 – § 117-4)
• Ch 121 — Housing (§ 121-1 – § 121-92.1)
• Ch 127 — Littering (§ 127-1 – § 127-7)
• Ch 131 — Noise (§ 131-1 – § 131-3)
• Ch 132 — Open Burning (§ 132-1 – § 132-2)
• Ch 133 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 133-1 – § 133-10)
• Ch 134 — Parolee Registration (§ 134-1 – § 134-5)
• Ch 136 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 136-1 – § 136-36)
• Ch 137 — Property, City-Owned (§ 137-1 – § 137-13)
• Ch 139 — Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 139-1 – § 139-2)
• Ch 140 — Residential Parking Permit System (§ 140-1 – § 140-10)
• Ch 141 — Sales (§ 141-1 – § 141-9)
• Ch 142 — School Buses (§ 142-1 – § 142-10)
• Ch 143 — Sewers (§ 143-1 – § 143-48)
• Ch 145 — Stormwater Management (§ 145-1 – § 145-25)
• Ch 147 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 147-1 – § 147-12)
• Ch 149 — Subdivision of Land
• Ch 151 — Swimming Pools (§ 151-1 – § 151-11)
• Ch 155 — Taxation (§ 155-1 – § 155-45)
• Ch 160 — Text Messaging (§ 160-1 – § 160-6)
• Ch 161 — Towers and Towing (§ 161-1 – § 161-24)
• Ch 163 — Trees and Shrubs (§ 163-1 – § 163-3)
• Ch 167 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 167-1 – § 167-9)
• Ch 169 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 169-1 – § 169-8)
• Ch 171 — Vehicles, Unlicensed (§ 171-1 – § 171-5)
• Ch 175 — Water (§ 175-1 – § 175-24)
• Ch 179 — Zoning (§ 179-1 – § 179-112)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)