Schenectady, NY — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-07-14. Official source: https://ecode360.com/SC0901

Every town writes its own rules, and Schenectady's live in its municipal code — 121 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 Schenectady code

• Ch C — Charter and Related Legislation (§ C1-1 – § C15-1)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-17)
• Ch 3 — Accident Reports (§ 3-1 – § 3-4)
• Ch 6 — Affirmative Action (§ 6-1 – § 6-14)
• Ch 8 — Assessment Districts, Upper Union Street (§ 8-1 – § 8-5)
• Ch 9 — Assessment Districts, Special Downtown (§ 9-1 – § 9-6)
• Ch 10 — Assessment, Real Property (§ 10-1 – § 10-27)
• Ch 13 — Capital Budget Process (§ 13-1 – § 13-3)
• Ch 14 — City Bonds (§ 14-1 – § 14-2)
• Ch 16 — City History Center (§ 16-1 – § 16-5)
• Ch 18 — City Offices (§ 18-1)
• Ch 20 — Claim Releases; City Insurance (§ 20-1 – § 20-3)
• Ch 23 — Clerk (§ 23-1 – § 23-8)
• Ch 26 — Conferences, Municipal (§ 26-1)
• Ch 28 — Council, City (§ 28-1 – § 28-31)
• Ch 29 — Counsel, Corporation (§ 29-1 – § 29-9)
• Ch 31 — Court Clerk (§ 31-1 – § 31-6)
• Ch 33 — Development, Department of (§ 33-1 – § 33-4)
• Ch 35 — Economic Development Zone Administrative Board (§ 35-1 – § 35-3)
• Ch 36 — Elections (§ 36-1 – § 36-4)
• Ch 39 — Employee Organizations (§ 39-1)
• Ch 42 — Engineering and Public Works, Department of (§ 42-1 – § 42-8)
• Ch 48 — Ethics, Code of (§ 48-1 – § 48-23)
• Ch 51 — Finance (§ 51-1 – § 51-7)
• Ch 54 — Flag, Seal, Flower and Song, Official (§ 54-1 – § 54-3)
• Ch 57 — Freedom of Information (§ 57-1 – § 57-8)
• Ch 59 — General Services, Department of (§ 59-1 – § 59-4)
• Ch 60 — Grievance Procedures (§ 60-1 – § 60-8)
• Ch 62 — Purchasing (§ 62-1 – § 62-7)
• Ch 67 — Housing Authority (§ 67-1)
• Ch 68 — Housing Standards Review Board (§ 68-1 – § 68-11)
• Ch 70 — Industrial Development Agency (§ 70-1 – § 70-4)
• Ch 72 — Land Reutilization Corporation of the Capital Region (§ 72-1 – § 72-7)
• Ch 73 — Leasing of Restaurant Facilities: Sealed Bids (§ 73-1)
• Ch 76 — Legal Notices (§ 76-1)
• Ch 86 — Parks and Recreation Administration (§ 86-1 – § 86-8)
• Ch 87 — Personnel (§ 87-1 – § 87-47)
• Ch 91 — Planning Commission (§ 91-1 – § 91-21)
• Ch 92 — Police (§ 92-1 – § 92-28)
• Ch 93 — Civilian Police Review Board (§ 93-1 – § 93-24)
• Ch 95 — Recreation Advisory Commission (§ 95-1 – § 95-6)
• Ch 96 — Schenectady Heritage Area Advisory Council (§ 96-1 – § 96-3)
• Ch 97 — Schenectady - Nijkerk Council (§ 97-1 – § 97-6)
• Ch 99 — Solid Waste Department (§ 99-1 – § 99-2)
• Ch 100 — Traffic Violations Bureau (§ 100-1 – § 100-4)
• Ch 102 — Urban Homesteading (§ 102-1 – § 102-6)
• Ch 103 — Urban Renewal Agency (§ 103-1)
• Ch 106 — Youth Advisory Board (§ 106-1 – § 106-5)
• Ch 109 — Consumer Protection, Office of (§ 109-1 – § 109-6)
• Ch 111 — Workers' Compensation (§ 111-1)
• Ch 115 — Adult Bookstores; Obscene Material (§ 115-1 – § 115-14)
• Ch 117 — Advertising (§ 117-1 – § 117-9)
• Ch 121 — Air Pollution (§ 121-1 – § 121-7)
• Ch 124 — Alarms (§ 124-1 – § 124-25)
• Ch 126 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 126-1 – § 126-3)
• Ch 128 — Amusements (§ 128-1 – § 128-9)
• Ch 131 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 131-1 – § 131-34)
• Ch 135 — Bingo and Games of Chance (§ 135-1 – § 135-24)
• Ch 137 — Building Code Administration (§ 137-1 – § 137-18)
• Ch 138 — Building, Plumbing and Electrical Standards (§ 138-1 – § 138-98)
• Ch 140 — Buildings and Lots, Numbering of (§ 140-1 – § 140-7)
• Ch 141 — Community Choice Aggregation Program (§ 141-1 – § 141-12)
• Ch 142 — Dances and Dance Halls (§ 142-1 – § 142-13)
• Ch 144 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 144-1 – § 144-19)
• Ch 146 — Energy Advisory Board (§ 146-1 – § 146-7)
• Ch 147 — Environmental Quality Review: Supplement (§ 147-1 – § 147-6)
• Ch 148 — Stormwater Management (§ 148-1 – § 148-36)
• Ch 149 — Energize NY Benefit Financing Programs (§ 149-1 – § 149-19)
• Ch 151 — Excavations (§ 151-1 – § 151-12)
• Ch 152 — Explosives (§ 152-1 – § 152-5)
• Ch 155 — Fire Insurance Claims (§ 155-1 – § 155-12)
• Ch 156 — Fire Prevention and Protection (§ 156-1 – § 156-12)
• Ch 157 — Flood Hazard Control (§ 157-1 – § 157-17)
• Ch 158 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 158-1 – § 158-21)
• Ch 158A — Freelance Workers (§ 158A-1 – § 158A-9)
• Ch 159 — Garage Sales (§ 159-1 – § 159-5)
• Ch 161 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 161-1 – § 161-26)
• Ch 163 — Gasoline and Motor Fuel: Sign Display (§ 163-1 – § 163-7)
• Ch 164 — Group Homes (§ 164-1 – § 164-6)
• Ch 165 — Golf Course, Municipal (§ 165-1 – § 165-6)
• Ch 167 — Housing Standards (§ 167-1 – § 167-79)
• Ch 170 — Iceboxes and Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 170-1 – § 170-2)
• Ch 177 — Massage Parlors (§ 177-1 – § 177-3)
• Ch 179 — Merchants, Transient (§ 179-1 – § 179-9)
• Ch 182 — Noise (§ 182-1 – § 182-8)
• Ch 183 — Nuisances (§ 183-1 – § 183-18)
• Ch 186 — Parks and Recreation (§ 186-1 – § 186-46)
• Ch 189 — Pawnbrokers (§ 189-1 – § 189-7)
• Ch 192 — Peace and Good Order (§ 192-1 – § 192-40)
• Ch 194 — Peddlers and Vendors (§ 194-1 – § 194-14)
• Ch 201 — Poles and Wires (§ 201-1 – § 201-12)
• Ch 203 — Precious Metals Dealers (§ 203-1 – § 203-11)
• Ch 204 — Public Assembly Areas (§ 204-1 – § 204-5)
• Ch 206 — Property, Private (§ 206-1 – § 206-3)
• Ch 208 — Rat and Pest Control (§ 208-1 – § 208-21)
• Ch 210 — Rental Property (§ 210-1 – § 210-19)
• Ch 214 — Sales, Special (§ 214-1 – § 214-19)
• Ch 215 — Sale of Real Property (§ 215-1 – § 215-2)
• Ch 216 — Scrap Processors and Junk Peddlers (§ 216-1 – § 216-15)
• Ch 217 — Secondhand Dealers (§ 217-1 – § 217-9)
• Ch 220 — Sewers (§ 220-1 – § 220-95)
• Ch 224 — Soliciting, Door-To-Door (§ 224-1 – § 224-13)
• Ch 228 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 228-1 – § 228-90)
• Ch 230 — Subdivision of Land (§ 230-1 – § 230-3)
• Ch 232 — Swimming Pools, Residential (§ 232-1 – § 232-9)
• Ch 234 — Taxation (§ 234-1 – § 234-46)
• Ch 236 — Taxicabs (§ 236-1 – § 236-9)
• Ch 240 — Trailer Camps (§ 240-1 – § 240-3)
• Ch 243 — Trees and Shrubs (§ 243-1 – § 243-15)
• Ch 247 — Vehicles, Abandoned and Unused (§ 247-1 – § 247-10)
• Ch 248 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 248-1 – § 248-116)
• Ch 251 — Vendors, Ice Cream Truck (§ 251-1 – § 251-6)
• Ch 255 — Water (§ 255-1 – § 255-83)
• Ch 256 — Watershed (§ 256-1 – § 256-13)
• Ch 257 — Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (§ 257-1 – § 257-27)
• Ch 258 — Weeds and Offensive Accumulation (§ 258-1 – § 258-11)
• Ch 260 — Weights and Measures; Trade Practices (§ 260-1 – § 260-4)
• Ch 264 — Zoning (§ 264-1 – § 264-133)
• Ch 265 — School Bus Violation Monitoring (§ 265-1 – § 265-10)
• Ch A270 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A270-1 – § A270-21)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)