Suffolk County, NY — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-03-10. Official source: https://ecode360.com/SU0867

Every town writes its own rules, and Suffolk County's live in its municipal code — 293 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 Suffolk County code

• Ch C — Charter (§ C1-1 – § C39-6)
• Ch A — Administrative Code (§ A1-1 – § A40-8)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-6)
• Ch 8 — Agricultural Land, Development of (§ 8-1 – § 8-18)
• Ch 12 — Air-Conditioning Systems (§ 12-1 – § 12-3)
• Ch 17 — Auxiliary Police (§ 17-1 – § 17-4)
• Ch 22 — Child Fatality Review Team (§ 22-1 – § 22-7)
• Ch 25 — Conservation Easements (§ 25-1 – § 25-6)
• Ch 26 — Conservation of Working Waterfronts (§ 26-1 – § 26-8)
• Ch 29 — Conveyance of Property (§ 29-1 – § 29-13)
• Ch 33 — Correctional Facility (§ 33-1 – § 33-11)
• Ch 36 — County Property (§ 36-1 – § 36-7)
• Ch 38 — Day-Care Facilities for County Employees (§ 38-1 – § 38-10)
• Ch 42 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 42-1 – § 42-34)
• Ch 46 — Detention Services, Division of (§ 46-1)
• Ch 50 — Disabilities Advisory Board (§ 50-1 – § 50-4)
• Ch 53 — Disability Truth-In-Hiring Policy (§ 53-1 – § 53-3)
• Ch 59 — Electrical Agency (§ 59-1 – § 59-8)
• Ch 64 — Empire Zone (§ 64-1 – § 64-6)
• Ch 68 — Employee Relations (§ 68-1 – § 68-13)
• Ch 71 — Employees Making Allegations of Misconduct, Protection of (§ 71-1 – § 71-6)
• Ch 73 — Employees Serving in Military Reserves (§ 73-1 – § 73-5)
• Ch 77 — Ethics and Accountability (§ 77-1 – § 77-19)
• Ch 82 — Film Commission (§ 82-1 – § 82-12)
• Ch 86 — Finances (§ 86-1 – § 86-8)
• Ch 94 — Fire Code Violations (§ 94-1 – § 94-2)
• Ch 98 — Flags (§ 98-1 – § 98-3)
• Ch 101 — Food Policy Council (§ 101-1 – § 101-10)
• Ch 103 — Forum for the Arts (§ 103-1 – § 103-4)
• Ch 110 — Health and Safety of Employees (§ 110-1 – § 110-22)
• Ch 114 — Hispanic Advisory Board (§ 114-1 – § 114-11)
• Ch 119 — Human Rights Commission (§ 119-1 – § 119-5)
• Ch 125 — Industrial Development Agency (§ 125-1 – § 125-3)
• Ch 125A — Chapter 125 Uncodified Local Law Provisions (§ 125A-1)
• Ch 141 — Land Exchanges (§ 141-1 – § 141-4)
• Ch 143 — Language Assistance (§ 143-1 – § 143-12)
• Ch 145 — Liability (§ 145-1 – § 145-7)
• Ch 149 — Light Pollution (§ 149-1 – § 149-5)
• Ch 155 — Local Development Corporations (§ 155-1 – § 155-30)
• Ch 160 — Mass Transportation (§ 160-1 – § 160-3)
• Ch 168 — Off-Track Betting (§ 168-1 – § 168-2)
• Ch 172 — Open Meetings (§ 172-1 – § 172-6)
• Ch 178 — Preschool Handicapped Transportation (§ 178-1 – § 178-7)
• Ch 183 — Public Notification Policy (§ 183-1 – § 183-3)
• Ch 189 — Purchasing and Contracts (§ 189-1 – § 189-77)
• Ch 189A — Chapter 189 Uncodified Local Law Provisions (§ 189A-1 – § 189A-17)
• Ch 194 — Real Property, Lease of (§ 194-1 – § 194-3)
• Ch 199 — Response and Truth in Government Policy (§ 199-1 – § 199-4)
• Ch 205 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 205-1 – § 205-9)
• Ch 210 — Senior Citizens' Advisory Board (§ 210-1 – § 210-3)
• Ch 215 — Sewer Districts (§ 215-1 – § 215-4)
• Ch 221 — Social Services Department (§ 221-1 – § 221-16)
• Ch 226 — Special Traffic Options Program for Driving While Intoxicated (§ 226-1 – § 226-3)
• Ch 232 — Tax Notices and Billing (§ 232-1 – § 232-16)
• Ch 238 — Transit Stations (§ 238-1 – § 238-3)
• Ch 245 — Utility Easements (§ 245-1 – § 245-5)
• Ch 250 — Vanderbilt Museum (§ 250-1 – § 250-13)
• Ch 255 — Vehicles, County-Owned (§ 255-1 – § 255-4)
• Ch 261 — Women Veterans Advisory Board (§ 261-1 – § 261-12)
• Ch 270 — Advertising Materials (§ 270-1 – § 270-22)
• Ch 274 — Agricultural Operations (§ 274-1 – § 274-5)
• Ch 278 — Aids Testing (§ 278-1 – § 278-8)
• Ch 281 — Aid to Families With Dependent Child and Home Relief (§ 281-1 – § 281-10)
• Ch 285 — Aircraft (§ 285-1 – § 285-6)
• Ch 290 — Alarms (§ 290-1 – § 290-12)
• Ch 294 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 294-1 – § 294-19)
• Ch 299 — Animals and Insects (§ 299-1 – § 299-92)
• Ch 299A — Chapter 299 Uncodified Local Law Provisions (§ 299A-1 – § 299A-12)
• Ch 302 — Animal Shelters and Kennels (§ 302-1 – § 302-28)
• Ch 310 — Balloons, Helium (§ 310-1 – § 310-9)
• Ch 314 — Banking Practices (§ 314-1 – § 314-4)
• Ch 319 — Bicycles, Skates, Skateboards and Scooters (§ 319-1 – § 319-55)
• Ch 325 — Boats and Boating (§ 325-1 – § 325-17)
• Ch 330 — Body Art (§ 330-1 – § 330-11)
• Ch 334 — Books and Magazines (§ 334-1 – § 334-5)
• Ch 344 — Building Construction (§ 344-1 – § 344-15)
• Ch 349 — Bullets, Armor-Piercing (§ 349-1 – § 349-4)
• Ch 353 — Business Practices (§ 353-1 – § 353-34)
• Ch 355 — Cannabis (§ 355-1 – § 355-11)
• Ch 357 — Carbon Dioxide Emissions (§ 357-1 – § 357-6)
• Ch 360 — Carbon Monoxide Detectors (§ 360-1 – § 360-6)
• Ch 365 — Caterers (§ 365-1 – § 365-8)
• Ch 365A — Chapter 365 Uncodified Local Law Provisions (§ 365A-1)
• Ch 370 — Cemeteries (§ 370-1 – § 370-11)
• Ch 374 — Cesspools and Individual Sewage Disposal Systems (§ 374-1 – § 374-15)
• Ch 378 — Child Protection (§ 378-1 – § 378-35)
• Ch 383 — Community College Facilities (§ 383-1 – § 383-8)
• Ch 387 — Consumer Protection (§ 387-1 – § 387-6)
• Ch 391 — Cooperative Housing (§ 391-1 – § 391-4)
• Ch 396 — Day-Care Facilities and Home-Care Services (§ 396-1 – § 396-6)
• Ch 400 — Defibrillators (§ 400-1 – § 400-34)
• Ch 404 — Demonstrations (§ 404-1 – § 404-5)
• Ch 410 — Domestic Partnerships (§ 410-1 – § 410-9)
• Ch 415 — Donation Bins (§ 415-1 – § 415-10)
• Ch 420 — Drug Premises and Property (§ 420-1 – § 420-15)
• Ch 423 — Drugs and Drug Products (§ 423-1 – § 423-49)
• Ch 427 — Dry-Cleaning Establishments (§ 427-1 – § 427-28)
• Ch 433 — Dumping and Littering (§ 433-1 – § 433-8)
• Ch 436 — Emergency Services (§ 436-1 – § 436-8)
• Ch 438 — Emergency Shelters (§ 438-1 – § 438-24)
• Ch 441 — Emergency Telephone System (§ 441-1 – § 441-17)
• Ch 444 — Energy Efficiency (§ 444-1 – § 444-21)
• Ch 446 — Environmental Protection (§ 446-1 – § 446-41)
• Ch 450 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 450-1 – § 450-10)
• Ch 455 — Ferry Service (§ 455-1 – § 455-8)
• Ch 459 — Fertilizer (§ 459-1 – § 459-20)
• Ch 463 — Filming (§ 463-1 – § 463-12)
• Ch 467 — Firearms and Weapons (§ 467-1 – § 467-11)
• Ch 471 — Fire Prevention (§ 471-1 – § 471-31)
• Ch 473 — First Responder Safety Zones (§ 473-1 – § 473-3)
• Ch 475 — Fishing and Shellfishing (§ 475-1 – § 475-32)
• Ch 480 — Foster Care and Adoptive Homes (§ 480-1 – § 480-4)
• Ch 485 — Fuel-Delivery Vehicles (§ 485-1 – § 485-12)
• Ch 490 — Furnaces, Outdoor (§ 490-1 – § 490-10)
• Ch 494 — Gasoline Sales (§ 494-1 – § 494-36)
• Ch 497 — Gasoline Stations (§ 497-1 – § 497-4)
• Ch 502 — Graffiti (§ 502-1 – § 502-5)
• Ch 512 — Hazardous Waste (§ 512-1 – § 512-5)
• Ch 517 — Home Improvement and Repair (§ 517-1 – § 517-28)
• Ch 519 — Homemaking Services (§ 519-1 – § 519-3)
• Ch 523 — Hotels and Motels (§ 523-1 – § 523-24)
• Ch 528 — Human Rights (§ 528-1 – § 528-23)
• Ch 538 — Internet Crimes (§ 538-1 – § 538-12)
• Ch 542 — Item Pricing (§ 542-1 – § 542-19)
• Ch 551 — Land Acquisition Disclosure (§ 551-1 – § 551-8)
• Ch 555 — Laser Pointers (§ 555-1 – § 555-6)
• Ch 558 — Latex Products (§ 558-1 – § 558-10)
• Ch 563 — Licensed Occupations (§ 563-1 – § 563-140)
• Ch 564 — Licensing (§ 564-1 – § 564-7)
• Ch 567 — Liquefied Natural Gas (§ 567-1 – § 567-2)
• Ch 571 — For-Hire Vehicle Registration (§ 571-1 – § 571-16)
• Ch 575 — Living Wage (§ 575-1 – § 575-15)
• Ch 580 — Lobbyists (§ 580-1 – § 580-10)
• Ch 586 — Mammography (§ 586-1 – § 586-9)
• Ch 590 — Medical, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Providers (§ 590-1 – § 590-10)
• Ch 595 — Mortgages, Purchase of (§ 595-1 – § 595-3)
• Ch 599 — Motor Fuel Facilities (§ 599-1 – § 599-7)
• Ch 603 — Motor Vehicle Use Fee (§ 603-1 – § 603-7)
• Ch 607 — Moving Companies (§ 607-1 – § 607-10)
• Ch 612 — Music Concerts (§ 612-1 – § 612-6)
• Ch 618 — Noise (§ 618-1 – § 618-6)
• Ch 623 — Nuisance Properties (§ 623-1 – § 623-15)
• Ch 627 — Nursing Homes and Health-Care Facilities (§ 627-1 – § 627-19)
• Ch 633 — Open Space Preservation (§ 633-1 – § 633-6)
• Ch 639 — Parking, Off-Street (§ 639-1 – § 639-45)
• Ch 643 — Parks and Parks Facilities (§ 643-1 – § 643-40)
• Ch 646 — Personal Protective Equipment (§ 646-1 – § 646-6)
• Ch 647 — Pest Control (§ 647-1 – § 647-15)
• Ch 649 — Pharmacies (§ 649-1 – § 649-8)
• Ch 651 — Pipe Bomb Materials (§ 651-1 – § 651-6)
• Ch 656 — Planned Retirement Communities (§ 656-1 – § 656-22)
• Ch 664 — Political Parties, Gifts to Officials of (§ 664-1 – § 664-5)
• Ch 668 — Polygraph Examinations (§ 668-1 – § 668-6)
• Ch 672 — Pornography and Obscene Materials (§ 672-1 – § 672-11)
• Ch 675 — Privacy Protection (§ 675-1 – § 675-13)
• Ch 677 — Probation Department Fees (§ 677-1)
• Ch 681 — Proprietary Ambulance Companies (§ 681-1 – § 681-4)
• Ch 688 — Records (§ 688-1 – § 688-4)
• Ch 690 — Recreation and Amusement Facilities (§ 690-1 – § 690-6)
• Ch 692 — Recycling (§ 692-1 – § 692-8)
• Ch 696 — Rental Property (§ 696-1 – § 696-14)
• Ch 700 — Restaurants and Food Service Establishments (§ 700-1 – § 700-23)
• Ch 704 — Retail Sales (§ 704-1 – § 704-83)
• Ch 713 — Safe School Zones (§ 713-1 – § 713-16)
• Ch 717 — Scaffolds (§ 717-1 – § 717-10)
• Ch 719 — School Buses (§ 719-1 – § 719-16)
• Ch 721 — Scrap Metal Processors, Vehicle Dismantlers and Junk Dealers (§ 721-1 – § 721-10)
• Ch 726 — Seal, County (§ 726-1 – § 726-4)
• Ch 730 — Security, Protection and Safety (§ 730-1 – § 730-17)
• Ch 735 — Senior Citizens Bill of Rights (§ 735-1 – § 735-4)
• Ch 740 — Sewers (§ 740-1 – § 740-49)
• Ch 745 — Sex Offenders (§ 745-1 – § 745-37)
• Ch 751 — Smoke Bombs and Sparkling Devices (§ 751-1 – § 751-11)
• Ch 754 — Smoking (§ 754-1 – § 754-9)
• Ch 759 — Storm Sewers (§ 759-1 – § 759-9)
• Ch 763 — Stormwater Management (§ 763-1 – § 763-6)
• Ch 765 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 765-1 – § 765-9)
• Ch 767 — Subscription Service Fees (§ 767-1 – § 767-8)
• Ch 769 — Swimming Pools (§ 769-1 – § 769-8)
• Ch 772 — Tanning Facilities (§ 772-1 – § 772-8)
• Ch 775 — Taxation (§ 775-1 – § 775-65)
• Ch 779 — Tax Grievance Consultants (§ 779-1 – § 779-11)
• Ch 783 — Tax Refunds (§ 783-1 – § 783-8)
• Ch 787 — Tires, Sale of (§ 787-1 – § 787-8)
• Ch 792 — Tobacco Products (§ 792-1 – § 792-37)
• Ch 796 — Towing (§ 796-1 – § 796-15)
• Ch 803 — Union Organizing (§ 803-1 – § 803-9)
• Ch 808 — Utilities; Utility Workers (§ 808-1 – § 808-14)
• Ch 814 — Vehicle Sales (§ 814-1 – § 814-11)
• Ch 818 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 818-1 – § 818-89)
• Ch 822 — Vehicles, Off-Road (§ 822-1 – § 822-16)
• Ch 826 — Vehicles, Vending (§ 826-1 – § 826-10)
• Ch 828 — Veterans (§ 828-1 – § 828-5)
• Ch 830 — Victims' Rights (§ 830-1 – § 830-3)
• Ch 834 — Video Recording Devices (§ 834-1 – § 834-5)
• Ch 839 — Wastewater Treatment Systems (§ 839-1 – § 839-12)
• Ch 840 — Water (§ 840-1 – § 840-15)
• Ch 843 — Wireless Communications (§ 843-1 – § 843-3)
• Ch 860 — African-American Advisory Board (§ 860-1 – § 860-10)
• Ch 865 — Animals (§ 865-1 – § 865-23)
• Ch 867 — Anti-Graffiti Task Force (§ 867-1 – § 867-5)
• Ch 869 — Apprenticeship Training (§ 869-1 – § 869-5)
• Ch 871 — Auctions (§ 871-1 – § 871-2)
• Ch 874 — Capital Projects (§ 874-1 – § 874-7)
• Ch 880 — Child Protection (§ 880-1 – § 880-17)
• Ch 884 — Citizens Corps Council (§ 884-1 – § 884-5)
• Ch 888 — Classification and Salary Plans (§ 888-1 – § 888-5)
• Ch 891 — Contractors (§ 891-1 – § 891-5)
• Ch 893 — Contracts (§ 893-1 – § 893-7)
• Ch 895 — County Facilities (§ 895-1 – § 895-2)
• Ch 896 — Criminal Justice Supportive Services Coordination Committee (§ 896-1 – § 896-12)
• Ch 899 — Day-Care Centers, Payments to (§ 899-1)
• Ch 901 — Diversity and Inclusion (§ 901-1 – § 901-4)
• Ch 904 — Document Receipt Policy (§ 904-1)
• Ch 908 — Domestic Violence (§ 908-1 – § 908-3)
• Ch 913 — Drug Enforcement and Abuse Prevention (§ 913-1 – § 913-14)
• Ch 920 — Elections (§ 920-1 – § 920-3)
• Ch 924 — Electricians and Plumbers Rules and Regulations (§ 924-1 – § 924-12)
• Ch 928 — Emergency Medical Services (§ 928-1 – § 928-6)
• Ch 931 — Emergency Preparedness (§ 931-1 – § 931-10)
• Ch 935 — Employee Benefits (§ 935-1 – § 935-57)
• Ch 936 — Employment (§ 936-1 – § 936-11)
• Ch 939 — Energy Efficiency (§ 939-1 – § 939-9)
• Ch 943 — Environmental Protection (§ 943-1 – § 943-8)
• Ch 945 — Ethics, Code of (§ 945-1 – § 945-4)
• Ch 948 — Fees and Charges (§ 948-1 – § 948-43)
• Ch 952 — Finances (§ 952-1 – § 952-8)
• Ch 954 — Firearms and Weapons (§ 954-1 – § 954-5)
• Ch 957 — Gabreski Community Advisory and Review Board (§ 957-1 – § 957-9)
• Ch 959 — Government Information Depositories (§ 959-1)
• Ch 963 — Harassment (§ 963-1)
• Ch 964 — Hate Crime Task Force (§ 964-1 – § 964-10)
• Ch 966 — Home Energy Assistance Program (§ 966-1 – § 966-5)
• Ch 971 — Identity Protection (§ 971-1 – § 971-6)
• Ch 977 — Insurance (§ 977-1 – § 977-2)
• Ch 981 — Investment Policy (§ 981-1 – § 981-13)
• Ch 1001 — Land Development (§ 1001-1 – § 1001-10)
• Ch 1005 — Land Preservation (§ 1005-1 – § 1005-10)
• Ch 1006 — LGBTQ+ Advisory Board (§ 1006-1 – § 1006-12)
• Ch 1008 — Long Island Commission on Aquifer Protection (§ 1008-1 – § 1008-17)
• Ch 1009 — Long Island First Working Group (§ 1009-1 – § 1009-15)
• Ch 1012 — Marinas (§ 1012-1 – § 1012-2)
• Ch 1013 — Marine Industry Revitalization Advisory Council (§ 1013-1 – § 1013-6)
• Ch 1016 — Memorials and Symbols; Naming and Sponsorship of County Facilities, Parks and Roads (§ 1016-1 – § 1016-9)
• Ch 1021 — Motels Doing Business With Department of Social Services (§ 1021-1 – § 1021-3)
• Ch 1027 — Native American Affairs Advisory Board (§ 1027-1 – § 1027-12)
• Ch 1032 — Next Generation Advisory Boards (§ 1032-1 – § 1032-18)
• Ch 1035 — Open Data Committee (§ 1035-1 – § 1035-9)
• Ch 1038 — Park Police Patrol (§ 1038-1)
• Ch 1043 — Poets Laureate (§ 1043-1 – § 1043-4)
• Ch 1047 — Police (§ 1047-1 – § 1047-12)
• Ch 1052 — Probation (§ 1052-1 – § 1052-10)
• Ch 1056 — Property Control Manager (§ 1056-1)
• Ch 1060 — Property, Sale of (§ 1060-1 – § 1060-3)
• Ch 1065 — Procurement (§ 1065-1 – § 1065-55)
• Ch 1070 — Real Estate Appraisal, Acquisition and Disposition (§ 1070-1 – § 1070-24)
• Ch 1075 — Recognition Programs (§ 1075-1 – § 1075-9)
• Ch 1079 — Records Retention (§ 1079-1 – § 1079-2)
• Ch 1083 — Regional Planning Council (§ 1083-1 – § 1083-24)
• Ch 1087 — Requests for Proposals (§ 1087-1 – § 1087-10)
• Ch 1091 — Reserve Funds (§ 1091-1 – § 1091-6)
• Ch 1095 — Retirement Benefits for Legislators (§ 1095-1 – § 1095-3)
• Ch 1099 — Rewards and Incentive Programs (§ 1099-1 – § 1099-9)
• Ch 1105 — Roller Blades, Roller Skates and Skateboards (§ 1105-1 – § 1105-2)
• Ch 1110 — Self-Funded Health Program (§ 1110-1 – § 1110-5)
• Ch 1114 — Self-Insurance Program (§ 1114-1 – § 1114-2)
• Ch 1118 — Sewer Agency (§ 1118-1 – § 1118-5)
• Ch 1122 — Sex Offender Policies (§ 1122-1 – § 1122-21)
• Ch 1126 — Sober Home Oversight Board (§ 1126-1 – § 1126-4)
• Ch 1127 — Social Services Department (§ 1127-1)
• Ch 1133 — Surface Water Protection (§ 1133-1 – § 1133-3)
• Ch 1138 — Swimming Pools (§ 1138-1 – § 1138-3)
• Ch 1143 — Taxation (§ 1143-1 – § 1143-10)
• Ch 1145 — Teen Pregnancy Advisory Board (§ 1145-1 – § 1145-14)
• Ch 1146 — Tick Control Advisory Committee (§ 1146-1 – § 1146-5)
• Ch 1147 — Title Examination (§ 1147-1 – § 1147-6)
• Ch 1151 — Transfer of Development Rights (§ 1151-1 – § 1151-12)
• Ch 1155 — Transportation Advisory Board (§ 1155-1 – § 1155-13)
• Ch 1160 — Vanderbilt Museum Oversight Committee (§ 1160-1 – § 1160-5)
• Ch 1162 — Vector Control (§ 1162-1 – § 1162-10)
• Ch 1164 — Vegetation (§ 1164-1 – § 1164-3)
• Ch 1166 — Vending Machines (§ 1166-1 – § 1166-2)
• Ch 1168 — Veterans (§ 1168-1 – § 1168-26)
• Ch 1173 — Wage, Prevailing (§ 1173-1 – § 1173-4)
• Ch 1177 — Web Sites (§ 1177-1 – § 1177-5)
• Ch 1180 — Welfare (§ 1180-1 – § 1180-24)
• Ch 1184 — Wireless Communications (§ 1184-1 – § 1184-9)
• Ch 1187 — Women's Advisory Commission (§ 1187-1 – § 1187-3)
• Ch 1195 — Suffolk County Tax Act (SEC. 1 – SEC. 78)
• Ch 1200 — Civil Service Rules (§ 1200-1 – § 1200-24)
• Ch DT — Derivation Table (§ DT-1)
• Ch DLL — Local Laws Disposition List (§ DLL-1)
• Ch DLR — Resolution Disposition List (§ DLR-1)