Cortlandt, NY — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-07-15. Official source: https://ecode360.com/CO0244

Every town writes its own rules, and Cortlandt's live in its municipal code — 89 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 Cortlandt code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-13)
• Ch 5 — Appearance Tickets (§ 5-1 – § 5-3)
• Ch 9 — Capital Improvement Projects (§ 9-1 – § 9-6)
• Ch 10 — Capital Reserve Fund (§ 10-1 – § 10-4)
• Ch 15 — Conservation Advisory Council (§ 15-1 – § 15-8)
• Ch 21 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 21-1 – § 21-11)
• Ch 25 — Disaster and Emergency Services, Office of (§ 25-1 – § 25-3)
• Ch 29 — Emergency Medical Treatments/Advance Life Support Advisory Council (§ 29-1 – § 29-7)
• Ch 30 — Technical Services, Department of (§ 30-1 – § 30-9)
• Ch 33 — Environmental Services, Department of (§ 33-1 – § 33-16)
• Ch 35 — Ethics, Code of (§ 35-1 – § 35-9)
• Ch 41 — Finance, Department of (§ 41-1 – § 41-8)
• Ch 44 — Fire Prevention (§ 44-1 – § 44-8)
• Ch 45 — Greenway Compact (§ 45-1 – § 45-4)
• Ch 47 — Human Relations Commission (§ 47-1 – § 47-11)
• Ch 59 — Law, Department of (§ 59-1 – § 59-7)
• Ch 61 — Meetings (§ 61-1 – § 61-4)
• Ch 64 — Notification of Defects (§ 64-1 – § 64-3)
• Ch 67 — Officers and Employees (§ 67-1 – § 67-8)
• Ch 77 — Planning and Community Development (§ 77-1 – § 77-28)
• Ch 81 — Pollution Control Board (§ 81-1 – § 81-4)
• Ch 85 — Purchasing, Department of (§ 85-1 – § 85-10)
• Ch 91 — Records Management (§ 91-1 – § 91-7)
• Ch 92 — Recreation and Conservation, Department of (§ 92-1 – § 92-9)
• Ch 95 — Superintendent of Highways, Abolishment of (§ 95-1 – § 95-5)
• Ch 97 — Tenant-Landlord Advisory Board (§ 97-1 – § 97-6)
• Ch 99 — Traffic Safety Board (§ 99-1 – § 99-7)
• Ch 113 — Alarm Systems (§ 113-1 – § 113-13)
• Ch 117 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 117-1 – § 117-6)
• Ch 121 — Animals (§ 121-1 – § 121-33)
• Ch 127 — Bingo (§ 127-1 – § 127-11)
• Ch 131 — Building Construction (§ 131-1 – § 131-11)
• Ch 135 — Buildings, Dangerous (§ 135-1 – § 135-10)
• Ch 139 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 139-1 – § 139-8)
• Ch 142 — Cannabis (§ 142-1 – § 142-10)
• Ch 149 — Code Administration and Enforcement (§ 149-1 – § 149-20)
• Ch 153 — Drop-Off Bins (§ 153-1 – § 153-4)
• Ch 154 — Dumpsters (§ 154-1 – § 154-8)
• Ch 155 — Electrical Standards; Plumbing (§ 155-1 – § 155-9)
• Ch 156 — Energy Conservation (§ 156-1 – § 156-29)
• Ch 157 — Excavations and Topsoil Removal
• Ch 161 — Explosives and Blasting (§ 161-1 – § 161-10)
• Ch 168 — Fees (§ 168-1 – § 168-3)
• Ch 170 — Filming (§ 170-1 – § 170-12)
• Ch 171 — Fireworks (§ 171-1 – § 171-13)
• Ch 175 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 175-1 – § 175-21)
• Ch 179 — Freshwater Wetlands, Water Bodies and Watercourses (§ 179-1 – § 179-11)
• Ch 185 — Games of Chance
• Ch 187 — Graffiti (§ 187-1 – § 187-7)
• Ch 188 — Highways and Roads (§ 188-1 – § 188-10)
• Ch 191 — Licensing (§ 191-1 – § 191-31)
• Ch 193 — Living Quarters, Temporary (§ 193-1 – § 193-6)
• Ch 195 — Multichannel Service Providers (§ 195-1 – § 195-129)
• Ch 197 — Noise (§ 197-1 – § 197-21)
• Ch 208 — Parades (§ 208-1 – § 208-13)
• Ch 211 — Parking (§ 211-1 – § 211-9)
• Ch 215 — Peddling, Soliciting and Canvassing (§ 215-1 – § 215-16)
• Ch 219 — Plumbing
• Ch 221 — Property Maintenance (§ 221-1 – § 221-5)
• Ch 223 — Public Markets and Similar Businesses (§ 223-1 – § 223-12)
• Ch 228 — Recreational Areas (§ 228-1 – § 228-7)
• Ch 230 — Rental Property (§ 230-1 – § 230-15)
• Ch 233 — School Crossing Guards (§ 233-1 – § 233-6)
• Ch 237 — Security Deposits (§ 237-1 – § 237-6)
• Ch 240 — Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual (§ 240-1 – § 240-10)
• Ch 241 — Sewers (§ 241-1 – § 241-55)
• Ch 245 — Signs (§ 245-1 – § 245-19)
• Ch 253 — Sludge and Hazardous Materials (§ 253-1 – § 253-12)
• Ch 255 — Solar Energy Systems (§ 255-1 – § 255-17)
• Ch 257 — Solid Waste (§ 257-1 – § 257-16)
• Ch 259 — Steep Slopes (§ 259-1 – § 259-11)
• Ch 261 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 261-1 – § 261-31)
• Ch 262 — Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 262-1 – § 262-13)
• Ch 263 — Storm Sewers (§ 263-1 – § 263-19)
• Ch 265 — Subdivision of Land (§ 265-1 – § 265-27)
• Ch 275 — Taxation (§ 275-1 – § 275-50)
• Ch 277 — Telecommunications Towers (§ 277-1 – § 277-32)
• Ch 278 — Tobacco and Nicotine Products, Sale of (§ 278-1 – § 278-7)
• Ch 279 — Town Charges, Payment of (§ 279-1 – § 279-4)
• Ch 281 — Transient and Nontransient Lodging (§ 281-1 – § 281-11)
• Ch 283 — Trees (§ 283-1 – § 283-17)
• Ch 287 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 287-1 – § 287-3)
• Ch 289 — Vehicles, All-Terrain (§ 289-1 – § 289-7)
• Ch 291 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 291-1 – § 291-6)
• Ch 297 — Water (§ 297-1 – § 297-23)
• Ch 299 — Water and Sewer Payments, Collection of (§ 299-1 – § 299-6)
• Ch 301 — Watercourses, Diversion of (§ 301-1 – § 301-11)
• Ch 307 — Zoning (§ 307-1 – § 307-108)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)