Hempstead, NY — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-04-28. Official source: https://ecode360.com/HE0207

Every town writes its own rules, and Hempstead's live in its municipal code — 166 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 Hempstead code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-3)
• Ch 2 — Enforcement of Ordinances (§ 2-1 – § 2-4)
• Ch 3 — Apprenticeship Training Programs for Town Contracts (§ 3-1 – § 3-7)
• Ch 4 — Local Laws: Adoption (§ 4-1 – § 4-4)
• Ch 5 — Access to History Records (§ 5-1 – § 5-3)
• Ch 6 — Liability of Town (§ 6-1 – § 6-5)
• Ch 7 — Elections on Propositions (§ 7-1 – § 7-9)
• Ch 7A — Reapportionment of Councilmanic Districts (§ 7A-1 – § 7A-3)
• Ch 8 — Tort Liability Reserve Fund (§ 8-1 – § 8-4)
• Ch 9 — Judgment Lien Protective Law (§ 9-1 – § 9-5)
• Ch 10 — Taxation: Partial Exemption of Real Property for Certain Persons With Limited Income (§ 10-1 – § 10-10)
• Ch 10A — Taxation: Partial Exemption for Members of Volunteer Fire Departments and Voluntary Ambulance Services (§ 10A-1 – § 10A-7)
• Ch 10B — Taxation: Veterans' Real Property Exemption (§ 10B-1 – § 10B-4)
• Ch 10C — Real Property Tax Relief for Cold War Veterans (§ 10C-1 – § 10C-4)
• Ch 10D — Superstorm Sandy Tax Relief (§ 10D-1 – § 10D-2)
• Ch 10E — Tax Levy Limit Override (§ 10E-1 – § 10E-4)
• Ch 10F — Taxation: Partial Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Fallen Police Officers (§ 10F-1 – § 10F-4)
• Ch 11 — Defense and Indemnification of Town Officers and Employees (§ 11-1 – § 11-9)
• Ch 12 — Taxation: Exemption for Improvements to Accommodate Disabled (§ 12-1 – § 12-4)
• Ch 13 — Continuity of Government (§ 13-1 – § 13-8)
• Ch 14 — Taxation: Exemption of Capital Improvements (§ 14-1 – § 14-7)
• Ch 15 — Compensation of Town Employees (§ 15-1 – § 15-5)
• Ch 16 — Councilmembers: Increase in Number (§ 16-1 – § 16-5)
• Ch 17 — Deputy Receiver of Taxes (§ 17-1 – § 17-2)
• Ch 18 — Board of Appeals (§ 18-1 – § 18-3)
• Ch 19 — Town Comptroller: Additional Powers (§ 19-1 – § 19-3)
• Ch 20 — Records Management (§ 20-1 – § 20-10)
• Ch 21 — Deputy Supervisor (§ 21-1 – § 21-6)
• Ch 22 — Waterways Improvement: Public Hearing on Benefit Assessments (§ 22-1 – § 22-2)
• Ch 23 — Community Residential Facilities (§ 23-1 – § 23-2)
• Ch 24 — Official Seal (§ 24-1 – § 24-3)
• Ch 25 — Taxation: Partial Exemption for Disabled Persons With Limited Incomes (§ 25-1 – § 25-9)
• Ch 26 — Taxation: Exemption for Gold Star Parents (§ 26-1 – § 26-2)
• Ch 27 — Empire Zones (§ 27-1 – § 27-5)
• Ch 28 — Department of Human Resources (§ 28-1 – § 28-7)
• Ch 29 — Merit Award Board (§ 29-1 – § 29-3)
• Ch 30 — Employment of Volunteer Workers (§ 30-1 – § 30-2)
• Ch 31 — Qualifications of Certain Town Officers (§ 31-1 – § 31-4)
• Ch 32 — Public Employee Relations (§ 32-1 – § 32-15)
• Ch 33 — Mass Mailing Restrictions (§ 33-1 – § 33-7)
• Ch 35 — Grievance Procedure for Town Employees (§ 35-1 – § 35-9)
• Ch 36 — Whistleblower Protection Act (§ 36-1 – § 36-9)
• Ch 37 — Disciplinary Hearings (§ 37-1 – § 37-3)
• Ch 38 — Ethical Standards (§ 38-1 – § 38-29)
• Ch 39 — Governmental Transparency (§ 39-1 – § 39-5)
• Ch 40 — Salaries of Town Employees: Deductions (§ 40-1 – § 40-2)
• Ch 45 — Health Insurance for Town Employees (§ 45-1 – § 45-2)
• Ch 48 — Retirement Incentive Program (§ 48-1 – § 48-4)
• Ch 50 — Department of Industry and Commerce (§ 50-1 – § 50-12)
• Ch 51 — Department of Senior Enrichment (§ 51-1 – § 51-3)
• Ch 52 — Department of Buildings (§ 52-1 – § 52-5)
• Ch 53 — Department of Conservation and Waterways (§ 53-1 – § 53-4)
• Ch 54 — Department of Information and Technology (§ 54-1 – § 54-3)
• Ch 55 — Cemeteries (§ 55-1 – § 55-24)
• Ch 56 — Department of Civil Service (§ 56-1 – § 56-9)
• Ch 57 — Department of Parks and Recreation (§ 57-1 – § 57-4)
• Ch 58 — Department of Planning and Economic Development (§ 58-1 – § 58-18)
• Ch 59 — Department of Engineering (§ 59-1 – § 59-4)
• Ch 60 — Drug and Alcohol Addiction (§ 60-1 – § 60-4)
• Ch 61 — Office of Tourism (§ 61-1 – § 61-3)
• Ch 62 — Department of Purchasing (§ 62-1 – § 62-12)
• Ch 63 — Department of Public Safety (§ 63-1 – § 63-3)
• Ch 64 — Department of Occupational Resources (§ 64-1 – § 64-6)
• Ch 65 — Compliance Officer (§ 65-1 – § 65-10)
• Ch 66 — Department of General Services (§ 66-1 – § 66-5)
• Ch 67 — Highway Department (§ 67-1 – § 67-4)
• Ch 68 — Department of Sanitation (§ 68-1 – § 68-4)
• Ch 69 — Department of Water (§ 69-1 – § 69-4)
• Ch 70 — Department of Water, Rates and Regulations (§ 70-1 – § 70-62)
• Ch 72 — Enforcement of Water Conservation (§ 72-1 – § 72-4)
• Ch 74 — Community Choice Aggregation Energy Program (§ 74-1 – § 74-16)
• Ch 76 — Landmarks Preservation (§ 76-1 – § 76-12)
• Ch 77 — Public Places, Regulation of (§ 77-1 – § 77-10)
• Ch 78 — Parks (§ 78-1 – § 78-55)
• Ch 79 — Protection of Housing Authority Properties (§ 79-1 – § 79-18)
• Ch 80 — Public Parking Fields (§ 80-1 – § 80-11)
• Ch 82 — Shopping Carts Abandoned in Public Places (§ 82-1 – § 82-7)
• Ch 84 — Master Electricians (§ 84-1 – § 84-21)
• Ch 85 — Board of Architectural Review (§ 85-1 – § 85-11)
• Ch 86 — Building Construction Administration (§ 86-1 – § 86-50)
• Ch 87 — Dwelling Access (§ 87-1 – § 87-3)
• Ch 88 — Housing and Rehabilitation Code (§ 88-1 – § 88-20)
• Ch 89 — Elevator Inspection Procedure (§ 89-1 – § 89-8)
• Ch 90 — Dangerous Buildings and Structures (§ 90-1 – § 90-16)
• Ch 91 — Public Nuisances (§ 91-1 – § 91-7)
• Ch 92 — Fallout Shelters (§ 92-1 – § 92-11)
• Ch 93 — Maximum Fines for Violations of Building Zone Ordinance (§ 93-1 – § 93-2)
• Ch 94 — Emergency Lighting and Power (§ 94-1 – § 94-6)
• Ch 95 — Maintenance of Vacant Buildings (§ 95-1 – § 95-18)
• Ch 96 — Places of Public Assembly: Licensing (§ 96-1 – § 96-16)
• Ch 97 — Public Indecency (§ 97-1 – § 97-7)
• Ch 99 — Registration and Permitting of Property (§ 99-1 – § 99-44)
• Ch 100 — Condominium Conversions (§ 100-1 – § 100-4)
• Ch 101 — Temporary Moratorium in the Transit-Oriented Development District for North Lawrence and Inwood (§ 101-1 – § 101-2)
• Ch 101A — Temporary Moratorium in the Neighborhood Business Overlay District for North Lawrence and Inwood (§ 101A-1 – § 101A-7)
• Ch 101B — Temporary Moratorium on Battery Energy Storage System Facilities (§ 101B-1 – § 101B-5)
• Ch 102 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 102-1 – § 102-19)
• Ch 103 — Bingo (§ 103-1 – § 103-15)
• Ch 104 — Games of Chance (§ 104-1 – § 104-12)
• Ch 105 — Special Events (§ 105-1 – § 105-8)
• Ch 106 — Clothing Bins (§ 106-1 – § 106-7)
• Ch 107 — Christmas Tree Sales (§ 107-1 – § 107-6)
• Ch 109 — Laundromat Refunds (§ 109-1 – § 109-4)
• Ch 110 — Gasoline Emergency Abatement (§ 110-1 – § 110-4)
• Ch 111 — Junk Dealers (§ 111-1 – § 111-17)
• Ch 113 — Control and Regulation of Secondhand Dealers (§ 113-1 – § 113-18)
• Ch 114 — Memorial and Independence Days (§ 114-1 – § 114-3)
• Ch 116 — Open-Air Markets (§ 116-1 – § 116-11)
• Ch 117 — Parades (§ 117-1 – § 117-10)
• Ch 118 — Peddlers and Solicitors (§ 118-1 – § 118-19)
• Ch 120 — Riding Stables (§ 120-1 – § 120-7)
• Ch 121 — Smoking, Cannabis and Cbd (§ 121-1 – § 121-21)
• Ch 122 — Sunday Exhibitions (§ 122-1 – § 122-5)
• Ch 124 — Theaters and Theater Matrons (§ 124-1 – § 124-17)
• Ch 128 — Garbage and Rubbish (§ 128-1 – § 128-85)
• Ch 129 — Graffiti Control (§ 129-1)
• Ch 132 — Flammable and Combustible Liquids (§ 132-1 – § 132-44)
• Ch 133 — Liquefied Petroleum Gases (§ 133-1 – § 133-11)
• Ch 134 — Portable Swimming Pools (§ 134-1 – § 134-4)
• Ch 136 — Trespassing (§ 136-1 – § 136-4)
• Ch 138 — Smoke (§ 138-1 – § 138-7)
• Ch 140 — Earth and Soil Removal (§ 140-1 – § 140-9)
• Ch 142 — Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (§ 142-1 – § 142-35)
• Ch 144 — Unreasonable Noise (§ 144-1 – § 144-7)
• Ch 146 — Hazardous Excavations (§ 146-1 – § 146-8)
• Ch 148 — Sandbanks, Pits and Quarries (§ 148-1 – § 148-2)
• Ch 150 — Explosives (§ 150-1 – § 150-6)
• Ch 152 — Animal Shelter and Control Division (§ 152-1 – § 152-13)
• Ch 153 — Cat and Dog Litter Registry (§ 153-1 – § 153-7)
• Ch 154 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 154-1 – § 154-10)
• Ch 155 — Boats and Seaplanes (§ 155-1 – § 155-15)
• Ch 156 — Houseboats and Floating Homes (§ 156-1 – § 156-8)
• Ch 157 — Clams, Oysters or Worms (§ 157-1 – § 157-2)
• Ch 159 — Dredging (§ 159-1 – § 159-22)
• Ch 160 — Precautions Against Oil Spills (§ 160-1 – § 160-8)
• Ch 161 — Illicit Discharges (§ 161-1 – § 161-21)
• Ch 163 — Marinas and Docks (§ 163-1 – § 163-40)
• Ch 164 — Public Wetlands Preservation (§ 164-1 – § 164-9)
• Ch 165 — Freshwater Wetlands (§ 165-1 – § 165-15)
• Ch 166 — Shellfish (§ 166-1 – § 166-12)
• Ch 167 — Dune Protection Zone (§ 167-1 – § 167-5)
• Ch 168 — Structures in Waterways (§ 168-1 – § 168-14)
• Ch 169 — Swimming From Town Docks (§ 169-1 – § 169-4)
• Ch 170 — Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas (§ 170-1 – § 170-21)
• Ch 172 — Intentional Release of Balloons (§ 172-1 – § 172-8)
• Ch 173 — Abandoned Vehicles (§ 173-1 – § 173-16)
• Ch 174 — Abandonment of Vehicles During Snow Emergencies (§ 174-1 – § 174-5)
• Ch 175 — Excavations in Streets (§ 175-1 – § 175-9)
• Ch 176 — Roll-Off Containers (§ 176-1 – § 176-8)
• Ch 177 — Materials: Deposit (§ 177-1 – § 177-2)
• Ch 179 — Bicycle Riding on Certain Structures (§ 179-1 – § 179-3)
• Ch 180 — Play Streets (§ 180-1 – § 180-3)
• Ch 181 — Sidewalks, Roads and Streets (§ 181-1 – § 181-24)
• Ch 182 — Streets: Construction of Curb Cuts and Driveway Entrances (§ 182-1 – § 182-10)
• Ch 183 — Tow Cars (§ 183-0 – § 183-17)
• Ch 184 — Tree Preservation (§ 184-1 – § 184-13)
• Ch 185 — Taxicabs and Limousines (§ 185-1 – § 185-16)
• Ch 186 — Failure to Stop for School Buses (§ 186-1 – § 186-10)
• Ch 190 — Vehicle Speed Limits (§ 190-1 – § 190-14)
• Ch 192 — Weight Restrictions: Commercial Vehicles (§ 192-1 – § 192-6)
• Ch 195 — Pavement Markings (§ 195-1 – § 195-7)
• Ch 197 — Vehicular Use of Streets
• Ch 198 — Tow-Away Zones (§ 198-1 – § 198-5)
• Ch 199 — Parking Fields, Private (§ 199-1 – § 199-3)
• Ch 202 — Parking (§ 202-61 – § 202-700)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)