Every town writes its own rules, and Niskayuna's live in its municipal code — 74 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
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- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-14)
- Ch 2 — Alternate Members: Planning Board and Zoning Commission (§ 2-1 – § 2-3)
- Ch 4 — Building Department (§ 4-1 – § 4-4)
- Ch 8 — Charitable Contributions (§ 8-1 – § 8-2)
- Ch 11 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 11-1 – § 11-7)
- Ch 17 — Ethics (§ 17-1 – § 17-15)
- Ch 27 — Officers and Employees (§ 27-1 – § 27-3)
- Ch 31 — Ordinances, Publication of (§ 31-1 – § 31-2)
- Ch 37 — Police Department (§ 37-1 – § 37-19)
- Ch 39 — Purchasing (§ 39-1 – § 39-5)
- Ch 40 — Records Management (§ 40-1 – § 40-9)
- Ch 41 — Retirement (§ 41-1 – § 41-4)
- Ch 46 — Adult Use Businesses (§ 46-1 – § 46-4)
- Ch 47 — Advertising Materials (§ 47-1 – § 47-6)
- Ch 51 — Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (§ 51-1 – § 51-10)
- Ch 55 — Alarm Systems, Emergency (§ 55-1 – § 55-10)
- Ch 59 — Amusement Games and Game Rooms (§ 59-1 – § 59-13)
- Ch 65 — Bingo (§ 65-1 – § 65-2)
- Ch 69 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 69-1 – § 69-9)
- Ch 75 — Building Construction (§ 75-1 – § 75-46)
- Ch 76 — Cannabis (§ 76-1 – § 76-5)
- Ch 77 — Community Choice Aggregation Program (§ 77-1 – § 77-11)
- Ch 81 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 81-1 – § 81-15)
- Ch 82 — Chickens, Regulation of (§ 82-1 – § 82-6)
- Ch 87 — Electrical Inspections (§ 87-1 – § 87-3)
- Ch 89 — Elevators (§ 89-1 – § 89-3)
- Ch 91 — Entertainment, Public (§ 91-1 – § 91-13)
- Ch 95 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 95-1 – § 95-16)
- Ch 98 — Fees (§ 98-1 – § 98-6)
- Ch 101 — Firearms (§ 101-1 – § 101-6)
- Ch 105 — Fire Prevention (§ 105-1 – § 105-7)
- Ch 107 — Fires, Open (§ 107-1 – § 107-9)
- Ch 113 — Fireworks (§ 113-1 – § 113-10)
- Ch 117 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 117-1 – § 117-19)
- Ch 123 — Freshwater Wetlands (§ 123-1 – § 123-2)
- Ch 127 — Games of Chance (§ 127-1 – § 127-21)
- Ch 128 — Garage Sales (§ 128-1 – § 128-5)
- Ch 129 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 129-1 – § 129-19)
- Ch 130 — Historic Preservation Code (§ 130-1 – § 130-7)
- Ch 134 — Illicit Discharges and Connections to Storm Sewer (§ 134-1 – § 134-20)
- Ch 135 — Institutions, Medical, Nursing and Custodial (§ 135-1 – § 135-11)
- Ch 139 — Property Maintenance (§ 139-1 – § 139-25)
- Ch 140 — Fair Housing (§ 140-1 – § 140-10)
- Ch 142 — Noise (§ 142-1 – § 142-8)
- Ch 144 — Notification of Defects (§ 144-1 – § 144-6)
- Ch 146 — Outdoor Furnaces and Outdoor Woodburning Boilers (§ 146-1 – § 146-5)
- Ch 147 — Parks and Recreation Areas (§ 147-1 – § 147-15)
- Ch 151 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 151-1 – § 151-12)
- Ch 155 — Plumbers, Registration of (§ 155-1 – § 155-6)
- Ch 157 — Plumbing Permits and Inspections (§ 157-1 – § 157-12)
- Ch 159 — Prostitution (§ 159-1 – § 159-2)
- Ch 163 — Recycling (§ 163-1 – § 163-6)
- Ch 167 — Restaurants (§ 167-1 – § 167-11)
- Ch 169 — Secondhand Dealers (§ 169-1 – § 169-15)
- Ch 170 — Septage Disposal (§ 170-1 – § 170-17)
- Ch 173 — Sewers (§ 173-1 – § 173-24)
- Ch 179 — Soil Disturbance (§ 179-1 – § 179-9)
- Ch 180 — Soil Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 180-1 – § 180-19)
- Ch 185 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 185-1 – § 185-44)
- Ch 189 — Subdivision of Land (§ 189-1 – § 189-28)
- Ch 197 — Taxation (§ 197-1 – § 197-33)
- Ch 201 — Trees (§ 201-1 – § 201-13)
- Ch 202 — Underage Consumption of Alcohol and Use of Drugs at Private Parties (§ 202-1 – § 202-6)
- Ch 203 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 203-1 – § 203-51)
- Ch 205 — Vehicles, Junk (§ 205-1 – § 205-8)
- Ch 207 — Vehicles, Recreation (§ 207-1 – § 207-7)
- Ch 209B — Vehicles, School Buses (§ 209B-1 – § 209B-11)
- Ch 215 — Water (§ 215-1 – § 215-27)
- Ch 217 — Watershed (§ 217-1)
- Ch 218 — Wind Energy Facilities (§ 218-1 – § 218-16)
- Ch 220 — Zoning (§ 220-1 – § 220-74)
- Ch A225 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A225-1 – § A225-32)
- Ch A235 — Zoning Board of Appeals Rules and Regulations (§ A235-1 – § A235-11)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)