Owego, NY — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-09-02. Official source: https://ecode360.com/OW1583

Every town writes its own rules, and Owego's live in its municipal code — 56 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 Owego code

• Ch C — Charter (§ C-1 – § C-71)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-19)
• Ch 4 — Administrator (§ 4-1)
• Ch 6 — Assessments (§ 6-1 – § 6-5)
• Ch 12 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 12-1 – § 12-2)
• Ch 15 — Dutch Elm Disease (§ 15-1 – § 15-2)
• Ch 19 — Ethics, Code of (§ 19-1 – § 19-6)
• Ch 23 — Fire Department (§ 23-1)
• Ch 28 — Housing Standards Agency (§ 28-1 – § 28-6)
• Ch 37 — Local Laws, Adoption of (§ 37-1 – § 37-2)
• Ch 42 — Meetings (§ 42-1 – § 42-4)
• Ch 49 — Officers and Employees (§ 49-1 – § 49-17)
• Ch 54 — Planning Board (§ 54-1 – § 54-2)
• Ch 73 — Alarms (§ 73-1 – § 73-14)
• Ch 76 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 76-1 – § 76-5)
• Ch 79 — Amusements (§ 79-1)
• Ch 82 — Animals (§ 82-1 – § 82-11)
• Ch 87 — Bicycles (§ 87-1 – § 87-16)
• Ch 89 — Bingo (§ 89-1 – § 89-2)
• Ch 92 — Building Code Administration (§ 92-1 – § 92-19)
• Ch 95 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 95-1 – § 95-4)
• Ch 101 — Curfew (§ 101-1 – § 101-7)
• Ch 109 — Electrical Standards (§ 109-1 – § 109-14)
• Ch 112 — Energy (§ 112-1 – § 112-13)
• Ch 114 — Fair Housing (§ 114-1 – § 114-11)
• Ch 117 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 117-1 – § 117-20)
• Ch 121 — Games of Chance (§ 121-1 – § 121-5)
• Ch 126 — Historic Preservation (§ 126-1 – § 126-23)
• Ch 133 — Junk and Junk Dealers (§ 133-1 – § 133-5)
• Ch 138 — Littering (§ 138-1 – § 138-2)
• Ch 142 — Mobile Homes (§ 142-1 – § 142-21)
• Ch 146 — Noise (§ 146-1 – § 146-4)
• Ch 147 — Nuisances (§ 147-1 – § 147-6)
• Ch 148 — Solid-Fuel-Burning Furnaces and Boilers (§ 148-1 – § 148-9)
• Ch 150 — Parks and Recreation Areas (§ 150-1 – § 150-16)
• Ch 153 — Peace and Good Order (§ 153-1 – § 153-8)
• Ch 156 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 156-1 – § 156-11)
• Ch 159 — Property Maintenance (§ 159-1 – § 159-8)
• Ch 162 — Rental Units (§ 162-1 – § 162-16)
• Ch 166 — Sewers (§ 166-1 – § 166-44)
• Ch 167 — Sex Offenders (§ 167-1 – § 167-7)
• Ch 169 — Solid Waste (§ 169-1 – § 169-11)
• Ch 171 — Storage Containers (§ 171-1 – § 171-10)
• Ch 172 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 172-1 – § 172-27)
• Ch 175 — Subdivision of Land (§ 175-1 – § 175-26)
• Ch 177 — Swimming Pools (§ 177-1)
• Ch 180 — Taxation (§ 180-1 – § 180-34)
• Ch 183 — Taxicabs (§ 183-1 – § 183-23)
• Ch 184 — Telecommunications Facilities (§ 184-1 – § 184-22)
• Ch 185 — Transient Retail Businesses (§ 185-1 – § 185-5)
• Ch 187 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 187-1 – § 187-57)
• Ch 190 — Vehicles, Junked (§ 190-1 – § 190-9)
• Ch 193 — Weapons (§ 193-1 – § 193-4)
• Ch 195 — Zoning (§ 195-1 – § 195-147)
• Ch A199 — Fees (§ A199-1)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)