Code
of
the
Village
of
Lansing
COUNTY
OF TOMPKINS
STATE
OF NEW
YORK
Village
Office
2405 North Triphammer Road
Ithaca, New York14850
Telephone: (607)
257-0424
Fax: (607)
257-3230
See
the Zoning Map as well as vlansing.org for additional
information.
Produced
by the Village of Lansing
First Publication:October
2005
INTRODUCTION
Since
it was established in 1974, The Village of Lansing has passed through a process
of legislative change resulting from growth of the community in both
populationandcommercial development and activity.This growth and development has created the need
for new and more detailed legislation for the proper function and government of
the Village. The recording of local law is an aspect of municipal history, and
as the community develops and changes, review and revision of old laws and
consideration of new laws is necessary to address unforeseen issues. The orderly
collection of these records is an important step in this ever-continuing
process. Legislation must be more than mere chronology of records.It must be available and logically arranged for
convenient use and must be kept up-to-date. For these reasons, the Board of
Trustees has supervised the following codification of the Village's
legislation.
Contents
of Code
The Code contains all currently effective
legislation enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Lansing, including
revisions or amendments to existing legislation deemed necessary by the Board of
Trustees in the course of the codification.
Organization
of Code
The Code is divided into two parts. Part I,
Administrative Legislation, contains all Village legislation of an
administrative nature, specifically, that dealing with the administration of
government, that establishing or regulating municipal bodies and that affecting
officers and employees of the Village. Part II, General Legislation, contains
all other Village legislation of a regulatorynature.The legislation in Part II in some cases imposes
penalties for violations, while the legislation in Part I does
not.
Arrangement of
Chapters
TheVillage’s
legislation is organized into chapters in alphabetical order by subject.Wherever there are two or more items of legislation
dealing with the same subject, they are combined into a single chapter.In these chapters, the identity of the individual
items of legislation is retained by use of separate headings and section
numbers.
Table
of Contents
The
Table of Contents alphabetically arrangement lists the subject areas of
legislation. In any case that two or more local laws have been combined in the
codification into a single chapter, titles of each part are listed beneath the
chapter title.
Reserved
Chapters
Numbered chapters have been left blank in the
Table of Contents for the convenient insertion, alphabetically, of future
legislation. Space is reserved in the body of the Code by corresponding gaps in
the page-numbering between chapters.
Pagination
Each chapter has page numbers
independent of other chapters for ease in inserting future amendments.The first page of each chapter is the number of
that chapter followed by the numerals "01".New pages could be inserted by
renumbering the first page with a point .1 and subsequent pages with .2, .3, ...
(For example, page 11503 would be renumbered 11503.1 followed by 11503.2.)
Amendments can be made and new chapters can be added without affecting the
sequence of pages in other chapters.
Section
Numbering
Each section of every chapter is
numbered to include the number of the chapter in which the legislation is
located and the location of the section within that chapter.New sections can then be added between existing
sections using a decimal system.For example, if
two sections were to be added between § 53-4 and 53-5, they would be
numbered as § 53-4.1 and § 53-4.2.
Section
Headings
Section headings are listed at the
beginning of each chapter. The reader should review the entire text of any
section, because section heading necessarily provide only a brief statement of
the information contained in each section.
Histories
After the list of section headings,
the legislative history for that chapter is provided. This History indicates the
legislative source from which the chapter was derived, including the enactment
number (by local law number or resolution number), if pertinent, and the date of
adoption. In the case of chapters containing more than one item of legislation,
the source of each item is indicated in the History. Amendments to individual
sections or subsections are indicated by histories where appropriate in the
text.
Codification
Amendments and
Revisions
Any
new chapters adopted during the process of codification are specifically
referred to in chapter Histories as having originated as part of "Chapter 1,
General Provisions," where the legislation adopting this Code and making such
revisions will appear after final enactment. Sections amended or revised in the
codification process are indicated in the text by means of Editor's Notes also
referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions.
General
References; Editor's Notes
In
each chapter containing material related to other chapters in the Code, a table
of General References is included to direct the reader's attention to such
related chapters. Editor's Notes are used in the text to provide supplementary
information and cross-references to related provisions in other chapters.Neither the General References nor the Editor’s Notes should be considered as limiting
the reader’s research to the other sections
referred to.These features are for convenience
only and may in some instances be found to be incomplete with regard to a
particular topic or issue.
Disposition
List
The
Disposition List is a chronological list of legislation adopted since the
publication of the Code.The Disposition List will
be updated each time the Code is amended to include the new
amendment.
Index
The
index is intended to assist all persons using the Code, whether or not
experienced in legal research, to more easily locate legislation of interest.Although the Code’s
index is intended to be as comprehensive and accurate as possible, review of the
index can not substitute for review of the text
of the applicable sections of the Code in order to completely review a
particular topic.
Instructions
for
Amending the
Code
From the time of adoption of the Code
forward, all amendments and additions to the body of the Village’s legislation shall take the form of amendments to
the Code.New changes shall be added, as
necessary, alphabetically by key word of the chapter title. If a reserved
chapter number is not available, an "A" chapter should be used (e.g., a new
chapter to be included between Chapters 45 and 46 should be designated Chapter
45A). New Articles may be inserted between existing Articles in a chapter (e.g.,
adding a new district to the Zoning Regulations) by the use of "A" Articles
(e.g., a new Article to be included between Articles XVI and XVII should be
designated Article XVIA). As noted above, new sections may be added between
existing sections by decimal designations.
Additional
Resources
The Village
of Lansing also
maintains another document entitled “Policies and Procedures” which is not
official legislation. Chapters in the Policies and Procedures Manual will
include, but are not limited to, Greenway Plan, Lighting Plan, Comprehensive
Plan, General Plan, Street Tree Planting Program, Code of Ethics, Investment
Policy, Procurement Policy, Public Access to Records, Clothing Reimbursement of
Highway Department Personnel, etc.
Acknowledgment
The Village gratefully acknowledges
the assistance and dedication of the Village officials, particularly Ben Curtis,
Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer, in connection with the editing and
production of this Code.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Part
IAdministrative
Legislation
Chapter 1General Provisions....................................................................................... 101
Chapter 7 Conservation Advisory Council................................................................... 701
Chapter 11 Defense and Indemnification.................................................................. 1101
Chapter 15 Ethics Code of......................................................................................... 1501
Chapter 20 Investment Policy.................................................................................... 2001
Chapter 25 Cyber Security Citizens’ Notification
Policy........................................ 2501
Chapter 30 Planning Board and Board of Zoning
Appeals....................................... 3001
Chapter 34 Procurement Policy.................................................................................. 3401
Chapter 38 Salaries and Compensation...................................................................... 3801
Part
IIGeneral
Legislation
Chapter 50 Animals.................................................................................................... 5001
Chapter 62 Electrical Standards................................................................................. 6201
Chapter 67 Firearms and Bows.................................................................................. 6701
Chapter 71 Fire Lanes................................................................................................. 7101
Chapter 75 Fire Prevention and Building
Construction............................................. 7501
Chapter 78 Flood Damage Prevention
Law................................................................ 7801
Chapter 80
Illicit Discharge, Activities & Connections to Separate Sewer
System Law. 8001
Chapter 94
Parking, Handicapped.............................................................................. 9401
Chapter 98 Parks and Recreation Areas..................................................................... 9801
Chapter 105 Records, Public Access to................................................................... 10501
Chapter 111 Sewers................................................................................................. 11101
Chapter 115 Signs.................................................................................................... 11501
Chapter 119 Smoking.............................................................................................. 11901
Chapter 121 Solid Waste......................................................................................... 12101
Chapter 123 State Environmental Quality Review
Act.......................................... 12301
Chapter 124 Stormwater Management, Erosion & Sediment Control
Law............ 12401
Chapter 125 Subdivision of Land........................................................................... 12501
Chapter 125 Subdivision of Land Appendix A...................................................... 12549
Chapter 125 Subdivision of Land Appendix B....................................................... 12556
Chapter 125 Subdivision of Land Appendix C...................................................... 12557
Chapter 125 Subdivision of Land Appendix
D ..................................................... 12558
Chapter 125 Subdivision of Land Appendix
E ...................................................... 12567
Chapter 125 Subdivision of Land Appendix
F ...................................................... 12580
Chapter 125 Subdivision of Land Appendix
G ..................................................... 12581
Chapter 129 Taxation.............................................................................................. 12901
Chapter 135 Vehicles and Traffic............................................................................ 13501
Chapter 141 Water................................................................................................... 14101
Chapter 145 Zoning................................................................................................. 14501
Chapter 145 Zoning Appendix A-1.......................................................................... 145103
Chapter 145 Zoning Appendix
A-2.......................................................................... 145104
Chapter 145 Zoning Appendix B.......................................................................... 145109
Chapter 145 Zoning Appendix C.......................................................................... 145124
Chapter 145 Zoning Appendix D.......................................................................... 145125
Zoning Map
Index
Disposition
List