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
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.......................................................................... 145103
Chapter
145 Zoning Appendix B.......................................................................... 145109
Zoning
Map
Index
Disposition
List