Title VIL, Village

§ 3-304 Changing number of trustees. The board of trustees by\nresolution or local law, subject to permissive referendum, may change\nthe number of trustees. Such action shall be in accordance with the\nfollowing:\n a. If the number of trustees be increased, the additional trust…

§ 3-306 Official undertakings. The board of trustees on behalf of the\nvillage or the board in control of a village owned utility plant shall\npost an official undertaking in such sum and form, and with such\nsureties as the board of trustees or the board in control of the villa…

§ 3-308 Separate boards of commissioners. 1. The board of trustees may\nestablish or abolish a board or boards of fire, ambulance, water, light,\nsewer, park or cemetery commissioners or a single municipal board having\nthe powers, duties and responsibilities of two or more such…

§ 3-310 Abolition of separate or municipal boards. If a resolution or\nlocal law is adopted by the board of trustees abolishing any separate\nboard, the abolition of such board or boards shall take effect\nimmediately. The clerk of the village shall forthwith notify the\nmembers…

§ 3-312 Filling of offices and vacancies by election or appointment.\n1. Elective offices shall be filled at the general village election\nnext preceding the expiration of the terms thereof.\n 2. Appointive offices shall be filled at the annual meeting\nimmediately following the…

§ 4-400 Mayor. 1. It shall be the responsibility of the mayor:\n a. To preside at the meetings of the board of trustees, and may have a\nvote upon all matters and questions coming before the board and he shall\nvote in case of a tie, however on all matters and questions, he shal…

§ 4-402 Clerk. The clerk of each village shall, subject to the\ndirection and control of the mayor:\n a. have custody of the corporate seal, books, records, and papers of\nthe village and all the official reports and communications of the board\nof trustees;\n b. act as clerk of…

§ 4-404 Taking of affidavits by village officers. The village clerk or\nany member of the board of trustees may administer oaths and take\naffidavits upon any claim or account against the village. The village\nclerk may also administer oaths and take affidavits upon matters in\n…

§ 4-406 Permits; franchises; filing; duty of clerk. Duplicate\noriginals of every resolution, certificate or other instrument whereby a\nvillage, or any board or officer thereof, grants a franchise, including\na privilege or consent of any kind, to a public service corporation\n…

§ 4-408 Treasurer. The treasurer of each village shall be the chief\nfiscal officer of the village and it shall be his responsibility to:\n a. have custody of all moneys belonging to the village, and keep\naccounts of all receipts and expenditures in conformance with a uniform\n…

§ 4-410 Village justices; accounts, fees, and fines. 1. The village\njustice:\n a. shall not receive for his own benefit any fees, costs or expenses\nin any action or proceeding, but shall demand and receive the same fees,\ncosts and expenses therein as are provided by law to be…

§ 4-411 Disposition of fines and penalties. Except as otherwise\nprovided by law, all fines and penalties imposed for the violation of a\nvillage local law, ordinance or regulation shall be the property of the\nvillage, whether or not the village has established the office of\nv…

§ 4-412 The board of trustees. 1. General powers of the board of\ntrustees. a. In addition to any other powers conferred upon villages,\nthe board of trustees of a village shall have management of village\nproperty and finances, may take all measures and do all acts, by local\nl…

§ 4-414 Assessments other than for local improvements. Whenever an\nowner of property is required by general special or local law to make an\nimprovement, perform any work or do any act on such property in the\ninterest of public safety, health, comfort, and general welfare and …

§ 5-500 Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following\nterms shall be defined as follows: l. "Administrative unit" shall mean\nan office, department, division, bureau, board, commission or other\nagency or specific activity of village government.\n 2. "Budget offic…

§ 5-502 Submission of estimates. l. On or before the eighth day of\nFebruary in each year, or such other date as may be applicable pursuant\nto section 5-510 of this article, the budget officer shall give written\nnotification to the head of each administrative unit that he shal…

§ 5-504 Preparation and filing of tentative budget. Upon receipt of\nthe estimates of the head of each administrative unit, the budget\nofficer shall prepare a tentative budget. He may also prepare a budget\nmessage explaining the main features of the budget and containing such\…

§ 5-506 Form and content of tentative budget. 1. The tentative budget\nshall consist of the following schedules and statements:\n a. A schedule of appropriations for all expenses authorized or\nrequired by law, other than expenses of operation of a municipal\nelectric, gas or st…

§ 5-508 Adoption of budget. l. The village clerk shall present the\ntentative budget to the board of trustees at a regular or special\nmeeting to be held on or before the thirty-first day of March or such\nother date as may be applicable pursuant to section 5-510 of this\narticl…

§ 5-510 Change in fiscal years. l. The board of trustees of any\nvillage may, by resolution, adopt a fiscal year to commence on the first\nday of August and end on the thirty-first day of July. If the board of\ntrustees shall so adopt a fiscal year commencing on the first day of…

§ 5-512 Financing interim fiscal period. l. Whenever the fiscal year\nof a village is changed by action of the board of trustees taken\npursuant to section 5-510 of this article, the current fiscal year shall\nbe automatically extended to include the interim period between the l…

§ 5-514 Limitation of tax levy. I. The amount which may be raised by\ngeneral village tax on real estate in any fiscal year for village\npurposes, shall be the same amount as a village may raise under the\nprovisions of article eight of the constitution.\n 2. If any joint indebt…

§ 5-516 Lien of special assessment. 1. Any provision of law to the\ncontrary notwithstanding, in any case in which a special or local\nassessment is levied against real property a lien shall attach as of the\ntime when the assessment is confirmed by the body authorized to finall…

§ 5-518 Collection of special assessments. 1. Any provision of law to\nthe contrary notwithstanding, all special or local assessments levied\nagainst real property shall be collected as in this section provided.\n 2. Whenever an expenditure is made or a contract awarded for a pu…

§ 5-520 General budgetary controls. 1. A separate account shall be\nkept for each appropriation. Each such account shall show the amount\nappropriated, the several amounts expended thereform and the unexpended\nbalance.\n 2. No expenditure shall be made, nor shall any contract w…

§ 5-522 Lapse of appropriations. l. Each appropriation to the extent\nthat it shall not have been expended or obligated, shall lapse at the\nclose of the fiscal year for which made, except that an appropriation\nfor a capital project shall continue in force until the purposes fo…

§ 5-524 Audit and payment of claims. l. The term "claim", as used in\nthis section, shall include all bills, accounts and demands for the\npayment of money, of whatever nature, asserted against the village.\n 2. In a village which has not established the office of auditor, the\n…

§ 5-525 Purchasing of products for public use. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of section one hundred three of the general municipal law,\nwhen purchasing products the officer, board or agency of a village may,\nwherever recycled products meet contract specifications and the pri…

§ 5-526 Petty cash account. l. The board of trustees may, by\nresolution, establish a revolving petty cash account for any\nadministrative unit or officer in such amount as is deemed necessary.\nAny such petty cash account shall continue in existence from year to\nyear until abo…

§ 5-528 Appropriations to maintain municipal conferences and\nassociations. l. The board of trustees of any village is hereby\nauthorized to annually include in the budget and raise by taxation a sum\nto meet its proportionate share of the actual and necessary expenses of\nmaint…

§ 5-530 Villages authorized to impose taxes on utilities. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any village\nis hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws\nimposing in any such village a tax such as was imposed by section one\nhundre…

§ 5-532 Inconsistent local laws. No local laws shall be adopted\nchanging, amending or superseding any of the provisions of this article.\n

§ 6-600 Definitions. The term "street" as used in this article also\nincludes a highway, road, avenue, lane or alley which the public have a\nright to use; and the term "pavement" includes a macadam, asphalt,\nbrick, concrete or other similarly improved roadbed, and is only appl…

§ 6-602 Separate highway district. The streets and public grounds of a\nvillage constitute a separate highway district and are under the\nexclusive control and supervision of the board of trustees or other\nofficers of the village when such control is delegated to them by such\n…

§ 6-604 Care of bridges. If the board of trustees of a village has the\nsupervision and control of a bridge therein, it shall continue to\nexercise such control under this chapter. In any other case, every\npublic bridge within a village shall be under the control of the\nsuperi…

§ 6-606 When village may construct or repair bridges. A village may\nassume the control, care and maintenance of a bridge or bridges wholly\nwithin its boundaries, upon the adoption of a resolution of the board of\ntrustees therefor; such action, however, shall be subject to a\n…

§ 6-608 When village may relinquish care of bridges. Any village\nwhich has the supervision, control, care and maintenance of any bridge\nor bridges wholly within its boundaries, or which has entered into an\nagreement with a town as provided in sections 6-604 and 6-606 of this\…

§ 6-610 Dedication of streets. An owner of land in a village who has\nlaid out a street thereon may dedicate such street, or any part thereof,\nor an easement therein, to the village for a public street, or an owner\nmay dedicate for such purpose land not laid out as a street. U…

§ 6-612 Street improvement or acceptance. The board of trustees may by\nresolution provide for laying out, altering, widening, narrowing,\ndiscontinuing or accepting the dedication of a street in the village.\n

§ 6-614 Notice of meeting of board. Upon adoption of a resolution the\nboard shall immediately give notice of a hearing thereon at specified\ntime and place to consider the resolution, and such hearing shall be\nconducted as provided in article twenty-one herein. The notice must…

§ 6-616. Changing grade of street or bridge. 1. If a village has\nexclusive control and jurisdiction of a street or bridge therein, it may\nchange the grade thereof. If such change of grade shall injuriously\naffect any building or land adjacent thereto, or the use thereof, the\…

§ 6-618 Streets on boundary lines. Whenever a street is on a line\nbetween two villages, or between a village and a city or town, the\nhighway or street commissioners of such adjoining municipalities shall,\non or before the first day of May in each year, meet at a time and plac…

§ 6-620 Sidewalks, payment for construction. Whenever the owner or\noccupant of lands adjoining a street constructs along such street a\nsidewalk of stone, cement, brick or other similar materials to be\napproved by the board of trustees, and the board consents to bear a\nportio…

§ 6-622 Pavements. The board of trustees may cause a street in the\nvillage or a part thereof, to be graded and paved or repaved wholly at\nthe expense of the village, or wholly at the expense of the owners of\nthe adjoining land or partly at the expense of each. If the street o…

§ 6-624 Acquisition of lands for parks, squares, athletic fields and\nplaygrounds. The board of trustees may, on behalf of the village, accept\nby grant or devise a gift of land for a public park, square, athletic\nfield or playground, within the village or wholly within five mi…

§ 6-626 Streets by prescription. All lands within the village which\nhave been used by the public as a street for ten years or more\ncontinuously, shall be a street with the same force and effect as if it\nhad been duly laid out and recorded as such.\n

§ 6-628 Liability of village in certain actions. No civil action shall\nbe maintained against the village for damages or injuries to person or\nproperty sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge,\nculvert, sidewalk or crosswalk being defective, out of repair, unsaf…

§ 6-630 Provisions governing the improvement of highways in villages.\nl. The term "highway improvement," as used in this section, shall mean\nthe filling, excavating, grading, paving, draining and the laying of\ncurbs, gutters, sidewalks upon or otherwise improving a state high…

§ 6-632 Incumbering streets; encroachments. 1. May regulate the use of\nsidewalks, stores, house and other building fronts; may regulate and\nprohibit the erection and construction of any stoop, steps, platform,\ncurb pumps, bay windows, stairs, cellar, area, areaway, descent to…

§ 7-700 Grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health,\nsafety, morals, or the general welfare of the community, the board of\ntrustees of a village is hereby empowered, by local law, to regulate and\nrestrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and oth…