Local Laws

Village of Port Henry Local Laws since 1968 are on file at the Village Office, and are listed here for information.  For those laws that exist in a digital format, a link to the full text is provided (.pdf files).

• 1968 #1   Providing for Public Notice Relating to Adoption of Local Laws
  •            (See also 1973#2)
• 1968 #2   Stop Intersections for Certain Streets
  •            (see also 1974 #1 for revised law) 
• 1968        Amendment to Village Ordinance of Dec. 15, 1958 (Parking of Vehicles)
  •            (Parking prohibited, all streets, 2 AM - 6 AM, Nov. 15^th - April 1^st)
• 1969 #1   Removal of Ice Fishing Shanties
• 1970 #1   Compensation of Village Officers
• 1970 #2   Conduct of Officers and Employees
• 1972 #1   Regulation of Automobile Junk Yards
• 1972 #2   Dumps
• 1973 #1   Dog Leash Law
  •            (repealed and replaced by 2009 #2)
• 1973 #2   Public Notice Relating to Adoption of Local Laws
  •            (see also 1968 #1)
• 1973 #3   General Powers of the Village Board
• 1974 #1   Stop & Yield Intersections
  •            (see also 1968 #2)
• 1975 #1   Use of Village Water
  •           (repealed and replaced by 2011 #2)
• 1975 #2   Flood Prone Areas
• 1976 #1   Hawkers & Peddlers - Regulations
• 1976 #2   Exemption Percentages for Commercial Industries
• 1977 #1   Open Meeting Law
• 1978 #1   Defective Highways
• 1979 #1   Overnight Parking
  •           (abolished 2/10/03)
• 1979 #2   Tax Abatement
• 1981 #1   Rubbish & Abandoned Vehicles
• 1983 #1   Open Container
• 1984 #2   Flood Control
• 1985 #1   Sewer Use
• 1987 #1   Flood Damage
• 1988 #1   Regulating Parking Along Main St. and Broad St.
• 1989 #1   Development Review Law
  •           (see also 2007 #1 for revisions)
• 1990 #1   Abolish Police Department
• 1991 #1   Sewer Rent Increase
• 1994 #1   Building Codes - Fire Prevention
  •           (repealed and replaced by 2009 #1)
• 1994 #2   Assessing Unit Terminated
• 1995 #1   Property Maintenance
  •           (Repealed by Local Law #3 of 2012)
• 2003 #1   Restricting Adult Uses
• 2004 #1   Prohibiting Skateboards, Scooters, etc. from Main St.
• 2004 #2   Prohibiting Farm Animals in the Village
• 2007 #1   Development Review Law (revision of 1989 #1)
  •           (added "signs" section)
• 2007 #2   Outdoor Furnace Regulations
• 2009 #1   NYS Uniform Fire Prevetion and Building Codes
  •           (replaces 1994 #1)
• 2009 #2   Regulation of Dogs in the Village
  •           (replaces 1973 #1)
• 2011 #1   Establishing a Moratorium on  Street Level Residential Development
  •           (Expired; See Local Law #4 of 2011 for extension)
• 2011 #2   Water Law
  •           (repeals and replaces #1 of 1975)
  •           Water Consumption Rate Schedule, May, 2011; rev. 8/08/11  
  •           Water Consumption Rate Schedule, effective May 1, 2012
• 2011 #3   Requiring Certificate of Occupancy
• 2011 #4   Extending the Moratorium on Street Level Residential Development 
  • (Expired; See Local Law #2 of 2012 for extension)
• 2012 #1   Tax Cap Override
• 2012 #2   Extending the Moratorium on St. Level Res. Development
  • (Expired April 2013; See Local Law #2 of 2013 for extension)
• 2012 #3   Unsafe Structure Law
• 2013 #1  Tax Cap Override
• 2013 #2  Extending the Moratorium on Street Level Residential Development