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NY Gen Mun L § 242 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13 - Playgrounds and Neighborhood Recreation Centers. 242 - Administration, Equipment and Operation.

§  242.  Administration,  equipment  and  operation.  The authority to   establish and maintain playgrounds and neighborhood  recreation  centers   may  be  vested  in  the  park  board  or  other  existing  body or in a   recreation commission as the board of estimate and apportionment, common   council, board of aldermen or corresponding  legislative  body,  or  the   governing  board  of  any such county, town or village, shall determine.   The local authorities of any  such  municipality  designated  to  equip,   operate  and maintain playgrounds and neighborhood recreation centers as   authorized by this article, may equip such  playgrounds  and  recreation   centers,  and  the  buildings  thereon,  and may construct, maintain and   operate in connection therewith public baths and  swimming  pools.  Such   local  authorities  may,  for the purposes of carrying out the object of   such playgrounds or recreation centers, employ play leaders,  playground   directors,  supervisors,  recreation  secretary,  superintendent or such   other officers or employees as they deem proper.
NY Gen Mun L § 244 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13 - Playgrounds and Neighborhood Recreation Centers. 244 - Organization of Commission.

§  244.  Organization  of  commission.  The  members  of  a recreation   commission established pursuant to this article shall elect  from  their   own  number  a  chairman  and  secretary and other necessary officers to   serve for one year, and may employ such persons as  may  be  needed,  as   authorized  by  this  act  and  pursuant  to  law.    Such  a recreation   commission shall have power to adopt rules of procedure for the  conduct   of all business within its jurisdiction.
NY Gen Mun L § 244-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13 - Playgrounds and Neighborhood Recreation Centers. 244-A - Acceptance of Donations.

§  244-a.  Acceptance  of  donations. A recreation commission or other   authority in which is vested the power to equip,  operate  and  maintain   playgrounds and neighborhood recreation centers pursuant to this article   may  accept any grant or devise of real estate or any gift or bequest of   money or other personal property or any donation to be applied principal   or income for either  temporary  or  permanent  use  for  playground  or   recreation  purposes,  but  if  the  use  thereof  for such purpose will   subject the municipality to  expense  for  improvement,  maintenance  or   renewal, the use of any grant or devise of real estate shall be approved   by  the  board  or body establishing such recreation commission or other   authority. Money received for such purpose, unless otherwise provided by   the terms of the gift or bequest, shall be deposited with the  treasurer   of the municipality to the account of the recreation commission or other   such  authority,  and the same may be withdrawn and paid out in the same   manner as money appropriated for recreation purposes.
NY Gen Mun L § 244-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13 - Playgrounds and Neighborhood Recreation Centers. 244-B - Joint Playgrounds or Neighborhood Recreation Centers.

§  244-b.  Joint  playgrounds or neighborhood recreation centers.  Any   two or more such municipalities may jointly  acquire  property  for  and   operate  and maintain playgrounds or neighborhood recreation centers and   may make and perform agreements in connection  therewith.    Any  school   district  shall  have  the  power  to join with any such municipality in   equipping,  operating  and  maintaining  playgrounds  and   neighborhood   recreation  centers,  may  appropriate  money  therefor and may make and   perform agreements in  connection  therewith.  Such  agreements  between   municipalities  or  a  school  district and a municipality shall include   provisions for the proportionate cost to be borne by  each  municipality   or  school  district  and  the manner of employment of personnel and may   provide that a fiscal officer of one  such  municipality  shall  be  the   custodian of the moneys made available for expenditure for such purposes   and  that  such fiscal officer may make payments therefrom upon audit of   the appropriate auditing body or officer of his municipality.
NY Gen Mun L § 245 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13 - Playgrounds and Neighborhood Recreation Centers. 245 - Expenses Incurred Under Article.

§  245.  Expenses  incurred under article. All expenses incurred under   this  article  coming  within  the  annual  appropriation  therefor  (as   provided  in section two hundred and forty-six of this article) shall be   a charge against the municipality incurring the same, payable  from  the   current  funds  of  such  municipality;  but  the  local authorities may   provide for the acquisition of lands or  buildings  for  playgrounds  or   neighborhod  recreation  centers payable from the current funds or to be   financed, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law.
NY Gen Mun L § 246 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13 - Playgrounds and Neighborhood Recreation Centers. 246 - Annual Appropriation.

§  246.  Annual appropriation. The local authorities of a municipality   having power to appropriate money therein may annually  appropriate  and   cause  to be raised by taxation in such municipality a sum sufficient to   carry out the provisions of this article.
NY Gen Mun L § 247 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13 - Playgrounds and Neighborhood Recreation Centers. 247 - Acquisition of Open Spaces and Areas.

§  247. Acquisition of open spaces and areas. 1. Definitions.  For the   purposes of this chapter an "open space" or "open area" is any space  or   area  characterized  by (1) natural scenic beauty or, (2) whose existing   openness, natural condition, or present state of use, if retained, would   enhance the present or potential value of abutting or surrounding  urban   development, or would maintain or enhance the conservation of natural or   scenic  resources.  For purposes of this section natural resources shall   include but not be limited to agricultural lands defined as  open  lands   actually used in bona fide agricultural production.2.  The  acquisition  of  interests or rights in real property for the   preservation of open spaces and areas shall constitute a public  purpose   for  which  public  funds  may  be expended or advanced, and any county,   city, town or village after due notice and a public hearing may acquire,   by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, lease or otherwise,  the  fee   or  any lesser interest, development right, easement, covenant, or other   contractual right necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter,  to   land within such municipality. In the case of a village the cost of such   acquisition of interests or rights may be incurred wholly at the expense   of  the  village,  at  the  expense of the owners of the lands benefited   thereby, or partly at the expense of  such  owners  and  partly  at  the   expense  of  the  village  at large as a local improvement in the manner   provided by  article  twenty-two  in  the  village  law  entitled  local   improvements.3.  After  acquisition  of  any such interest pursuant to this act the   valuation placed on such an open space or  area  for  purposes  of  real   estate taxation shall take into account and be limited by the limitation   on future use of the land.4.  For  purposes  of  this section, any interest acquired pursuant to   this section is hereby enforceable by and against the  original  parties   and  the  successors  in  interest,  heirs  and  assigns of the original   parties, provided that a record of such  acquisition  is  filed  in  the   manner  provided  by section two hundred ninety-one of the real property   law. Such enforceability shall not be defeated because of any subsequent   adverse possession, laches, estoppel, waiver, change in character of the   surrounding neighborhood or any rule of common law. No  general  law  of   the  state  which  operates to defeat the enforcement of any interest in   real property shall operate to defeat the enforcement of any acquisition   pursuant to this section, unless such general law expressly  states  the   intent  to  defeat  the  enforcement of any acquisition pursuant to this   section.
NY Gen Mun L § 250 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13-A - Lost and Found Property 250 - Lost and Found Property.

§  250.  Lost  and  found  property. The governing boards of municipal corporations  may  by  resolution  enact  rules  and   regulations   for administering the provisions of article seven-b of the personal property law and may provide the following:  (a)  the designation of a public officer to accept and keep custody of found property and found instruments;  (b) procedures for determining the value and for  estimating  the  net sum  likely to be realized by sale at public auction of lost property as defined in article seven-b of the personal property law;  (c) a procedure for the disposition of derelict automobiles and  other property having no value or salvage value only;  (d)  longer  or  shorter periods of time for the report and deposit of found property and instruments by specified classes  of  persons  having possession  thereof or for either such report or such deposit, provided, however, that such rules and regulations so enacted by a county or  town shall  not  supersede  rules  and  regulations  with respect to time for report and deposit, or for either report or deposit, so enacted  by  any municipal corporation within its limits, except to such extent as may be provided  by  an  agreement pursuant to section two hundred fifty-one of this chapter;  (e) provisions for notices,  reports,  storage,  and  sales  of  found property  not inconsistent with the provisions of article seven-b of the personal property law;  (f) the payment of proceeds from the sale of lost property as  defined in article seven-b of the personal property law into a public fund other than the treasury of the municipal corporation.
NY Gen Mun L § 275 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13-B - Picnic Parks And/or Roadside Rest Areas 275 - Picnic Parks And/or Roadside Rest Areas.

§  275. Picnic parks and/or roadside rest areas. The governing body of   any county, city, town or village is hereby authorized and empowered  to   authorize  and  direct  such  of  its  officers  or agencies as it shall   designate to enter into agreements  with  the  state  superintendent  of   public  works  for the maintenance of a picnic park and/or roadside rest   area as  authorized  by  section  twenty  of  the  highway  law  and  to   appropriate  and  spend  moneys of the county, city, town or village for   that purpose.
NY Gen Mun L § 277 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13-BB - Adopt-a-Municipal Park, Shoreline or Roadway Programs 277 - Adopt-a-Municipal Park, Shoreline or Roadway Programs.

§  277.  Adopt-a-municipal park, shoreline or roadway programs. 1. The   governing body of any county, city, town or village is hereby authorized   and empowered to authorize and direct such of its officers  or  agencies   as  it  shall designate to enter into adopt-a-park, shoreline or roadway   program agreements with volunteers or groups in an effort to reduce  and   remove  litter  from parks, shorelines, roadways and other public lands.   Such agreements shall include but not be limited to:a. providing and coordinating services  by  volunteers  or  groups  to   reduce the amount of litter including providing trash bags and trash bag   pick  up  and  in  designated  areas  where  volunteers  may be in close   proximity to moving vehicles providing safety briefings  and  reflective   safety gear; andb.  providing  and  installing  signs  identifying those volunteers or   groups adopting particular parks, shorelines, roadways or other sections   of public land.2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent  provision  of  law,  the  county,   city,  town or village and its employees shall not be liable for damages   suffered by any persons resulting from the actions or activities of such   volunteers or groups.
NY Gen Mun L § 282 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13-C - Establishment or Extension of Residential or Recreational Areas in the Lake George Park 282 - Entry, Publication, Posting and Effective Date of Ordinance; Review by Proceeding Under Article Seventy-Eight of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.

§  282.  Entry,  publication, posting and effective date of ordinance;   review by proceeding under article seventy-eight of the  civil  practice   law  and rules.   1. Every ordinance or local law and every amendment to   an existing ordinance or  local  law  (including  any  map  incorporated   therein)  adopted  pursuant  to  the provisions of this article shall be   entered in the minutes of the board and a copy thereof (exclusive of the   map incorporated therein) shall  be  published  at  least  once  in  the   official  newspaper  and  a copy thereof together with a copy of any map   incorporated therein shall be posted conspicuously in the office of  the   village clerk or on the sign board maintained by the town clerk pursuant   to  subdivision  six  of section thirty of the town law, as the case may   be, and affidavits of the publication and posting thereof shall be filed   with the clerk. Such ordinance or local law shall take effect  ten  days   after  such  publication  and  posting;  but such ordinance or local law   shall take effect from the date of its service as against any person  or   corporation  served  personally  with  a  copy thereof, certified by the   clerk under the corporate seal of the village or town, as the  case  may   be,  and showing the date of its passage and entry in the minutes of the   board.2. When such ordinance or local law has been  entered,  published  and   posted  as  provided in subdivision one of this section, the adoption of   such ordinance or  local  law  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  of  the   regularity  of all proceedings for the establishment of such area or the   extension of an existing area and of all  other  actions  taken  by  the   board in relation thereto.3.  Any person or corporation aggrieved by any determination or action   of the board taken pursuant to the provisions of this article may review   the same by a  proceeding  under  article  seventy-eight  of  the  civil   practice  law  and rules provided that the application for such order of   review is made within four months from the first date of the publication   and posting of copies of such ordinance as provided in  subdivision  one   of  this  section.  All  determinations  and  actions of the board taken   pursuant  to  this  article  shall  be  final  and   conclusive   unless   application  has  been  made for such review within four months from the   date of such publication and posting.
NY Gen Mun L § 283 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13-C - Establishment or Extension of Residential or Recreational Areas in the Lake George Park 283 - Variances and Amendments.

§  283.  Variances and amendments. 1. The village board of any village   or the town board of any town  in  which  one  or  more  residential  or   residential  and  recreational  areas  have been established pursuant to   this article may establish  rules,  regulations  and  procedures  by  or   pursuant  to  which  such  board  may,  consistent with the purposes and   objectives of this article as described in section  two  hundred  eighty   hereof,  authorize  or  permit  a  necessary or desirable use of land or   prevent unnecessary hardship in an individual or particular instance  by   the  granting of a proper and appropriate variance from any ordinance or   local law adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article.2. The village board of any village or the town board of any  town  in   which  a  residential  or  residential  and  recreational  area has been   established pursuant to this  article  on  petition  of  any  person  or   corporation  aggrieved  thereby  or of one or more interested persons or   corporations or on its own motion may, after a public  hearing  held  on   notice  published  and  posted as provided in subdivision two of section   two hundred eighty-one of this chapter, amend any ordinance or local law   adopted pursuant to this article which prohibits, restricts,  regulates,   controls and limits the use of buildings, structures or land within such   area.3.  Each  such amendment shall be entered, published and posted, shall   become effective and shall be reviewable by a proceeding  under  article   seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules as provided in section   two hundred eighty-two of this chapter.
NY Gen Mun L § 284 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13-C - Establishment or Extension of Residential or Recreational Areas in the Lake George Park 284 - Enforcement and Remedies.

§  284.  Enforcement and remedies. 1. The village board of any village   or the town board  of  any  town,  as  the  case  may  be,  in  which  a   residential  or  residential  and recreational area has been established   pursuant to this article, in which the use of buildings, structures  and   land for any industrial or commercial purpose is prohibited, restricted,   regulated  or  controlled,  or  in  which  the  use  of  all  buildings,   structures and land is limited to use for one or two family  residential   purposes,  or  to  use  for one or two family residential and non-profit   recreational purposes may provide by such ordinance or local law for the   enforcement thereof.2.  In  the  event  that  any  building,  structure  or  land  in  any   residential or residential and recreational area is used in violation of   any ordinance or local law applying to such area, the board, in addition   to  other  remedies,  may  institute  or authorize an official, officer,   employee or agent of the village  or  town,  as  the  case  may  be,  to   institute  any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful   use, to restrain, correct or abate such violation or to prevent or abate   any illegal act, conduct, business or use in, on or about such premises.   All issues in any action or proceeding for any of  the  purposes  herein   stated   shall   have  preference  over  all  other  civil  actions  and   proceedings.3. Upon the failure or refusal of the board to institute or  cause  to   be  instituted any such appropriate action or proceeding for a period of   thirty days after written request by an owner of real  property  situate   within  such  area  so  to  proceed,  any  three owners of real property   situate within the area wherein such violation exists may institute such   action or proceeding at their own expense in like manner as  such  board   or  an official, officer, agent or employee authorized by the village or   town board, as the case may be, is authorized to do.
NY Gen Mun L § 290 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13-D - Community Facilities and Programs for the Elderly 290 - Establishment of Community Facilities and Programs for the Elderly.

§  290.  Establishment  of  community  facilities and programs for the   elderly.  The local legislative body of a city, town or village may,  by   resolution,  determine  to  establish,  construct,  equip,  maintain and   operate for such city, town or village, a facility for housing,  or  for   other  residential or non-residential use of the elderly citizens of the   community and for the operation and provision of  health,  recreational,   vocational  and other programs and services for such citizens. The local   legislative body of a county may, by resolution, determine to establish,   construct, equip, maintain and operate for such county, a  facility  for   residential  use  other  than housing, or for non-residential use of the   elderly citizens of the county and for the operation  and  provision  of   health,  recreational,  vocational  and  other programs and services for   such  citizens.  In  any  city  in  which  a  board  of   estimate   and   apportionment  or  other board is required to approve appropriations for   public purposes, the resolution of the legislative body to  establish  a   facility  and programs for the elderly shall be effective only after the   necessary appropriation for lands and buildings for  such  facility  and   programs  shall have been approved by such board, in the same manner and   by the same vote by which  it  is  required  by  law  to  approve  other   appropriations for public purposes.
NY Gen Mun L § 291 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13-D - Community Facilities and Programs for the Elderly 291 - Acquisition of Real Property.

§  291.  Acquisition of real property. When the legislative body shall   have resolved to establish a facility and programs for the  elderly,  it   may  use  for such purpose real property owned by the county, town, city   or village which, in its judgment, is not needed for  any  other  public   use  or  it  may purchase or lease real property or interest or easement   therein, or acquire such real property interest and easement therein  by   condemnation proceedings in the manner provided by the provisions of the   condemnation  law.  The purchase price or award for the real property or   interest or easement therein acquired may be paid for  by  appropriation   of  monies  available  therefor or may be financed, in whole or in part,   pursuant to the local  finance  law.  Real  property  and  interests  or   easements  therein may be acquired, pursuant to this section, for use on   a determined or undetermined future date upon  a  determination  by  the   local  legislative body that such action is necessary in order to obtain   property which is desirable because of its reasonable cost, advantageous   location or any other factor recommending immediate acquisition.
NY Gen Mun L § 292 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 13-D - Community Facilities and Programs for the Elderly 292 - Equipment, Maintenance and Operation.

§  292.  Equipment,  maintenance  and operation. The local legislative   body of a county, town, city or village which has resolved to  establish   programs  for  the  elderly  and  has acquired, leased or set apart real   property for such purpose may, itself or  through  a  municipal  agency,   commission or board:1.  construct,  develop,  improve,  equip,  maintain  and operate such   facility and program.2. adopt regulations and  establish  fees  and  charges  for  the  use   thereof,  and  fix civil penalties for the violation of such regulations   and provide for their enforcement.3. provide and charge for all services, concessions or other usual  or   incidental facilities rendered, conducted or maintained thereat.4.  lease,  or  sublease  the  real  property  or  lease,  contract or   otherwise agree, on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, for the  entire   operation, equipment and maintenance of such facility and program, or of   any part thereof, or for the rendering of various services.