No breed-specific bans in Yonkers. NY Ag & Markets Law §107(5) preempts municipalities from banning dogs based on breed.
NY State law explicitly prohibits any local law regulating dogs based on breed. Yonkers cannot ban pit bulls, Rottweilers, or any breed. Individual dogs may be declared 'dangerous' under NY Ag & Markets §123 following an incident, triggering muzzling, confinement, or euthanasia orders regardless of breed.
Yonkers, NY
Overnight on-street parking is generally allowed on residential streets but subject to alternate-side street-cleaning rules. Some zones require residential p...
Yonkers, NY
Retaining walls over 4 ft tall (from bottom of footing to top) require a building permit and engineered drawings in Yonkers. Walls with surcharge loads requi...
Yonkers, NY
Yonkers enforces New York State smoke and carbon monoxide alarm requirements under 19 NYCRR Part 1225 (Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code). All dwelli...
Yonkers, NY
Yonkers is not in a designated wildfire zone. New York does not maintain WUI (wildland-urban interface) fire hazard maps, and Yonkers is a dense urban city i...
Yonkers, NY
Yonkers is an urban municipality with no defensible-space brush-clearance mandate. Property owners must keep lots free of overgrowth, debris, and nuisance ve...
Yonkers, NY
Rainwater harvesting is legal in NY State and in Yonkers. No permit needed for residential rain barrels used for outdoor irrigation.
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