Nassau County, NY Ordinances (2026)

Nassau County runs a traffic-camera enforcement program authorized by Local Law 12-2009, ticketing vehicle owners, not drivers, $50 per red-light violation at up to 100 monitored…

Nassau County law bars cyclists from riding recklessly on roadways or sidewalks, weaving between cars, or riding within two feet of vehicles or pedestrians while stunting. Violators…

Nassau County bans smoking or vaping cannabis on any county-owned property, parks, beaches, playgrounds, and government buildings, under a 2021 local law aimed at public open spaces.

Nassau County's Social Host Law makes it a crime for anyone over 18 who controls a residence to knowingly allow minors to drink alcohol or use drugs there, with fines up to $1,000 and…

Smoking or vaping cannabis on any Nassau County-owned property is banned countywide, covering parks, beaches, sidewalks, and buildings, backed by a civil fine.

Nassau County bans selling, transporting, propagating, or transplanting more than 80 listed invasive plant species, and separately bars dumping any of them into county waterways or…

Nassau County designates certain county roads as snow routes. Once the County Executive declares a snow emergency, parking or leaving a vehicle on those routes is banned countywide…

Nassau County bans parking or leaving vehicles on designated snow routes once the County Executive declares a snow emergency; violators face a traffic-infraction fine and can be towed…

Nassau County prohibits feeding swans, geese, ducks and other migratory waterfowl anywhere on county-owned or county-managed property, including parks, preserves, beaches and Nassau…

Nassau County law regulates pet dealers and pet stores selling dogs and cats: barring animals from breeders with recent USDA welfare violations, setting minimum enclosure sizes, and…

Nassau County requires pet grooming businesses and individual pet groomers to be licensed by the Office of Consumer Affairs, with mandatory training, health/safety standards and fines…

Nassau County bars tethering a dog or other animal outdoors for more than 1 hour in any 12-hour period, sets minimum tether length and weight limits, and bans outdoor restraint in…

Nassau County requires any dog judicially declared "dangerous" under state law to be registered with the SPCA on a public online registry, and its owner must mail notice to every…

Nassau County prohibits feeding migratory waterfowl, swans, geese, and ducks, anywhere on county-owned property, including parks, preserves, and beaches, under the county's Migratory…

Nassau County landlords cannot refuse to rent to a tenant because their rent is paid through Section 8 or another lawful subsidy program: source of income is a protected class…

Nassau County's Open Housing Law bars landlords from refusing to rent, negotiate, or lease housing because a tenant's income comes from a housing voucher, disability benefits, or other…

Placing a dumpster, container, or building materials on a Nassau County road without a Department of Public Works permit is prohibited; a permit allows temporary storage during…

Dumping refuse or waste weighing 10 pounds or more on any county-owned property is a misdemeanor in Nassau County, punishable by fines up to $10,000 and 15 days in jail, with steeper…

Nassau County law flatly bars donation and clothing drop-off bins from any public sidewalk, roadway, or right-of-way: a for-profit-bin crackdown that leaves only private property, with…

Nassau County can force repair of a sidewalk or curb along a state highway or county road that runs outside any incorporated village or city, then bill the property owner for the full…

County controls private construction, steps, railings, posts, or other structures, within a county road right-of-way outside incorporated villages and cities; owners must get county…

Nassau County requires co-op governing boards to acknowledge purchase applications within 15 days and accept or reject completed applications within 45 days, under Local Law No…

Nassau County's Department of Public Works can order owners of property abutting county roads to prune or remove trees, hedges, and shrubbery that endanger drivers, cyclists, or…

Trees, hedges and shrubbery within the right-of-way of a Nassau County road fall under the Department of Public Works, not the property owner, and abutting owners can be ordered to…

Nassau County's Board of Supervisors may direct the Department of Public Works to build dams, culverts, ditches, and channels countywide to prevent flooding, and other public agencies…

Nassau County doesn't license street vendors, but Local Law No. 12-1990 sets strict operating rules for frozen-dessert vending vehicles: where you may stop, how you display the…

Nassau County's Green Building Standards Law requires county capital projects over 5,000 square feet and $1 million in construction cost to meet LEED Silver green building standards…

Nassau County imposes a 3% occupancy tax on the per diem room rate at every hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast, and short-term rental countywide, collected by owners and remitted…

Nassau County requires anyone buying or selling secondhand precious metals or gems to hold a Consumer Affairs license, post a $5,000 bond, and carry liability insurance before opening…

Every tattoo, microblading, permanent-makeup, or body-piercing artist in Nassau County must hold a Department of Health Artist Certification, and every studio must hold a Studio…

Nassau County smoke shops and vape retailers may sell e-cigarette and liquid nicotine products only if they are flavorless or tobacco, mint, or menthol flavored. Every other…

Nassau County's Department of Public Works controls trees, hedges and shrubbery growing between property lines along county roads, and the County Legislature can regulate planting…

Nassau County prohibits every food service establishment, store, and mobile food commissary from selling or offering any disposable food service item made of polystyrene foam. The ban…