Showing ordinances that apply to Yorktown Heights, NY
Yorktown Heights is an unincorporated community (population 1,884) in Westchester County, New York. Because Yorktown Heights is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Westchester County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The neighbor fence rules rules below are the ones that govern your area.
NY Real Property Law §840 governs boundary fences: shared maintenance, cost-splitting if mutually beneficial. Disputes are civil matters resolved in Westchester Supreme Court or local justice courts.
NY RPL §840 establishes that adjoining landowners share equally in the cost of maintaining a fence that serves both properties. If one neighbor refuses, the other may still build on their own property at their sole cost. Spite fences (built solely to annoy) may be actionable as private nuisance. Boundary disputes require a licensed surveyor; Westchester has no county mediation program, but some towns (Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant) offer community mediation services.
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