New Rochelle is not located in a designated wildfire hazard zone. The city is urban/suburban coastal along Long Island Sound. Statewide NY DEC burn bans (March 16 - May 14) still apply.
New York does not maintain CalFire-style wildfire hazard severity zones. New Rochelle is a dense urban city in southern Westchester with no wildland-urban interface designation. However, the annual DEC Part 215 residential brush-burning ban from March 16 to May 14 applies statewide, and the Governor may declare emergency burn bans during drought. FEMA flood and coastal hazards are the city's main natural-hazard concerns, not wildfire.
New Rochelle, NY
Construction noise in New Rochelle is restricted to weekdays 7 a.m.–6 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.–5 p.m. No construction on Sundays or legal holidays without a...
New Rochelle, NY
Overnight on-street parking in New Rochelle is regulated by alternate-side rules, downtown permit-parking districts, and winter snow-emergency declarations t...
New Rochelle, NY
Commercial vehicles and trucks over a set weight (commonly 10,000 lbs GVW) are generally prohibited from overnight parking on New Rochelle residential street...
New Rochelle, NY
Parking RVs, campers, boats, and trailers on New Rochelle residential streets is prohibited or tightly time-limited. On private property, oversized recreatio...
New Rochelle, NY
Most residential fences in New Rochelle require a building permit from the Bureau of Buildings. Applications need a site plan showing location, height, and m...
New Rochelle, NY
Retaining walls over 4 feet in height (measured bottom-of-footing to top) require a building permit and engineered plans in New Rochelle. Walls with surcharg...
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