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 property blight rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Property blight enforcement is municipal. Westchester County Planning Department reviews major projects and can flag blighted parcels, but enforcement (notices, fines, receivership) runs through each city, town, or village.
NY Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Article 19-A allows municipalities to address zombie and blighted properties. Westchester County's Land Bank (Westchester County Local Development Corporation) acquires and rehabilitates vacant and blighted properties. Municipal property maintenance codes (adopted from NY State Property Maintenance Code) handle day-to-day enforcement.
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