Union, NY

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, parking is prohibited on the streets and sides listed in Town of Union Code § 191-14, and on any public street…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, vehicles over 8,000 pounds total gross weight cannot park on streets or public parking areas in or next to the…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, Chapter 194 makes it unlawful to openly park, leave, store or deposit a motor vehicle no longer in condition for…

Town of Union Code § 178-11 bars parking on any Town street, highway or county highway whenever snow has fallen and the accumulation covers the road, and the ban lasts until the…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, Town of Union Code § 300-40.19 makes it unlawful to park a trailer, recreational vehicle, or boat on any street…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, Town of Union Code § 300-40.22 makes electric vehicle charging stations a customary accessory use permitted in…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a driveway serving a one- or two-family dwelling must be at least nine feet wide. In residential districts the…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a building over 5,000 square feet of gross area used for commerce, hospitals, laundries, public assembly…

New Yorkers outside New York City who get towed or booted from a private lot rely on General Business Law 399-v, not a statewide rate cap. The law applies only to lots with capacity…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, no one can harvest or remove a Town tree on public property without written permission from the Commissioner of…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Johnson City and Endicott, weeds, tall grass and other objectionable vegetation cannot exceed 10 inches on the average on an occupied or…

In the Town of Union outside the incorporated villages, ornamental shade trees, bushes and hedges standing within or extending over a public street, avenue or sidewalk must be trimmed…

Broome County has no native-plant mandate. DEC 6 NYCRR Part 575 prohibits sale, transport, and introduction of invasive species including Japanese knotweed, purple loosestrife, and…

In Town of Union parks in Broome County, New York, no person can hunt, pursue with dogs, trap or in any way molest a wild bird or animal found inside the park. The rule is Town of…

Under the Dog Control Law of the Town of Union, an owner cannot let a dog run at large unless the dog wears an adequate collar and leash, is accompanied by its owner or a responsible…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, an owner cannot let a cat or other domestic animal howl or bark habitually, damage or foul another person's…

Table 21-2 allows a veterinary clinic as of right in the Central Business (CB) and General Commercial (GC) districts and by special use permit in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) and…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, livestock and poultry are permitted in a county-designated agricultural district and otherwise only in the Rural…

Broome County doesn't ban feeding deer, geese or backyard birds outright, but its Sanitary Code requires anyone doing it to use a container. Section 305-25(E) makes it illegal to…

Agriculture and Markets Law Article 15 establishes a uniform statewide apiary inspection program with mandatory disease control standards applicable to all hives in New York.

Agriculture and Markets Law section 107(5) preempts municipalities from enacting breed-specific dog regulations, ensuring uniform treatment regardless of breed across New York.

Environmental Conservation Law section 11-0512 universally prohibits possessing wild animals such as big cats, bears, wolves, and venomous reptiles as pets across New York.

In Town of Union parks outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, no one can start a fire except small culinary fires in grills or fires in areas the Commissioner approves. The…

Broome County's Sanitary Code lets residents build campfires and light outdoor grills without a county permit, as long as a responsible party keeps the fire controlled and it creates…

New York Penal Law bans most consumer fireworks statewide. Ground-based sparkling devices are legal by default outside New York City, though counties may opt out and about a dozen have…

New York's Environmental Conservation Law Section 9-1105 makes it unlawful to set any open fire burning brush, leaves, grass, or debris in a designated fire town without a written…

The Dog Control Law of the Town of Union declares any dog that engages in loud howling, barking, crying or whining so as to unreasonably annoy any person a public nuisance. It is…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, Town of Union Code §§ 300-50.1 and 300-50.2 cap the decibel level radiated by any use or facility at any lot…

Broome County requires every motor vehicle operated on county-owned buildings and grounds to carry a muffler in good working order at all times, and bans muffler cutouts, bypass pipes…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a home occupation must run wholly inside the principal building, cover no more than 1/3 of the floor area…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a home occupation gets one sign per dwelling unit, no larger than two square feet, naming or identifying the…

New York lets you sell home-baked and other shelf-stable foods without a food processing license through the Department of Agriculture and Markets Home Processing exemption, which…

New York Social Services Law preempts municipalities from imposing additional licensing on family or group family day care homes and requires the Office of Children and Family Services…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, no building permit is required to install a fence unless the fence is part of an enclosure surrounding a…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, construction of a retaining wall needs no building permit unless the wall supports a surcharge or impounds Class…

In the Town of Union, Broome County, New York, a fence in a residential district cannot rise above six feet, except tennis or recreation courts at 12 feet. Fences for nonresidential…

The Town of Union Code does not hand neighbors a cost-sharing formula, but it sets two duties that affect them directly: the finished or decorative side of any fence must face the…

Fences in the Town of Union, Broome County, New York, must be wood, chain link, wrought iron or PVC. Barbed wire and electrically charged fencing are prohibited, with a narrow farm-use…

In the Town of Union, Broome County, New York, every in-ground pool needs a permanent protective fence at least 48 inches high around its whole perimeter. Aboveground pools under four…

In the Town of Union, Broome County, New York, noncommercial aboveground and in-ground pools need a permit from the Code Enforcement Officer, who certifies side and rear yard…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, accessory buildings such as sheds go to the side or rear of the principal building and must meet the side yard…

New York imposes state and local sales tax plus hotel-style occupancy taxes on short-term rentals statewide, and a 2024 registration law adds county-level registries and mandatory…

Town of Union parks in Broome County, New York are closed from 9:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. prevailing local time. No one can remain, stop or park in a Town park in those hours without a…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, the Town plants and maintains public trees and works toward ANSI A-300 tree care standards and best management…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, any person or group that wants to sponsor or engage in a special activity in a Town park needs written…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, § 191-3(D) delegates the power to license, regulate or prohibit processions, assemblages or parades. A parade…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, anyone who runs an outdoor carnival, field days, road show, circus, rodeo or similar event, or a concession or…

The Town of Union Code bans possessing or consuming beer, wine, liquor or any illegal substance in any park or on other public lands in the Town, and bars being under the disturbing…

The Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City bans soliciting in an aggressive manner in any public place. Section 151-39 also sets a 20-foot buffer around ATMs…

Town of Union Code § 169-1 bans tobacco, vaping and similar tobacco-based products at all parks, indoors and outdoors, and on public property within 50 feet of any park entrance and…

Broome County bans skateboards, roller skates and bicycles from the pedestrian walks and areas of county-owned buildings and grounds under Code § 222-4(W), with wheelchairs used by the…

Broome County bans loitering in or near toilets and restroom facilities on county property under Parks and Recreation Code § 281-3(H), with an identical prohibition for county…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a peddler or canvasser needs a Town Clerk license before selling on any public street, sidewalk or public place…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, brush, grass, leaves and weeds for municipal collection go in uncovered rigid plastic or metal containers of no…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, garbage, rubbish and refuse must go in a container approved by the Department of Public Works, Division of…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, recycled items that contain no garbage can be placed for collection in designated containers approved by the…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, trash and recycling containers go out no earlier than 2:00 p.m. the day before collection and no later than 6:00…

In the Town of Union, Broome County, New York, every dumpster or service area for any building or land use other than one- and two-family homes must be screened by a wall, a solid…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, recycled items go out in containers approved by the Department of Public Works, Division of Refuse and…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, § 174-1 bars placing, storing, depositing or dumping junk, waste material, putrescibles or an abandoned…

Broome County runs no curbside yard waste pickup: brush and leaf collection is set by your town, city or village, not the county. At the County Landfill, leaf and yard waste, tree…

Licensed vendors on Town of Union streets and sidewalks outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City cannot block pedestrians or vehicles, litter, or sell ice cream or…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, selling food from a booth, stand, truck, trailer or food wagon requires a Town Clerk temporary merchant license…

Temporary merchants, including food wagons and trucks, in the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City must set up in established off-street parking areas with…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a property is a public nuisance when it accumulates 12 or more points in six months or 18 or more points in 12…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, building and fire code complaints go to the Code Enforcement Officer, who reviews and investigates them under…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, nobody can establish or maintain a camp or other temporary lodging or sleeping place in a Town park without a…

The Town of Union authorizes bingo and games of chance only for licensed authorized organizations under General Municipal Law Article 14-H and Article 9-A. Bingo prizes are capped at…

New York's Upstate Gaming Economic Development Act divides the state into two casino development zones. Zone One is New York City plus Nassau, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and…

New York's Penal Law never criminalizes playing a private card game or betting pool: it only criminalizes advancing or profiting from gambling. Penal Law § 225.00(3) protects anyone…

Sports betting is legal in New York only through operators licensed by the state Gaming Commission under Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law Section 1367-a. Nine mobile…

Table 20-3 of the Consolidated Zoning Ordinance sets minimum front, side and rear setbacks for six residential districts: UMF, SMF, USF, SSF, UTF and RR. A detached single-family house…

Table 20-4 in § 300-20.5 caps building height in the residential districts at 35 feet for detached single-family homes in all six districts, with multifamily buildings at 45 feet in…

Table 20-4 in § 300-20.5 caps building coverage, the share of the lot covered by primary and accessory buildings, from 20 percent in RR to 50 percent in UMF for a detached…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, the owner of a vacant building must keep the premises free of insects and vermin, treat them when needed, and…

Broome County skips letter-grade placards, but its Sanitary Code has real teeth: a food establishment cited for violations touching food or food-contact surfaces has its operating…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a temporary painting scaffold or other temporary construction, repair or maintenance equipment on commercial…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, the owner of a vacant building must keep elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators maintained or take them out of…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a building permit from the Code Enforcement Officer is required for any work that must conform to the New York…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, construction work stays accessible and exposed until the Code Enforcement Officer or an authorized inspector…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Johnson City and Endicott, wiring for light, heat, power and signal systems operating on 50 volts or more must follow the National…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, every nonresident owner of a multiple dwelling, and every corporate owner, must designate a manager and register…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, every residential building, rentals included, must comply with the New York State Property Maintenance Code and…

Before filing a nonpayment eviction, a New York landlord must serve a 14-day written rent demand under RPAPL Section 711. The demand requires, in the alternative, payment of rent or…

New York's Good Cause Eviction Law (RPL Article 6-A) limits evictions and rent hikes for covered tenants in NYC by default, with optional adoption by other municipalities.

Real Property Law Section 238-a, added by the 2019 HSTPA, caps residential late fees at $50 or 5% of the monthly rent, whichever is less, and bars any late fee until rent is more than…

To end a tenancy or decline to renew, a New York landlord must give written notice scaled to how long the tenant has lived in the unit under Real Property Law Section 226-c: 30 days…

New York requires advance written notice before a landlord raises rent 5% or more, or declines to renew a lease. The notice window scales with how long the tenant has lived in the…

Since the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act, New York landlords cannot collect a security deposit larger than one month's rent. Within 14 days after a tenant vacates…

New York's adverse possession period is 10 years of continuous, exclusive possession under RPAPL Sections 501 and 511. A 2024 budget amendment to RPAPL Section 711 clarified that…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, weeds, tall grass or other objectionable vegetation on any occupied or unoccupied lot cannot average more than…

Town of Union Code § 178-26 requires snow and ice to be removed within five hours from the time it accumulates, or within one hour after notice from a Town official. Under § 178-22 the…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, Chapter 88 puts unsafe buildings under Town Board control. The Building Official inspects and reports, the Town…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, rooftop and building-mounted solar collectors are allowed in all zoning districts but need a building permit or…

New York's Solar Rights Act, Real Property Law Article 9-C, section 342, voids any homeowners' association rule that effectively bans rooftop solar. A restriction counts as an illegal…

Chapter 171 of the Town of Union Code requires a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan with erosion and sediment controls for land development activity, meaning one acre or more of…

Town of Union Code § 171-7 adds postconstruction stormwater runoff controls to the SWPPP when a project discharges to an impaired water, disturbs five or more acres, or disturbs…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, Town of Union Code § 300-40.20(D) limits idling of vehicles at transportation or freight terminal facilities to…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, any use in an area of special flood hazard other than a short list of low-damage uses needs a special permit…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, new residential buildings in the flood-fringe must have the lowest floor, basement included, at least two feet…

New York Executive Law Article 42 and the Coastal Management Program require state and local agency actions in designated coastal areas to be consistent with statewide coastal policies…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, § 178-3 requires a street-opening, sidewalk or curb alteration permit for any excavation or alteration of a…

Town of Union Code § 178-24 bars placing stones, signs or any other obstruction in a street, highway, shoulder, sidewalk, the strip between the curbline and the property line, a creek…

In the Town of Union, NY, the owner or occupant of a house or building, the owner of a vacant lot, and anyone in charge of a public building must maintain the pedestrian facilities…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a cannabis retail dispensary cannot be located within 500 feet of a school or park, or within 500 feet of a lot…

New York Cannabis Law allowed municipalities a one-time opt-out window before December 31 2021, after which the Office of Cannabis Management uniformly licenses retail dispensaries…

New York law lets adults 21 and over grow cannabis at home and preempts municipalities from prohibiting it, setting uniform plant limits and secure storage requirements statewide.

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, adult bookstores, cabarets, mini-motion-picture theaters, motion-picture arcades and motion-picture theaters…

Broome County runs a Sheriff-managed rotation list for road-hazard tows under Chapter 341. Towers must hold a Sheriff-issued permit, carry required equipment and insurance, and respond…

New York requires state retail registration for every tobacco and vapor product seller and bans online or mail-order shipment of vape products directly to consumers statewide.

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, an eating or drinking establishment next to residential uses or districts must be buffered or screened to…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, Table 50-1 under Town of Union Code § 300-50.2 sets the maximum permitted sound-pressure level for the lowest…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a farm stand is a seasonal accessory use in the RR District: one movable structure up to 2,000 square feet, a…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, Town of Union Code § 300-40.10(C) permits livestock and poultry within an agricultural farming operation in a…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, the Code Enforcement Officer can inspect any dwelling unit on receipt of a written statement alleging Uniform…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, Town of Union Code § 300-40.21 treats the sale of over five items of personal property on any portion of a lot…

In the Town of Union, NY, noncommercial holiday decorations need no sign permit under § 300-52.3(F), and holiday lighting is exempt from the outdoor lighting article under §…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, political and campaign signs need no permit and are allowed in all zoning districts. They go up no earlier than…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, a sign for an open house, garage sale or similar event goes up no more than five days before the event and comes…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, off-premises signs are allowed only in the General Commercial and Industrial Zoning Districts and within 500…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, an off-premises digital sign is capped at 450 square feet and 35 feet in height, owes a $500 yearly license fee…

Article 57 of the Town of Union's Consolidated Zoning Ordinance sets design standards for nonresidential development in the Central Business District of the Villages of Endicott and…

In the Town of Union, Broome County, New York, all new, expanded, altered or replaced outdoor lighting fixtures must be shielded or otherwise contained on the property they come from…

In the Town of Union, Broome County, New York, up-lighting is allowed only for flagpoles displaying federal, state or local government flags, with the light aimed at the flagpole only…

In the Town of Union outside the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City, § 121-14 sets the specific building standards once base flood elevation data exists: residential lowest floors…

Broome County has charged a 5% occupancy tax on hotel and motel room rent since October 1, 2007. The Broome Hotel or Motel Room Occupancy Tax Law applies countywide to every room…

New York Labor Law §652 sets a tiered statewide minimum wage that leaves no room for local wage ordinances. As of January 1, 2026 the rate is $17.00/hr in NYC, Long Island, and…

New York mandates paid sick leave under Labor Law § 196-b and paid family leave under Workers' Compensation Law Article 9, with statewide coverage that applies to nearly every private…

New York requires a state-issued concealed carry license under Penal Law § 400.00, with mandatory training and a long list of statewide sensitive locations where carry is forbidden.

New York Penal Law treats a vehicle as a public place for firearm purposes, requiring a valid pistol license to transport a handgun and strict storage rules for long guns and…

New York has no comprehensive HOA act. Condominiums get a statutory common-charge lien under Real Property Law § 339-z that is foreclosable like a mortgage but junior to a first…

New York homeowners association boards answer to Not-for-Profit Corporation Law Section 621. A member of record for at least six months, or a holder of five percent of any voting…

New York voids HOA bans on solar power and EV charging. Real Property Law § 342 (Solar Rights Act) makes any restriction effectively prohibiting a solar system unenforceable and void…

New York's Electric Vehicle Rights Act, Real Property Law Article 9-D Section 343, bars homeowners' associations statewide from adopting rules that effectively prohibit or unreasonably…

New York Real Property Law Section 339-j strips condominium boards of managers of the power to enforce any by-law, rule, or resolution against a unit owner who displays a United States…

New York creates an assessment lien by statute only for condominiums. Real Property Law § 339-z gives the board of managers a lien on each unit for unpaid common charges that outranks…

New York condominiums have no inherent power to restrict unit leasing: under Real Property Law § 339-v(2)(a), by-laws "may also provide for" leasing restrictions only if the board…

No section of the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law authorizes sobriety checkpoints by name. The practice rests on Court of Appeals case law, chiefly People v. Scott, applied against…

New York is one of the few states that put the right to record police into its own statute rather than leaving it to case law. Civil Rights Law § 79-p, headed "Recording certain…

New York has no stop-and-identify statute. Criminal Procedure Law § 140.50(1) lets a police officer who reasonably suspects a felony or a misdemeanor defined in the Penal Law stop you…

New York wrote an unusually specific rule into the Penal Law when it legalized adult-use cannabis: § 222.05(2) provides that no conduct made lawful by that section shall constitute the…

New York draws a hard line between a golf cart and a low-speed vehicle. A low-speed vehicle is defined by Vehicle and Traffic Law § 121-f as a limited use automobile with a maximum…

The New York Bag Waste Reduction Law (Environmental Conservation Law §27-2801, enacted 2019, enforced March 2020) bans most single-use plastic carryout bags statewide. Counties and…

New York prohibits the sale and distribution of expanded polystyrene foam food containers and loose packing peanuts statewide under Environmental Conservation Law Article 27.

New York Public Health Law §1399-cc raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco and vapor products to 21 (Tobacco 21 Act, signed 2019). New York also bans the sale of all flavored vapor…

New York prohibits the sale of flavored vapor products statewide under Public Health Law § 1399-mm-1, allowing only tobacco-flavored e-liquid for legal retail sale.

Vehicle and Traffic Law section 375(41) governs every light added to a New York vehicle beyond the lamps the law already requires, and it opens with a near total prohibition: no light…

New York grants a dash cam no designated place on the windshield. Vehicle and Traffic Law section 375(30) makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle with any object placed or hung in…

New York prohibits lane splitting outright. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1252(c) makes it illegal to operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of…

New York does not allow license plate covers of any kind. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 402(1)(b)(ii-a) states flatly that number plates shall not be covered by glass or any plastic…

New York does not ban radar detectors in private passenger cars. Vehicle and Traffic Law section 397-a prohibits using a radar or laser detector only in a motor vehicle with a gross…

New York allows studded snow tires, but only within a fixed season and only within precise dimensional limits. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 375(35-a) makes it unlawful to drive a motor…

New York requires at least 70 percent light transmittance through the front windshield, both front side windows and the rear window under Vehicle and Traffic Law section 375(12-a)(b)…