ECL 19-0709 · Title 7. Scope and Construction
Local laws, ordinances and regulations
Text — Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 19-0709. Local laws, ordinances and regulations.
Any local laws, ordinances or regulations of any governing body of a county, city, town or village which are not inconsistent with this article or with any code, rule or regulation which shall be promulgated pursuant to this article shall not be superseded by it, and nothing in this article or in any code, rule or regulation which shall be promulgated pursuant to this article shall preclude the right of any governing body of a county, city, town or village to adopt local laws, ordinances or regulations which are not inconsistent with this article or with any code, rule or regulation which shall be promulgated pursuant to this article provided, however, that the exercise of such right by a county shall relate only to the area thereof outside any city, village or area of any town outside the village or villages therein during such time as such city, village or town has local laws, ordinances or regulations consistent with this article or with any code, rule or regulation which shall be promulgated pursuant to this article. Any local laws, ordinances or regulations of a county, city, town or village which comply with at least the minimum applicable requirements set forth in any code, rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this article shall be deemed consistent with this article or with any such code, rule or regulation.
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- Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- Official file
- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/ENV19-0709
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