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Local Town Laws

This page makes available all of the Town of Russell local laws, enacted since 1971.  These are listed in reverse chronological order.  For any years not listed, no local laws were adopted.  For questions, contact the town clerk.

2025 Local Law #1, Amending Local Law 1 of 2024
  Local Law #2, Volunteer Firefighter & Volunteer Ambulance Workers Real Property Tax Exemption
2024 Local Law #1, Town Road ATV Use Law
  Local Law #2, Four Year Term for Town Clerk
  Local Law #3, Four Year Term for Highway Superintendent
2023 Local Law #1, pertaining to parking on town roads
  Local Law #2, One-year moratorium on Solar Projects
2022 Local Law Number 1, Overriding tax levy
2021 Local Law Number 1, Amending #1 of 2010 dog control
2018 Local Law Number 1, Tax exempt for cold war veterans
  Local Law Number 2, Regulating all-terrain vehicles roads
2015 Local Law Number 1 of 2015, Overriding tax levy
2014 Local Law Number 1 of 2014, Overriding tax levy
2013 Local Law Number 1 of 2013, Amending LL 1 of 2010 regarding abandonment of dogs
  Local Law Number 2 of 2013, Overriding tax levy
2012 Local Law Number 1 of 2012, Overriding tax levy
2010 Local Law Number 1, Dog Control Law
2009 Local Law Number 1, Preventing residents from the Town of Russell from putting hay bales, farm machinery or other debris in the road or within the Town's right-of-way or the County's right-of-way
  Local Law Number 2, Providing for the regulation of mobile homes in the Town of Russell.
2008 Local Law Number 1, Allowing a real property tax exemption for capital improvements to one-family and two-family dwellings.
2007 Local Law Number 1, Providing for the Administration & Enforcement of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention & Building Code.
2006 Local Law Number 1, To allow enrolled volunteer firefighters & volunteer ambulance workers to be eligible for a Real Property Tax Exemption.
  Local Law Number 2, To require reimbursement to the Town for expert fees.
2005 Local Law Number 1, To enact the Senior Citizen Exemption.
2002 Local Law Number 1, Changing Grievance Day from the Fourth Wednesday of the month of May, to the Wednesday following the Fourth Tuesday.
2001 Local Law Number 1, Changing Grievance Day from the fourth Tuesday of the month of May to the fourth Wednesday of the month of May.
1999 Local Law Number 1, Providing for the repair and/or removal of unsafe buildings.
  Local Law Number 2, Electing a retirement incentive program as authorized by Chapter 47, Laws of 1999 for eligible employees of the Town of Russell.
1998 Local Law Number 1A, Electing a retirement incentive program authorized by Chapter 47, Laws of 1998 for eligible employees of the Town of Russell.
  Local Law Number 1B, Electing a retirement incentive program as authorized by Chapter 47, Laws of 1998 for eligible employees of the Town of Russell.
1997 Local Law Number 1A, To Enact the Senior Citizen Exemption.
  Local Law Number 1B, To Enact the Senior Citizen Exemption.
1994 Local Law Number 2, Changing the Term of Elective Office of Town Clerk from two (2) to four (4) years.
  Local Law Number 3, Changing the Term of Elective Office of the Town Superintendent of Highways from tow (2) to four (4) years.
1993 Local Law Number 1, Authorizing the Conduct of Games of Chance.
1990 Franchise Agreement
1988 Local Law Number 1, To Provide for the Care and Control of Dogs within the Town of Russell
1987 Local Law Number 1, Exemptions Relating to the Persons 65 Years of Age or Over
  Local Law Number 2, To Correct the Veterans Exemptions.
  Local Law Number 3, For Flood Damage Prevention.
1985 Local Law Number 1, Providing for the Administration & Enforcement of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention & Building Code
  Local Law Number 2A, Establishing a Requirement of Written Notice of Certain Defects, Unsafe Conditions, Etc., Prior to the Institution of Civil Actions.
  Local Law Number 2B, Establishing a Requirement of Written Notice of Certain Defects, Unsafe Conditions, Etc., Prior to the Institution of Civil Actions.
1982 Local Law Number 1, Accepting the 1978 New York State Fire Code.
Local Law Number 2, Liability of Town Pertaining to Highway Defects.
1980 Local Law Number 1, Legal Representation of Town Officials.
1979 Local Law Number 1, Open Containers.
1977 Ordinance 1, Establishing Conditions for the Issuance of Building Permits & Subdivision Approvals in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards.
  Resolution 16, Town of Russell Flood Plan Management Regulations.
1971 Code of Ethics

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