New York Village Law Article 6 - STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS

• 6-600 - Definitions.
  6-600 Definitions. The term "street" as used in this article also includes a highway, road, avenue, lane or alley which the public have a right...
• 6-602 - Separate Highway District.
  6-602 Separate highway district. The streets and public grounds of a village constitute a separate highway district and are under the exclusive control and supervision...
• 6-604 - Care of Bridges.
  6-604 Care of bridges. If the board of trustees of a village has the supervision and control of a bridge therein, it shall continue to...
• 6-606 - When Village May Construct or Repair Bridges.
  6-606 When village may construct or repair bridges. A village may assume the control, care and maintenance of a bridge or bridges wholly within its...
• 6-608 - When Village May Relinquish Care of Bridges.
  6-608 When village may relinquish care of bridges. Any village which has the supervision, control, care and maintenance of any bridge or bridges wholly within...
• 6-610 - Dedication of Streets.
  6-610 Dedication of streets. An owner of land in a village who has laid out a street thereon may dedicate such street, or any part...
• 6-612 - Street Improvement or Acceptance.
  6-612 Street improvement or acceptance. The board of trustees may by resolution provide for laying out, altering, widening, narrowing, discontinuing or accepting the dedication of...
• 6-614 - Notice of Meeting of Board.
  6-614 Notice of meeting of board. Upon adoption of a resolution the board shall immediately give notice of a hearing thereon at specified time and...
• 6-616 - Changing Grade of Street or Bridge.
  1. If a village has exclusive control and jurisdiction of a street or bridge therein, it may change the grade thereof. If such change of...
• 6-618 - Streets on Boundary Lines.
  6-618 Streets on boundary lines. Whenever a street is on a line between two villages, or between a village and a city or town, the...
• 6-620 - Sidewalks, Payment for Construction.
  6-620 Sidewalks, payment for construction. Whenever the owner or occupant of lands adjoining a street constructs along such street a sidewalk of stone, cement, brick...
• 6-622 - Pavements.
  6-622 Pavements. The board of trustees may cause a street in the village or a part thereof, to be graded and paved or repaved wholly...
• 6-624 - Acquisition of Lands for Parks, Squares, Athletic Fields and Playgrounds.
  6-624 Acquisition of lands for parks, squares, athletic fields and playgrounds. The board of trustees may, on behalf of the village, accept by grant or...
• 6-626 - Streets by Prescription.
  6-626 Streets by prescription. All lands within the village which have been used by the public as a street for ten years or more continuously,...
• 6-628 - Liability of Village in Certain Actions.
  6-628 Liability of village in certain actions. No civil action shall be maintained against the village for damages or injuries to person or property sustained...
• 6-630 - Provisions Governing the Improvement of Highways in Villages.
  6-630 Provisions governing the improvement of highways in villages. l. The term "highway improvement," as used in this section, shall mean the filling, excavating, grading,...
• 6-632 - Incumbering Streets; Encroachments.
  6-632 Incumbering streets; encroachments. 1. May regulate the use of sidewalks, stores, house and other building fronts; may regulate and prohibit the erection and construction...

Last modified: February 3, 2019