§ 215 — County property; general provisions

New York § 215

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law CNT: County
• Art. 5: General Powers of Board of Supervisors

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§ 215. County property; general provisions. 1. The board of\nsupervisors shall have the general care and control of the corporate\nreal and personal property of the county.\n 2. All contracts and conveyances made by or to the county, or on its\nbehalf, shall be made in the name of the county.\n 3. The board may acquire by purchase or condemnation and accept by\ngift real and personal property for lawful county purposes. The board\nmay also lease for county purposes real property for terms not exceeding\nfive years with the privilege of renewal, except that in the county of\nCattaraugus the board may, subject to referendum provided in section\ntwenty-four of the municipal home rule law, lease for county purposes\nreal property for terms not exceeding ten years with the privilege of\nrenewal. Parking areas may be regulated and a reasonable charge imposed.\nNecessary buildings may be erected, altered, remodelled and otherwise\nimproved. Such buildings may be named, maintained and kept in repair,\nfurnished and equipped for such public purposes. Adequate insurance of\nall types may be provided. When not otherwise provided by law, the board\nof supervisors may employ a custodian of any building or buildings and\nthe grounds in connection therewith, or such custody may be made the\nduty of any county officer.\n 4. Upon the determination by the board of supervisors that county real\nproperty is not required for public use, such property may be leased for\na term not exceeding five years upon such terms and conditions as may be\nprescribed by the board in the same manner and with the same rights and\nprivileges as if owned by an individual.\n 5. When the board of supervisors shall determine that any county real\nproperty is no longer necessary for public use such board by resolution\nadopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the total membership of\nthe board taken by roll call and entered in the minutes, may sell and\nconvey all the right, title and interest of the county therein.\n 6. Such property may be sold or leased only to the highest responsible\nbidder after public advertisement.\n 7. The income and proceeds of lease and sale of any county real\nproperty may be applied toward the payment of the cost of new sites and\nbuildings or expended for other lawful county purposes.\n 8. The provisions of subdivisions four, five, six and seven of this\nsection shall not apply to the disposition of real property acquired\npursuant to section eight hundred fifty of this chapter, acquired by tax\ntitle or accepted for welfare assistance, or to lands purchased or\nacquired for highways or canals.\n 9. The sale or other disposition of personal property no longer\nnecessary for public use, together with the application of the proceeds\nthereof, shall be in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by\nthe board of supervisors, except as otherwise provided by law.\n 10. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the sale or lease\nof any county property where such disposition is prohibited or\nrestricted by law.\n 11. The board of supervisors shall have the power, by resolution or\nlocal law, to adopt and enforce rules, regulations or ordinances\ncovering the use of, parking on, and traffic in and through, any\ncounty-owned or county-leased property, except as to any roads or other\nproperty under the jurisdiction and control of the state of New York or\nany of its agencies. The board shall have the power to provide that the\nviolation of any one or more of such rules, regulations, or ordinances\n(a) shall constitute on offense and that a person guilty of such offense\nmay be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by\nimprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and\nimprisonment, or, in the alternative, (b) shall be enforced by\nprescribing a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars in any one case,\nto be recovered in a civil action in any court having jurisdiction\nthereof, which action shall be brought in the name of the county.\n