N.Y. County Law § 215: County property; general provisions

§ 215. County property; general provisions. 1. The board of

supervisors shall have the general care and control of the corporate

real and personal property of the county.

2. All contracts and conveyances made by or to the county, or on its

behalf, shall be made in the name of the county.

3. The board may acquire by purchase or condemnation and accept by

gift real and personal property for lawful county purposes. The board

may also lease for county purposes real property for terms not exceeding

five years with the privilege of renewal, except that in the county of

Cattaraugus the board may, subject to referendum provided in section

twenty-four of the municipal home rule law, lease for county purposes

real property for terms not exceeding ten years with the privilege of

renewal. Parking areas may be regulated and a reasonable charge imposed.

Necessary buildings may be erected, altered, remodelled and otherwise

improved. Such buildings may be named, maintained and kept in repair,

furnished and equipped for such public purposes. Adequate insurance of

all types may be provided. When not otherwise provided by law, the board

of supervisors may employ a custodian of any building or buildings and

the grounds in connection therewith, or such custody may be made the

duty of any county officer.

4. Upon the determination by the board of supervisors that county real

property is not required for public use, such property may be leased for

a term not exceeding five years upon such terms and conditions as may be

prescribed by the board in the same manner and with the same rights and

privileges as if owned by an individual.

5. When the board of supervisors shall determine that any county real

property is no longer necessary for public use such board by resolution

adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the total membership of

the board taken by roll call and entered in the minutes, may sell and

convey all the right, title and interest of the county therein.

6. Such property may be sold or leased only to the highest responsible

bidder after public advertisement.

7. The income and proceeds of lease and sale of any county real

property may be applied toward the payment of the cost of new sites and

buildings or expended for other lawful county purposes.

8. The provisions of subdivisions four, five, six and seven of this

section shall not apply to the disposition of real property acquired

pursuant to section eight hundred fifty of this chapter, acquired by tax

title or accepted for welfare assistance, or to lands purchased or

acquired for highways or canals.

9. The sale or other disposition of personal property no longer

necessary for public use, together with the application of the proceeds

thereof, shall be in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by

the board of supervisors, except as otherwise provided by law.

10. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the sale or lease

of any county property where such disposition is prohibited or

restricted by law.

11. The board of supervisors shall have the power, by resolution or

local law, to adopt and enforce rules, regulations or ordinances

covering the use of, parking on, and traffic in and through, any

county-owned or county-leased property, except as to any roads or other

property under the jurisdiction and control of the state of New York or

any of its agencies. The board shall have the power to provide that the

violation of any one or more of such rules, regulations, or ordinances

(a) shall constitute on offense and that a person guilty of such offense

may be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by

imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and

imprisonment, or, in the alternative, (b) shall be enforced by

prescribing a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars in any one case,

to be recovered in a civil action in any court having jurisdiction

thereof, which action shall be brought in the name of the county.