Town Code
In September 2024, the Newport Town Board approved a Town Code Codification plan that partners with General Code, LLC to review and modernize all Town laws, ordinances, and policies from the 1970s to 2024, enact new laws, ordinances, and policies, and codify them into one centralized code that is available online through General Codes’s eCode360 platform. The project is expected to conclude in 2026.
Project Development Timeline
Town Code - Submission of the Organizational Analysis
Due to Town by: 1/10/2025
Board Review at 1/13/2025 Town Board Meeting
Town to Return by: 1/20/2025
Town Code - Submission of the Editorial and Legal Analysis with Manuscript
Due to Town by: 10/21/2025
Board Review at 11/03/2025 Town Board Meeting
Board Review at 11/17/2025 Town Board Meeting
Town to Return by: 12/01/2025
Town Code - Submission of Draft
Due to Town by: 7/02/2026
Board Review at 7/13/2026 Town Board Meeting
Town to Return by: 8/03/2026
Town Code - Delivery of the Code
Due to Town by: 9/29/2026
Public Hearing at 10/05/2026 Town Board Meeting
Public Hearing at 10/19/2026 Town Board Meeting
Adoption Consideration at 11/02/2026 Town Board Meeting
Town Board Resolutions
A new section of this webpage with all Town Board resolutions is coming soon.
Local Laws
- 1972-Local Law #1- A local law prohibiting the use of any land within the Town of Newport as a dump or dumping grounds
- 1974-Local Law #1- A local law to provide for the exemption from taxation by the Town of Newport
- 1975-Local Law #1- A local law to amend the Town Law, in relation to the publication of ordinances of the Town of Newport
- 1982-Local Law #1- A local law to provide for the administration and enforcement of the New York State Building Construction Code
- 1983-Local Law #1- A local law providing for the conduct of games of chance in the Town of Newport
- 1985-Local Law #1- A local law for flood damage prevention
- 1987-Local Law #1- A local law for flood damage prevention
- 1987-Local Law #2- A local law regarding Indemnification of Public Officers
- 1989-Local Law #1- A local law providing for written notification of defects and obstructions on town highways and sidewalks in the Town of Newport
- 1989-Local Law #2- A local law to amend section 3.2 of Local Law #1 of the year 1987
- 1991-Local Law #1- A local law for flood damage prevention
- 1993-Local Law #1- A local law providing for the Administration and Enforcement of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code
- 1999-Local Law #1- A local law to amend Local Law #1 1996, by striking out part 3.2
- 2002-Local Law #1- A local law on dog control
- 2007-Local Law #1- A local law on zoning change
- 2010-Local Law #1- A local law on dog control and dog licenses
- 2012-Local Law #1- A local law amending the Newport Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map
- 2012-Local Law #2- A local law to authorize appointment of alternate members to both Zoning and Planning Boards
- 2012-Local Law #3- A local law to reduce the number of members of the Planning Board
- 2012-Local Law #4- A local law to impose a momatorium on any activity known as "hydrofracking" for twelve months
- 2016 - Local Law 1 - Updated Zoning Ordinance
- 2017 - Local Law 1 - Addition of Solar definitions and Article A.713
- 2020 - Local Law 1 - Procedures for public access to records of the Town of Newport under the Freedom of Information Law
- 2020 - Local Law 2 - To Amend Article VI - Events of the Town of Newport Zoning Law
- 2020 - Local Law 3 - Amend Article IV - Use Regulations of the Town of Newport Zoning Law
- Local Law No 4 of the year 2020
- Local Law 2022
- Local Law #1 of 2024
