NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Release Date: November 12, 2026

TOWN OF NEWBURGH

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there has been introduced before the Town Board of the Town of Newburgh in the County of Orange and State of New York on October 26, 2026, Introductory Local Law No. _2_ of the Year 2026 entitled “.A Local Law Adding a new Chapter 90 entitled ‘Discharging Spring or Air Loaded Devices Prohibited’ to the Code of the Town of Newburgh” The purpose and effect of the Local Law are to add a new Chapter to the Code of the Town of Newburgh to protect the health, safety and welfare of persons and property and reduce noise disturbances by controlling the discharge of implements and apparatuses of any kind which use as a propelling force a spring, piston, air, compressed air, compressed gas or chemicals, such as pellet guns, to eject a projectile within close 250 feet of a dwelling. The local law prohibits the firing or discharging of such implements or apparatuses within 250 feet of a dwelling except with the explicit permission of the owner or an adult occupant of the dwelling. This prohibition does not apply to discharges of such implements or apparatuses by police officers and other law enforcement personnel in the performance of their official duties, medical devices and pneumatic tools used to drive nails and similar fasteners for construction or assembly. The discharge of any device or apparatus by any person in violation of the new chapter shall be an offense punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or both, upon the first conviction and each subsequent conviction for an offense on the same date as the first offense; and for a second or subsequent such conviction within 24 months of the prior conviction for an offense committed on a separate date from the date of first offense, a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or by both. Each separate discharge shall constitute a separate additional offense.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Section Twenty of the Municipal Home Rule Law, a public hearing will be held on the aforesaid proposed Local Law before the Town Board of the Town of Newburgh at the Town Hall at 1496 Route 300 in the Town of Newburgh, New York at 7:00 o'clock p.m. on November 23, 2026 at which time all interested parties will be heard.

The Town of Newburgh provides reasonable accommodations for the disabled. Disabled individuals who need assistance in order to participate should contact the Town Clerk’s office at (845) 564-4554. Advance notice is requested

Dated: November 6, 2026

Lisa M. Vance Ayers

Town Clerk, Town of Newburgh