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Code Quiz Answers: How Did You Fare?

How did you do on our quiz about town and village codes? Find the answers here.

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“Unattended, such machines constitute a threat to the safety and welfare of the community.” Which machine?

  • Lawn mowers
  • Space heaters
  • Washing machines (chapter 74, section 1)
  • Computers

Vehicle raceways may not hold warm-ups or competitions on more than _____ days per year.

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  • 21
  • 25
  • 28 (chapter 85, section 4)
  • 32

Year code was amended to read: “It shall be lawful to conduct...any form of public sports, exercises or shows which are conducted or engaged in primarily for the entertainment of spectators, not specifically prohibited" on Sunday, after 1:05 p.m.

  • 1946
  • 1952
  • 1960
  • 1968 (chapter 93, section 1)

It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of a premises within the Town of Riverhead to cause or allow weeds, grass or other rank vegetation as defined in this chapter to exceed a height of ___ inches measured above ground level.

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  • 6
  • 10 (chapter 96, section 5)
  • 14
  • 18

Fines in relation to which of the following code chapters are NOT doubled in downtown’s “zero tolerance zone,” created in 2008?

  • Graffiti
  • Loitering
  • Littering
  • Trespassing (chapter 107A, section 3)

"No person shall keep, permit or maintain any animal, including a bird, under his control which frequently or for continued duration of _____ minutes makes sounds which create unreasonable noise across a residential real property boundary.”

  • 15
  • 30 (chapter 81, section 5)
  • 45
  • 60

Minimum fine for parking in a fire lane:

  • $0
  • $100
  • $250 (chapter 64, section 72)
  • $500

Maximum fine for parking in a fire lane:

  • $500
  • $1,000
  • $2,000
  • $2,500 (chapter 64, section 72)

Not counting religious services, public assembly permits are required when “A building or portion of a building [is] used for gathering together _____ or more persons for amusement, athletic, civic, dining, educational, patriotic...or similar purpose."

  • 50 (chatper 64, section 7)
  • 75
  • 125
  • 150

The fine for feeding geese on town property is:

  • $50 (chapter 112, section 4)
  • $100
  • $150
  • $200

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