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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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