§ 1-02 Prohibited Uses.
RCNY § 1-02
(a)Gambling prohibited. No person shall gamble or conduct or engage in any game of chance in the terminals or on the ferries unless such game of chance is permitted by local, state or federal law and has been approved by the Commissioner.
(b)Defacing or damaging terminals or ferries or property therein prohibited. No person shall deface, mark, break, or otherwise damage any part of the terminals or ferries or any property thereat. No person shall remove, alter or deface any barricade, fence or sign in the terminals or on the ferries.
(c)Creation of obnoxious odors, noxious gases, smoke or fumes prohibited. No person shall create, or permit any vehicle or machine of which he/she is in charge to create obnoxious odors, noxious gases, or excessive smoke or fumes in the terminals or on the ferries.
(d)Bathing prohibited. No person shall bathe, shower, shave, launder or change clothes or remain undressed in any public restroom, sink, washroom or any other area in the terminals or on the ferries.
(e)Smoking or carrying lighted cigars, cigarettes, pipes, etc. in certain areas prohibited. No person shall smoke or carry lighted cigars, cigarettes, pipes, matches or any naked flame in areas of the terminals or ferries where smoking is prohibited by the Department or by law, ordinance, rules or regulations of the United States government, the State of New York or the City of New York.
(f)Noxious conduct. No person shall urinate or defecate in any part of the terminals or ferries other than in a urinal or toilet intended for that purpose. No person shall spit upon the public surfaces of the terminals or ferries including the floors and furniture.
(g)Lying down prohibited; sitting restricted. No person shall lie down in any place, including benches or seating facilities, within the terminals or on the ferries. No person shall be seated in the terminals or on the ferries except upon seating facilities provided for that purpose. No person shall occupy more than one seat. No person shall place personal belongings on seating facilities so as to interfere with their use by other persons.
(h)No skateboarding, rollerskating, rollerblading or bicycle riding. No person shall skateboard, roller skate, roller blade or ride a bicycle, scooter or any other vehicle or device except a wheelchair or other similar device used to assist a person with a disability and/or required for transit on or through any part of the terminals or ferries. Bicycles and non-motorized scooters must be walked through the terminals and ferries.
(i)Noise. No person shall make, continue, cause or permit to be made or continued any unreasonable noise in the terminals or on the ferries. Unreasonable noise shall mean any excessive or unusually loud sound that disturbs the peace, comfort or repose of a reasonable person of normal sensitivities, injures or endangers the health or safety of a reasonable person of normal sensitivities, or which causes injury to plant or animal life, or damage to property or business. Unreasonable noise shall include, but shall not be limited to sound that exceeds the following prohibited noise levels: (1) Sound attributable to the source measured at a level of 7dB(A) or more above the ambient sound level at or after 10:00 p.m. and before 7:00 a.m., as measured at any point within a receiving property, as defined in § 24-203 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, or as measured at a distance of 15 feet or more from the source in a terminal or on a ferry.
(2)Sound attributable to the source measured at a level of 10dB(A) or more above the ambient sound level at or after 7:00 a.m. and before 10:00 p.m., as measured at any point within a receiving property, as defined in § 24-203 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, or as measured at a distance of 15 feet or more from the source in a terminal or on a ferry.
(3)Sound attributable to a personal audio device with personal earphones such that sound from such earphones is plainly audible to another individual at a distance of five feet or more from the source.
(j)Disorderly behavior. No person shall engage in disorderly behavior in the terminals or on the ferries, such as, but not limited to the following: (1) fighting or assaulting any person; or (2) interfering with, encumbering, obstructing or rendering dangerous any part of the ferry or terminal; or (3) obstructing pedestrian or vehicular traffic; or (4) climbing upon any wall, fence, shelter or any structure not specifically intended for climbing purposes; or (5) engaging in any form of sexual conduct, as that term is defined in § 130.00 of the New York State Penal Law; or (6) engaging in a course of conduct or committing acts that endanger the safety of others; or (7) engaging in any other course of conduct or committing acts disruptive to crew members, which obstructs or impairs their ability to carry out their duties; or (8) engaging in any other course of conduct or committing acts against other passengers, which disturbs the peace, comfort or repose of a reasonable person of normal sensitivities, injures or endangers the health or safety of a reasonable person of normal sensitivities; or which causes injury to plant or animal life, or damage to property or business.
(k)Controlled substances. No person shall possess, distribute, sell or solicit or consume any controlled substance or marihuana, as those terms are defined in § 220.00 of the New York State Penal Law, on any ferry or in any terminal.
(l)Loitering. No person shall engage in loitering as defined in §§ 240.36 or 240.37 or subdivisions 2,4, 5 or 6 of § 240.35 of the New York State Penal Law on any ferry or in any terminal.
(m)Unlawful exposure. No person shall appear in public on any ferry or in any terminal in such a manner that his/her genitalia are unclothed or exposed.
(n)Fishing. No person shall fish from any ferry or terminal.
