Section 215. County property; general provisions

1.  The  board  of
  supervisors shall have the general care and  control  of  the  corporate
  real and personal property of the county.
    2.  All  contracts and conveyances made by or to the county, or on its
  behalf, shall be made in the name of the county.
    3. The board may acquire by purchase or  condemnation  and  accept  by
  gift  real  and  personal property for lawful county purposes. The board
  may also lease for county purposes real property for terms not exceeding
  five years with the privilege of renewal, except that in the  county  of
  Cattaraugus  the  board  may,  subject to referendum provided in section
  twenty-four of the municipal home rule law, lease  for  county  purposes
  real  property  for  terms not exceeding ten years with the privilege of
  renewal. Parking areas may be regulated and a reasonable charge imposed.
  Necessary buildings may be erected, altered,  remodelled  and  otherwise
  improved.  Such  buildings  may be named, maintained and kept in repair,
  furnished and equipped for such public purposes. Adequate  insurance  of
  all types may be provided. When not otherwise provided by law, the board
  of  supervisors  may employ a custodian of any building or buildings and
  the grounds in connection therewith, or such custody  may  be  made  the
  duty of any county officer.
    4. Upon the determination by the board of supervisors that county real
  property is not required for public use, such property may be leased for
  a term not exceeding five years upon such terms and conditions as may be
  prescribed  by the board in the same manner and with the same rights and
  privileges as if owned by an individual.
    5. When the board of supervisors shall determine that any county  real
  property  is no longer necessary for public use such board by resolution
  adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the total membership of
  the board taken by roll call and entered in the minutes,  may  sell  and
  convey all the right, title and interest of the county therein.
    6. Such property may be sold or leased only to the highest responsible
  bidder after public advertisement.
    7.  The  income  and  proceeds  of  lease  and sale of any county real
  property may be applied toward the payment of the cost of new sites  and
  buildings or expended for other lawful county purposes.
    8.  The  provisions  of subdivisions four, five, six and seven of this
  section shall not apply to the disposition  of  real  property  acquired
  pursuant to section eight hundred fifty of this chapter, acquired by tax
  title  or  accepted  for  welfare  assistance,  or to lands purchased or
  acquired for highways or canals.
    9. The sale or  other  disposition  of  personal  property  no  longer
  necessary  for public use, together with the application of the proceeds
  thereof, shall be in accordance with rules and  regulations  adopted  by
  the board of supervisors, except as otherwise provided by law.
    10.  Nothing  herein shall be construed to authorize the sale or lease
  of  any  county  property  where  such  disposition  is  prohibited   or
  restricted by law.
    11.  The  board  of supervisors shall have the power, by resolution or
  local law,  to  adopt  and  enforce  rules,  regulations  or  ordinances
  covering  the  use  of,  parking  on,  and  traffic  in and through, any
  county-owned or county-leased property, except as to any roads or  other
  property  under the jurisdiction and control of the state of New York or
  any of its agencies. The board shall have the power to provide that  the
  violation  of  any one or more of such rules, regulations, or ordinances
  (a) shall constitute on offense and that a person guilty of such offense
  may be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred  dollars,  or  by
  imprisonment  not  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  by  both  such fine and
  imprisonment,  or,  in  the  alternative,  (b)  shall  be  enforced   by

  prescribing a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars in any one case,
  to  be  recovered  in  a  civil  action in any court having jurisdiction
  thereof, which action shall be brought in the name of the county.