TABLE OF CONTENTS

Tools for Finding Information - In addition to the municipality’s legislation, this publication contains tools to help locate information: table of contents, index, chapter outlines (schemes), and a disposition list.

Chapters - Chapters are generally discrete pieces of legislation, but can also be made up of several individual pieces on a related topic. In that case, the individual pieces are arranged into articles or parts within the chapter. The article or part titles can be found in the chapter scheme or by subject in the index. If you are familiar with a former number or title, look for it chronologically in the disposition list.

Reserved Chapters - In the numbering of chapters, space has been provided for the convenient insertion, alphabetically, of later enactments. Help in selecting an appropriate number for a new chapter is available from the editor. See also the “Instructions for Amending the Code” in the Preface.

Section Numbering - A chapter-related section-numbering system is employed. Each section of every item of legislation is assigned a number, which indicates both the number of the chapter in which the item of legislation is located and the location of the section within that chapter. Thus, the fourth section of Chapter 6 is § 6-4.

Scheme - The scheme is the list of section titles that precedes the text of each chapter. These titles are carefully written so that, taken together, they may be considered as a summary of the content of the chapter. Taken separately, each describes the content of a particular section. For ease and precision of reference, the scheme titles are repeated as section headings in the text.

Page Numbers - A unique page-numbering system has been used in which each chapter forms an autonomous unit. The first page of each chapter is the number of that chapter followed by a colon and the numeral “1.” Thus, Chapter 6 begins on page 6:1. By the use of this system, it is possible to add or to change pages in any chapter, or add new chapters, without affecting the sequence of subsequent pages.

Part I: Administrative Legislation

General Provisions 1:1

Administrative Determinations Review 7:1

Assessments and Charges 15:1

Boards, Commissions, and Committees 21:1

Citations 27:1

Elections 36:1

Emergency Government 42:1

Ethics, Code of 48:1

Finance and Taxation 54:1

Fire Department 60:1

Mayor and Council 72:1

Officers and Employees 79:1

Police Department 87:1

Property, Disposal of 93:1

Records 99:1

Part II: General Legislation

Alarm Systems 119:1

Animals 126:1

Bicycles and Play Vehicles 134:1

Blasting and Rock Crushing 140:1

Brush, Grass and Weeds 146:1

Building Construction 152:1

Bulkhead Lines 160:1

Cable Television 166:1

Cemeteries 172:1

Cigarettes 178:1

Coin-Operated Devices 184:1

Construction Site Erosion Control 190:1

Direct Sellers 200:1

Driveways and Culverts 206:1

Fair Housing 217:1

Fire Prevention 223:1

Fireworks 229:1

Garage Sales 237:1

Hazardous Materials 244:1

Intoxicating Liquor and Fermented Malt Beverages 255:1

Juveniles 260:1

Licenses and Permits 268:1

Lighting, Exterior 273:1

Mining, Nonmetallic 278:1

Noise 284:1

Nuisances 289:1

Parks and Recreation 298:1

Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers 302:1

Peace and Good Order 306:1

Property Maintenance 314:1

Public Buildings, Access to 319:1

Sewers 329:1

Snowmobiles and All-Terrain Vehicles 337:1

Solid Waste 342:1

Streets, Sidewalks and Public Areas 349:1

Trees and Shrubs 360:1

Vehicles, Abandoned 366:1

Vehicles and Traffic 370:1

Water Utility 378:1

Part III: Land Use Legislation

Comprehensive Plan 388:1

Floodplain Zoning 407:1

Historic Preservation 423:1

Subdivision of Land 474:1

Wellhead Protection 489:1

Zoning 500:1

Appendix

Derivation Table

Disposition List

Index