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Computed from 8,789 published municipal codes

Clothesline rules, town by town

Every town writes its own rules about clotheslines — right-to-dry, HOA vs town rules. The fastest way to know what YOUR town allows is to ask its code directly. Below: the towns that regulate clotheslines most, straight from the law itself.

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Most municipal code about clotheslines

Municipalitymentions
1 Jefferson, WI — ask its code → 20
2 North Bay Village, FL — ask its code → 15
3 Jefferson, OH — ask its code → 11
4 Royal Palm Beach, FL — ask its code → 8
5 Daytona Beach, FL — ask its code → 5
6 Mayfield, KY — ask its code → 5
7 Davis, CA — ask its code → 4
8 Grand Terrace, CA — ask its code → 4
9 Commerce City, CO — ask its code → 4
10 Palm Beach, FL — ask its code → 4
Jefferson, WI leads the country with 20 mentions — see the full ranking.

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