Every town writes its own rules, and Hawthorne's live in its municipal code — 69 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
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- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-15)
- Ch 2 — Administration of Government (§ 2-1 – § 2-10)
- Ch 5 — Department of Administration (§ 5-1 – § 5-15)
- Ch 10 — Department of Finance (§ 10-1 – § 10-10)
- Ch 20 — Legal Department (§ 20-1 – § 20-4)
- Ch 25 — Department of Public Safety (§ 25-1 – § 25-47)
- Ch 30 — Department of Public Works, Parks and Recreation (§ 30-1 – § 30-17)
- Ch 45 — Other Offices and Bodies (§ 45-1 – § 45-40)
- Ch 60 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 60-1 – § 60-10)
- Ch 75 — Claims Procedure (§ 75-1 – § 75-7)
- Ch 125 — Alarms (§ 125-1 – § 125-6)
- Ch 129 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 129-1 – § 129-21)
- Ch 136 — Animals (§ 136-1 – § 136-41)
- Ch 144 — Bingo and Raffles (§ 144-1)
- Ch 153 — Bushes, Hedges, Trees and Other Plant Life (§ 153-1 – § 153-8)
- Ch 160 — Cannabis Businesses (§ 160-1 – § 160-3)
- Ch 178 — Coin-Operated Amusement Devices (§ 178-1 – § 178-19)
- Ch 185 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 185-1 – § 185-9)
- Ch 220 — Fees (§ 220-1 – § 220-27)
- Ch 226 — Fertilizer Application (§ 226-1 – § 226-6)
- Ch 231 — Filming (§ 231-1 – § 231-5)
- Ch 235 — Firearms (§ 235-1 – § 235-3)
- Ch 239 — Fire Insurance Claims (§ 239-1 – § 239-9)
- Ch 247 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 247-1 – § 247-89)
- Ch 252 — Food and Food Establishments (§ 252-1)
- Ch 258 — Garage Sales (§ 258-1 – § 258-10)
- Ch 266 — Graffiti (§ 266-1 – § 266-6)
- Ch 280 — Housing Standards (§ 280-1 – § 280-10)
- Ch 287 — Landscapers and Tree Service Providers (§ 287-1 – § 287-6)
- Ch 298 — Laundries (§ 298-1 – § 298-13)
- Ch 304 — Library Property (§ 304-1 – § 304-5)
- Ch 310 — Limousines and Livery Services (§ 310-1 – § 310-9)
- Ch 315 — Littering (§ 315-1 – § 315-10)
- Ch 320 — Massage Establishments (§ 320-1 – § 320-13)
- Ch 325 — Newspapers and Circulars, Unsolicited (§ 325-1 – § 325-4)
- Ch 329 — Newsracks (§ 329-1 – § 329-8)
- Ch 333 — Noise (§ 333-1 – § 333-5)
- Ch 350 — Parks and Recreation (§ 350-1 – § 350-25)
- Ch 357 — Peace and Good Order (§ 357-1 – § 357-8)
- Ch 361 — Peddling, Canvassing, Soliciting and Itinerant Vending (§ 361-1 – § 361-22)
- Ch 370 — Property Maintenance (§ 370-1 – § 370-24)
- Ch 376 — Recycling (§ 376-1 – § 376-10)
- Ch 382 — Relocation Assistance (§ 382-1 – § 382-8)
- Ch 388 — Rooming Houses (§ 388-1 – § 388-11)
- Ch 399 — Sewers and Sewage Disposal (§ 399-1 – § 399-67)
- Ch 407 — Skates, Skateboards, Bicycles and Scooters (§ 407-1 – § 407-5)
- Ch 413 — Smoking (§ 413-1 – § 413-3)
- Ch 420 — Soil, Movement of (§ 420-1 – § 420-20)
- Ch 425 — Solid Waste (§ 425-1 – § 425-9)
- Ch 432 — Storm Sewers (§ 432-1 – § 432-19)
- Ch 444 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 444-1 – § 444-26)
- Ch 456 — Swimming Pools (§ 456-1 – § 456-10)
- Ch 461 — Tattoo Studios (§ 461-1 – § 461-8)
- Ch 468 — Telephones (§ 468-1 – § 468-7)
- Ch 477 — Towing and Storage (§ 477-1 – § 477-10)
- Ch 482 — Trailers and Trailer Camps (§ 482-1 – § 482-3)
- Ch 488 — Tree Removal (§ 488-1 – § 488-6)
- Ch 491 — Trees, Shade (§ 491-1 – § 491-10)
- Ch 499 — Vegetative and Other Waste (§ 499-1 – § 499-6)
- Ch 505 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 505-1 – § 505-91)
- Ch 509 — Vehicles, Impounded (§ 509-1 – § 509-3)
- Ch 516 — Vehicles, Used and Secondhand (§ 516-1 – § 516-19)
- Ch 522 — Vending Machines (§ 522-1 – § 522-5)
- Ch 530 — Water (§ 530-1 – § 530-34)
- Ch 540 — Zoning and Land Development (§ 540-1 – § 540-245)
- Ch A550 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A550-1 – § A550-25)
- Ch A555 — Telephone Franchise (§ A555-1 – § A555-21)
- Ch DT — Derivation Table (§ DT-1)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)