Every town writes its own rules, and Hillsdale's live in its municipal code — 99 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 – § 1-17)
- Ch 9 — Claims, Bills and Salaries, Payment of (§ 9-1 – § 9-16)
- Ch 12 — Contracts, Public Professional Service (§ 12-1 – § 12-5)
- Ch 13 — Contracts With Governmental Contracting Units (§ 13-1 – § 13-3)
- Ch 17 — Court, Municipal (§ 17-1 – § 17-9)
- Ch 21 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 21-1 – § 21-7)
- Ch 25 — Environmental Commission (§ 25-1 – § 25-5)
- Ch 29 — Fire Department (§ 29-1 – § 29-17)
- Ch 32 — Flag, Official (§ 32-1)
- Ch 35 — Health, Board of (§ 35-1 – § 35-5)
- Ch 39 — Housing Authority (§ 39-1 – § 39-3)
- Ch 45 — Length of Service Awards Program (§ 45-1 – § 45-7)
- Ch 51 — Officers and Employees (§ 51-1 – § 51-69)
- Ch 55 — Our Town Committee (§ 55-1 – § 55-8)
- Ch 57 — Payroll (§ 57-1 – § 57-2)
- Ch 59 — Personnel Practices (§ 59-1 – § 59-4)
- Ch 63 — Police Department (§ 63-1 – § 63-17)
- Ch 67 — Recreation Commission (§ 67-1 – § 67-7)
- Ch 68 — Retirement (§ 68-1 – § 68-3)
- Ch 69 — Sexual Harassment Policy (§ 69-1 – § 69-13)
- Ch 71 — Swimming Pool Commission (§ 71-1 – § 71-10)
- Ch 84 — Alarm Systems (§ 84-1 – § 84-8)
- Ch 88 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 88-1 – § 88-6)
- Ch 92 — Amusements (§ 92-1 – § 92-21)
- Ch 96 — Animals (§ 96-1 – § 96-34)
- Ch 100 — Auctions (§ 100-1 – § 100-6)
- Ch 106 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 106-1 – § 106-6)
- Ch 110 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 110-1 – § 110-4)
- Ch 116 — Buildings, Unfit (§ 116-1 – § 116-8)
- Ch 124 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 124-1 – § 124-17)
- Ch 126 — Criminal History Background Checks (§ 126-1 – § 126-6)
- Ch 130 — Drive-In Theaters (§ 130-1 – § 130-14)
- Ch 132 — Drunk Driving Free School Zones (§ 132-1 – § 132-6)
- Ch 138 — Fees (§ 138-1 – § 138-29)
- Ch 140 — Filming, Commercial and Movie (§ 140-1 – § 140-10)
- Ch 142 — Firearms (§ 142-1 – § 142-4)
- Ch 146 — Fire Prevention (§ 146-1 – § 146-25)
- Ch 154 — Floodplain Management (§ 154-1 – § 154-88)
- Ch 158 — Games of Chance (§ 158-1)
- Ch 162 — Garage Sales (§ 162-1 – § 162-14)
- Ch 166 — Gasoline Service Stations (§ 166-1 – § 166-2)
- Ch 171 — Hazardous Materials (§ 171-1 – § 171-7)
- Ch 175 — Hydraulic Fracturing (§ 175-1 – § 175-2)
- Ch 178 — Insurance (§ 178-1 – § 178-5)
- Ch 184 — Library (§ 184-1 – § 184-7)
- Ch 188 — Licenses and Permits (§ 188-1 – § 188-11)
- Ch 190 — Lien Searches, Municipal (§ 190-1 – § 190-2)
- Ch 192 — Limousines (§ 192-1 – § 192-9)
- Ch 196 — Littering (§ 196-1 – § 196-11)
- Ch 200 — Mailboxes (§ 200-1)
- Ch 204 — Mobile Telephones (§ 204-1 – § 204-4)
- Ch 208 — Noise Control (§ 208-1 – § 208-10)
- Ch 212 — Outdoor Cafes (§ 212-1 – § 212-24)
- Ch 216 — Parades and Street Meetings (§ 216-1 – § 216-14)
- Ch 218 — Parking Lots (§ 218-1 – § 218-27)
- Ch 220 — Parks and Recreation Areas (§ 220-1 – § 220-5)
- Ch 224 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 224-1 – § 224-12)
- Ch 226 — Penalties (§ 226-1 – § 226-2)
- Ch 228 — Property Maintenance (§ 228-1 – § 228-8)
- Ch 230 — Records (§ 230-1 – § 230-9)
- Ch 232 — Recycling (§ 232-1 – § 232-14)
- Ch 234 — Rental Property (§ 234-1 – § 234-9)
- Ch 240 — Sewers (§ 240-1 – § 240-27)
- Ch 244 — Small Wireless Facilities (§ 244-1 – § 244-10)
- Ch 246 — Smoking (§ 246-1 – § 246-3)
- Ch 248 — Soil Movement (§ 248-1 – § 248-13)
- Ch 252 — Solid Waste (§ 252-1 – § 252-12)
- Ch 256 — Stonybrook Swim Club (§ 256-1 – § 256-10)
- Ch 258 — Storm Sewers (§ 258-1 – § 258-22)
- Ch 260 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 260-1 – § 260-44)
- Ch 264 — Swimming Pools, Private (§ 264-1 – § 264-6)
- Ch 268 — Target Ranges (§ 268-1 – § 268-10)
- Ch 270 — Taxation (§ 270-1 – § 270-3)
- Ch 272 — Taxicabs (§ 272-1 – § 272-34)
- Ch 274 — Tobacco Products (§ 274-1 – § 274-4)
- Ch 276 — Trailers and Camp Cars (§ 276-1 – § 276-5)
- Ch 284 — Traveling Shows, Carnivals and Circuses (§ 284-1 – § 284-3)
- Ch 286 — Trees (§ 286-1 – § 286-10)
- Ch 288 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 288-1 – § 288-8)
- Ch 292 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 292-1 – § 292-65)
- Ch 294 — Vehicles, Idling of (§ 294-1 – § 294-6)
- Ch 305 — Contribution Disclosure Statements (§ 305-1 – § 305-4)
- Ch 310 — Land Use (§ 310-1 – § 310-176)
- Ch 323 — General Provisions, Board of Health (§ 323-1 – § 323-17)
- Ch 329 — Air Pollution (§ 329-1 – § 329-5)
- Ch 331 — Extermination (§ 331-1 – § 331-4)
- Ch 335 — Fees (§ 335-1)
- Ch 339 — Food Establishments (§ 339-1 – § 339-11)
- Ch 345 — Nuisances, Public Health (§ 345-1 – § 345-4)
- Ch 353 — Sanitary Inspector (§ 353-1 – § 353-6)
- Ch 358 — Solid Waste Management (§ 358-1)
- Ch 361 — Swimming Pools
- Ch 363 — Tobacco Sales (§ 363-1 – § 363-7)
- Ch 365 — Wildlife, Feeding of (§ 365-1 – § 365-6)
- Ch 369 — Water Supply, Protection of (§ 369-1 – § 369-5)
- Ch A374 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A374-1 – § A374-54)
- Ch A375 — Telephone Company (§ A375-1 – § A375-14)
- Ch A376 — Fire Official and Fire Department Standard Operating Guide (§ A376-1 – § A376-3)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)