Every town writes its own rules, and Canton, North Carolina's live in its municipal code — 60 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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- 1. Canton, North Carolina
- 2. TOWN OF CANTON, NORTH CAROLINA CODE OF ORDINANCES
- 3. TOWN OFFICIALS
- 4. FOREWORD
- 5. CHAPTER 1 Introduction
- 6. CHAPTER 2 General Administration
- 7. CHAPTER 3 Financial Affairs and Taxation
- 8. CHAPTER 4 Public Works
- 9. SESSION LAWS 1947
- 10. SESSION LAWS 1943
- 11. CHAPTER 131 SESSION LAWS 1947
- 12. SESSION LAWS 1961
- 13. SESSION LAWS 1967
- 14. CHAPTER 1 Use of the Code and Penalties
- 15. CHAPTER 1 Board of Aldermen
- 16. CHAPTER 2 Administrative Organization
- 17. CHAPTER 3 Departmental Operating Organization
- 18. CHAPTER 4 Financial Administration
- 19. ARTICLE C Tax on Retail Short-Term Lease or Rental of Motor Vehicles
- 20. CHAPTER 5 Social Security and Retirement
- 21. CHAPTER 6 Personnel Administration
- 22. CHAPTER 7 Boards and Commissions
- 23. CHAPTER 1 Law Enforcement
- 24. CHAPTER 2 Fire Prevention and Protection
- 25. CHAPTER 3 Emergency and Rescue
- 26. CHAPTER 1 Streets and Sidewalks
- 27. CHAPTER 2 Garbage and Refuse Collection and Disposal
- 28. CHAPTER 3 Municipally Owned Cemeteries (Reserved)
- 29. CHAPTER 4 Sanitary Landfill
- 30. CHAPTER 1 Water Supply and Distribution
- 31. CHAPTER 2 Sewerage Collection and Disposal
- 32. CHAPTER 3 Water and Sewer Extensions
- 33. CHAPTER 4 Reimbursement Agreements
- 34. CHAPTER 1 Businesses and Trades
- 35. CHAPTER 2 Street and Sidewalk Use and Regulation
- 36. CHAPTER 8 Moving of Building
- 37. CHAPTER 1 General Traffic Regulations
- 38. CHAPTER 1 Disorderly Conduct
- 39. CHAPTER 2 Animals
- 40. CHAPTER 3 Abandoned, Nuisance and Junked Motor Vehicles
- 41. CHAPTER 4 Weeds and Vegetation
- 42. CHAPTER 5 General Health Regulations
- 43. CHAPTER 6 Other General Nuisances
- 44. CHAPTER 7 Obscene Publications and Exhibitions
- 45. CHAPTER 8 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 46. CHAPTER 9 Weapons
- 47. CHAPTER 10 Registered Sex Offenders
- 48. CHAPTER 11 Tobacco Use in Town Buildings, Town Vehicles, and on Town Grounds
- 49. CHAPTER 1 Building Regulations
- 50. CHAPTER 2 Minimum Housing Standards
- 51. CHAPTER 3 Subdivision Regulations
- 52. CHAPTER 4 Zoning
- 53. CHAPTER 5 Flood Damage Prevention
- 54. CHAPTER 6 Extraterritorial Jurisdiction boundaries
- 55. CHAPTER 7 Signs
- 56. APPENDIX I Traffic
- 57. APPENDIX II Zoning Amendments
- 58. APPENDIX III Civil Penalties
- 59. CODE OF 1963
- 60. TABLE OF NEW ORDINANCES