Every town writes its own rules, and Albany's live in its municipal code — 54 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
Ask Albany's code a questionWhat's in the Albany code
- Ch C — Charter (SECTION 101 – SECTION 904)
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-14)
- Ch 5 — Ambulance Services (§ 5-1 – § 5-4)
- Ch 8 — Police Information Reward Program (§ 8-1 – § 8-4)
- Ch 11 — Appearance Tickets (§ 11-1 – § 11-13)
- Ch 15 — Arms and Seal of City (§ 15-1 – § 15-6)
- Ch 18 — Bonds of City Officials; Facsimile Signature and Seal; Notes (§ 18-1 – § 18-10)
- Ch 24 — Claims Against City (§ 24-1 – § 24-3)
- Ch 30 — Courts and Legal Procedures (§ 30-1 – § 30-323)
- Ch 34 — Meetings (§ 34-1 – § 34-4)
- Ch 35 — Appointees to Public Bodies; Removal From Office (§ 35-1 – § 35-3)
- Ch 36 — Automated External Defibrillators in Municipal Buildings (§ 36-1 – § 36-3)
- Ch 38 — Defense and Indemnification of Employees (§ 38-1 – § 38-12)
- Ch 42 — Departments and Commissions (§ 42-1 – § 42-423)
- Ch 48 — Equal Opportunity Protections (§ 48-1 – § 48-27)
- Ch 50 — Ethics (§ 50-1 – § 50-15)
- Ch 54 — Financial Disclosure (§ 54-1 – § 54-15)
- Ch 57 — Fiscal Year and Annual Estimate (§ 57-1 – § 57-6)
- Ch 62 — Labor (§ 62-1 – § 62-8)
- Ch 68 — Merit Award Board (§ 68-1 – § 68-5)
- Ch 74 — Printing; Publication; Publicity (§ 74-1 – § 74-12)
- Ch 82 — Real Property Within City (§ 82-1 – § 82-5)
- Ch 90 — Traffic Violations Bureau (§ 90-1 – § 90-6)
- Ch 98 — Youth Bureau (§ 98-1 – § 98-5)
- Ch 99 — Website Financial Data (§ 99-1)
- Ch 105 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 105-1 – § 105-30)
- Ch 111 — Amusements (§ 111-1 – § 111-78)
- Ch 115 — Animals (§ 115-1 – § 115-35)
- Ch 121 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 121-1 – § 121-24)
- Ch 127 — Bingo (§ 127-1 – § 127-19)
- Ch 133 — Building Construction (§ 133-1 – § 133-109)
- Ch 133A — Building Construction and Housing: Special Provisions (§ 133A-1 – § 133A-4)
- Ch 135 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 135-1 – § 135-11)
- Ch 137 — Bulletin Boards (§ 137-1)
- Ch 141 — Businesses (§ 141-1 – § 141-4)
- Ch 142 — Business Improvement Districts (§ 142-1 – § 142-21)
- Ch 147 — Collateral Loan Brokers (§ 147-1 – § 147-11)
- Ch 151 — Commercial Standards (§ 151-1 – § 151-117)
- Ch 152 — Conversion Therapy (§ 152-1 – § 152-4)
- Ch 153 — Community Choice Aggregation (§ 153-1 – § 153-15)
- Ch 161 — Economic Development Zone (§ 161-1 – § 161-5)
- Ch 167 — Elections (§ 167-1 – § 167-3)
- Ch 171 — Electricity (§ 171-1 – § 171-62)
- Ch 175 — Elevators (§ 175-1 – § 175-16)
- Ch 181 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 181-1 – § 181-12)
- Ch 183 — Equity Agenda (§ 183-1 – § 183-4)
- Ch 187 — Fair Housing (§ 187-1 – § 187-11)
- Ch 188 — Fair Hotel Consumer Practices (§ 188-1 – § 188-4)
- Ch 193 — Firearms and Ammunition (§ 193-1 – § 193-20)
- Ch 197 — Fire Prevention (§ 197-1 – § 197-19)
- Ch 203 — Freshwater Wetlands (§ 203-1 – § 203-2)
- Ch 211 — Grading and Mining (§ 211-1 – § 211-29)
- Ch 217 — Handbills (§ 217-1 – § 217-7)
- Ch 223 — Health (§ 223-1 – § 223-30)