Every town writes its own rules, and Amsterdam's live in its municipal code — 68 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 C — Charter (§ C-1 – § C-150)
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-13)
- Ch 2 — Administrative Policies (§ 2-1 – § 2-4)
- Ch 9 — Bingo Inspector (§ 9-1 – § 9-4)
- Ch 13 — Checks, Returned (§ 13-1)
- Ch 15 — Common Council Rules (§ 15-1 – § 15-6)
- Ch 18 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 18-1)
- Ch 21 — Employee Handbook
- Ch 23 — Ethics (§ 23-1 – § 23-12)
- Ch 28 — Golf Commission (§ 28-1 – § 28-3)
- Ch 33 — Investment Policy (§ 33-1 – § 33-12)
- Ch 40 — Officers and Employees (§ 40-1 – § 40-4)
- Ch 45 — Pension Funds (§ 45-1 – § 45-36)
- Ch 46 — Police Department (§ 46-1 – § 46-2)
- Ch 47 — Purchasing (§ 47-1 – § 47-20)
- Ch 49 — Records (§ 49-1 – § 49-6)
- Ch 53 — Residency Requirements (§ 53-1)
- Ch 54 — Smoking Policy (§ 54-1 – § 54-4)
- Ch 57 — Wards (§ 57-1 – § 57-2)
- Ch 58 — Waterfront Commission (§ 58-1 – § 58-3)
- Ch 64 — Advertising Material (§ 64-1 – § 64-19)
- Ch 67 — Alarms (§ 67-1)
- Ch 70 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 70-1 – § 70-2)
- Ch 73 — Animals (§ 73-1 – § 73-24)
- Ch 77 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 77-1 – § 77-12)
- Ch 81 — Bingo (§ 81-1 – § 81-2)
- Ch 86 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 86-1 – § 86-6)
- Ch 90 — Building Construction Code (§ 90-1 – § 90-74)
- Ch 92 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 92-1 – § 92-10)
- Ch 110 — Energize NY Open C-PACE Financing Program (§ 110-1 – § 110-10)
- Ch 112 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 112-1 – § 112-11)
- Ch 115 — Explosives and Blasting (§ 115-1 – § 115-7)
- Ch 117 — Fare Policy (§ 117-1 – § 117-3)
- Ch 119 — Firearms (§ 119-1 – § 119-4)
- Ch 129 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 129-1 – § 129-22)
- Ch 133 — Games of Chance (§ 133-1 – § 133-6)
- Ch 139 — Homestead Program (§ 139-1 – § 139-22)
- Ch 141 — Hotels and Motels (§ 141-1 – § 141-21)
- Ch 143 — Insurance (§ 143-1 – § 143-12)
- Ch 150 — Littering (§ 150-1 – § 150-4)
- Ch 154 — Noise (§ 154-1 – § 154-5)
- Ch 156 — Nonresident, Residential or Commercial Property Owner Registration (§ 156-1 – § 156-6)
- Ch 157 — Notification of Defects (§ 157-1)
- Ch 161 — Nuisances (§ 161-1 – § 161-4)
- Ch 164 — Parades (§ 164-1 – § 164-9)
- Ch 167 — Parks and Playgrounds (§ 167-1 – § 167-8)
- Ch 169 — Pawn Shops and Secondhand Dealers (§ 169-1 – § 169-12)
- Ch 171 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 171-1 – § 171-49)
- Ch 178 — Poles and Wires (§ 178-1 – § 178-11)
- Ch 180 — Property Maintenance (§ 180-1 – § 180-33)
- Ch 184 — Rodent Control (§ 184-1 – § 184-17)
- Ch 190 — Sales (§ 190-1 – § 190-18)
- Ch 195 — Sewers (§ 195-1 – § 195-20)
- Ch 201 — Solid Waste (§ 201-1 – § 201-29)
- Ch 206 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 206-1 – § 206-49)
- Ch 210 — Subdivision of Land (§ 210-1 – § 210-29)
- Ch 212 — Swimming Prohibited (§ 212-1 – § 212-4)
- Ch 214 — Taxation (§ 214-1 – § 214-105)
- Ch 217 — Taxicabs (§ 217-1 – § 217-14)
- Ch 219 — Towing (§ 219-1 – § 219-13)
- Ch 221 — Trees (§ 221-1 – § 221-12)
- Ch 226 — Vacant Buildings (§ 226-1 – § 226-9)
- Ch 228 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 228-1 – § 228-60)
- Ch 232 — Vehicles, Junked and Abandoned (§ 232-1 – § 232-9)
- Ch 239 — Water (§ 239-1 – § 239-22)
- Ch 241 — Waterfront Revitalization (§ 241-1 – § 241-6)
- Ch 250 — Zoning (§ 250-1 – § 250-83)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)