Every town writes its own rules, and Chicopee's live in its municipal code — 83 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 (§ 1 – § 65)
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-23)
- Ch 3 — City Council (§ 3-1 – § 3-4)
- Ch 5 — Assessors (§ 5-1 – § 5-4)
- Ch 8 — Data Processing (§ 8-1 – § 8-7)
- Ch 9 — Emergency Management, Department of (§ 9-1 – § 9-6)
- Ch 11 — Clerk, City (§ 11-1 – § 11-7)
- Ch 13 — Collector (§ 13-1 – § 13-7)
- Ch 16 — Commissions, Committees, Councils and Authorities (§ 16-1 – § 16-118)
- Ch 18 — Community Development (§ 18-1)
- Ch 22 — Department of Human Resources Administration (§ 22-1 – § 22-8)
- Ch 24 — Documents, Execution of (§ 24-1 – § 24-3)
- Ch 26 — Elections (§ 26-1)
- Ch 28 — Engineer (§ 28-1 – § 28-9)
- Ch 32 — Finances (§ 32-1 – § 32-14)
- Ch 34 — Fire Department (§ 34-1 – § 34-26)
- Ch 37 — Flood Control Department (§ 37-1 – § 37-3)
- Ch 39 — Forestry Department (§ 39-1 – § 39-6)
- Ch 46 — Law Department (§ 46-1 – § 46-13)
- Ch 48 — Library Trust Account (§ 48-1 – § 48-2)
- Ch 53 — Maintenance Garage (§ 53-1 – § 53-4)
- Ch 56 — Mayor (§ 56-1)
- Ch 58 — Meetings, Notices of (§ 58-1 – § 58-2)
- Ch 61 — Messenger, City (§ 61-1 – § 61-2)
- Ch 64 — Municipal Construction Contracts (§ 64-1 – § 64-4)
- Ch 67 — Officers and Employees (§ 67-1 – § 67-22)
- Ch 69 — Page Trust Fund (§ 69-1 – § 69-5)
- Ch 75 — Planning Department (§ 75-1 – § 75-14)
- Ch 77 — Police Department (§ 77-1 – § 77-17)
- Ch 80 — Public Works Department (§ 80-1 – § 80-9)
- Ch 82 — Purchasing (§ 82-1 – § 82-11)
- Ch 87 — Seal and Flag (§ 87-1 – § 87-3)
- Ch 88 — Display of Flags on City Hall Plaza (§ 88-1 – § 88-6)
- Ch 89 — Sealer of Weights and Measures (§ 89-1 – § 89-5)
- Ch 95 — Vehicles, City (§ 95-1 – § 95-10)
- Ch 97 — Veterans' Services, Department of (§ 97-1 – § 97-5)
- Ch 109 — Alcoholic Beverages and Amusement Devices (§ 109-1 – § 109-7)
- Ch 110 — Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption of (§ 110-1 – § 110-3)
- Ch 122 — Building Construction (§ 122-1 – § 122-2)
- Ch 129 — Cemeteries (§ 129-1 – § 129-9)
- Ch 132 — Code Enforcement (§ 132-1 – § 132-11)
- Ch 136 — Community Standards (§ 136-1)
- Ch 139 — Curfews (§ 139-1 – § 139-5)
- Ch 142 — Dike System (§ 142-1 – § 142-3)
- Ch 144 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 144-1 – § 144-30)
- Ch 146 — Drive-In Restaurants (§ 146-1 – § 146-5)
- Ch 151 — Electrical Standards (§ 151-1 – § 151-6)
- Ch 157 — Fees (§ 157-1 – § 157-3)
- Ch 160 — Fire Prevention (§ 160-1 – § 160-8)
- Ch 169 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 169-1 – § 169-49)
- Ch 172 — Golf Course, Municipal (§ 172-1 – § 172-4)
- Ch 185 — Laser Devices (§ 185-1 – § 185-5)
- Ch 186 — Drones; Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (§ 186-1 – § 186-5)
- Ch 188 — Licenses (§ 188-1 – § 188-25)
- Ch 189 — License and Permit Revocation or Suspension (§ 189-1 – § 189-7)
- Ch 190 — Motorized Scooters (§ 190-1 – § 190-4)
- Ch 195 — Mobile Home Parks (§ 195-1 – § 195-8)
- Ch 198 — Motor Vehicles on City Property (§ 198-1 – § 198-3)
- Ch 200 — Noise (§ 200-1 – § 200-6)
- Ch 206 — Parks and Recreation (§ 206-1 – § 206-7)
- Ch 211 — Pornography (§ 211-1 – § 211-3)
- Ch 217 — Radioactive Waste, Storage or Disposal of (§ 217-1 – § 217-4)
- Ch 223 — Recycling (§ 223-1 – § 223-6)
- Ch 230 — Sewers (§ 230-1 – § 230-29)
- Ch 231 — Stormwater Management (§ 231-1 – § 231-29)
- Ch 238 — Graffiti (§ 238-1 – § 238-4)
- Ch 239 — Spray Paint and Indelible Markers (§ 239-1 – § 239-4)
- Ch 243 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 243-1 – § 243-48)
- Ch 244 — Tag Sales/Yard Sales (§ 244-1 – § 244-6)
- Ch 250 — Taxicabs (§ 250-1 – § 250-7)
- Ch 256 — Tobacco Vending Machines
- Ch 257 — Trees (§ 257-1 – § 257-10)
- Ch 260 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 260-1 – § 260-83)
- Ch 262 — Vehicles, Unregistered and Abandoned (§ 262-1 – § 262-7)
- Ch 266 — Wastewater Treatment (§ 266-1)
- Ch 269 — Water (§ 269-1.1 – § 269-9.2)
- Ch 272 — Wetlands (§ 272-1 – § 272-13)
- Ch 275 — Zoning (§ 275-1 – § 275-72)
- Ch 276 — Telecommunications Rights-Of-Way (§ 276-1 – § 276-44)
- Ch 277 — Wireless Facilities (§ 277-1 – § 277-11)
- Ch 278 — Offenses Against Public Peace (§ 278-1 – § 278-6)
- Ch 280 — Checkout Bags (§ 280-1 – § 280-5)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)