Every town writes its own rules, and Geneva's live in its municipal code — 74 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 (§ 1.1 – § 15.18)
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-18)
- Ch 5 — Agencies, Municipal (§ 5-1 – § 5-4)
- Ch 8 — Appearance Tickets (§ 8-1 – § 8-3)
- Ch 10 — Assessments (§ 10-1)
- Ch 14 — Continuity of Government (§ 14-1 – § 14-7)
- Ch 19 — Elections (§ 19-1)
- Ch 22 — Enforcement Officers (§ 22-1 – § 22-5)
- Ch 26 — Ethics, Code of (§ 26-1 – § 26-7)
- Ch 33 — Human Rights, Commission on (§ 33-1)
- Ch 38 — Officers and Employees (§ 38-1 – § 38-6)
- Ch 43 — Personnel Policies (§ 43-1 – § 43-5)
- Ch 47 — Property, Municipal (§ 47-1 – § 47-4)
- Ch 50 — Purchasing and Public Works Contracts (§ 50-1 – § 50-7)
- Ch 64 — Advertising in Public Places (§ 64-1 – § 64-4)
- Ch 69 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 69-1 – § 69-7)
- Ch 73 — Amusements (§ 73-1 – § 73-18)
- Ch 77 — Animals (§ 77-1 – § 77-24)
- Ch 86 — Bicycles (§ 86-1 – § 86-16)
- Ch 91 — Bingo (§ 91-1 – § 91-4)
- Ch 96 — Boat Docking (§ 96-1 – § 96-2)
- Ch 100 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 100-1 – § 100-5)
- Ch 111 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 111-1 – § 111-6)
- Ch 111A — Private Landlord Registry (§ 111A-1 – § 111A-4)
- Ch 114 — Burning, Outdoor (§ 114-1 – § 114-4)
- Ch 116 — Business Improvement Districts (§ 116-1 – § 116-4)
- Ch 122 — Cemeteries (§ 122-1 – § 122-2)
- Ch 138 — Empire Zones (§ 138-1 – § 138-7)
- Ch 140 — Energy (§ 140-1 – § 140-28)
- Ch 143 — Entertainment, Public (§ 143-1 – § 143-3)
- Ch 147 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 147-1 – § 147-12)
- Ch 151 — Excavation and Construction, Abandoned (§ 151-1 – § 151-7)
- Ch 158 — Fair Housing (§ 158-1 – § 158-28)
- Ch 164 — Firearms (§ 164-1 – § 164-6)
- Ch 169 — Firesafety (§ 169-1 – § 169-7)
- Ch 173 — Fireworks (§ 173-1 – § 173-2)
- Ch 177 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 177-1 – § 177-17)
- Ch 180 — Food Service and Food Processing (§ 180-1 – § 180-4)
- Ch 191 — Games of Chance (§ 191-1 – § 191-6)
- Ch 199 — Hospitals and Similar Facilities (§ 199-1 – § 199-11)
- Ch 206 — Hunting and Trapping (§ 206-1 – § 206-3)
- Ch 209 — Improvements, Local (§ 209-1 – § 209-8)
- Ch 215 — Licensing of Occupations (§ 215-1 – § 215-32)
- Ch 218 — Littering (§ 218-1 – § 218-2)
- Ch 225 — Licensing of Mobile Food Establishments and Pushcarts (§ 225-1 – § 225-9)
- Ch 227 — Multichannel Service Providers (§ 227-1 – § 227-74)
- Ch 230 — New York Uniform and Energy Codes (§ 230-1 – § 230-33)
- Ch 232 — Noise (§ 232-1 – § 232-7)
- Ch 236 — Nuisances (§ 236-1 – § 236-20)
- Ch 243 — Parking Lots (§ 243-1 – § 243-2)
- Ch 247 — Parks and Recreation (§ 247-1 – § 247-4)
- Ch 251 — Peace and Good Order (§ 251-1 – § 251-5)
- Ch 256 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 256-1 – § 256-31)
- Ch 268 — Railroads (§ 268-1 – § 268-4)
- Ch 273 — Sanitary Code (§ 273-1 – § 273-24)
- Ch 277 — Sanitary Sewers (§ 277-1 – § 277-76)
- Ch 282 — Satellite Dishes (§ 282-1 – § 282-4)
- Ch 288 — Signs and Fire Escapes (§ 288-1 – § 288-9)
- Ch 291 — Skateboards, In-Line Skates, Roller Blades and Roller Skates (§ 291-1 – § 291-6)
- Ch 294 — Smoke Abatement (§ 294-1 – § 294-8)
- Ch 300 — Solid Waste (§ 300-1 – § 300-14)
- Ch 306 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 306-1 – § 306-36)
- Ch 310 — Subdivision Regulations (§ 310-1 – § 310-21)
- Ch 314 — Tanks, Underground (§ 314-1 – § 314-10)
- Ch 318 — Taxation (§ 318-1 – § 318-65)
- Ch 321 — Taxicabs (§ 321-1 – § 321-14)
- Ch 327 — Trees (§ 327-1 – § 327-21)
- Ch 332 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 332-1 – § 332-5)
- Ch 335 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 335-1 – § 335-35)
- Ch 341 — Water and Sewers (§ 341-1 – § 341-37)
- Ch 346 — Wires and Poles (§ 346-1 – § 346-14)
- Ch 350 — Zoning (§ 350-1.1 – § 350-20.6)
- Ch 351 — Zoning Appendix (§ 351-1 – § 351-10)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)