Every town writes its own rules, and Gilroy's live in its municipal code — 67 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 CHA — Charter (Section 100 – Section 1505)
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1.1 – § 1.21)
- Ch 2 — Administration (§ 2.1 – § 2.92)
- Ch 2A — Adult Businesses (§ 2A.1 – § 2A.25)
- Ch 3 — Advertising (§ 3.1 – § 3.6)
- Ch 3A — Agricultural Disclosure and Dispute Resolution (§ 3A.1 – § 3A.4)
- Ch 3B — Alarm Systems (§ 3B.1 – § 3B.10)
- Ch 4 — Animals and Fowl (§ 4.0 – § 4.78)
- Ch 5 — Ban on the Use of Certain Areas of Public Rights-Of-Way as Sleeping or Living Accommodations (§ 5.1 – § 5.3)
- Ch 5A — Bingo (§ 5A.1 – § 5A.14)
- Ch 5B — Blighted Property (§ 5B.1 – § 5B.27)
- Ch 5C — Blighted Residential Property (§ 5C.1 – § 5C.13)
- Ch 5D — Vacant Commercial Space in the Downtown Historic and Downtown Expansion Districts (§ 5D.1 – § 5D.13)
- Ch 6 — Buildings (§ 6.1 – § 6.58)
- Ch 6A — Citation Procedure for Violations (§ 6A.1 – § 6A.42)
- Ch 7 — Cost Comparison System for Fee and Service Charge Revenue (§ 7.1 – § 7.7)
- Ch 8 — Dance Halls (§ 8.1 – § 8.15)
- Ch 8A — Economic Development (§ 8A.1 – § 8A.67)
- Ch 8B — Elections Campaign Finance (§ 8B.1 – § 8B.7)
- Ch 9 — Emergency Organization and Functions (§ 9.1 – § 9.11)
- Ch 9A — Firearms Sales (§ 9A.1 – § 9A.8)
- Ch 10 — Fire Protection (§ 10.1 – § 10.17)
- Ch 10A — Fireworks (§ 10A.1 – § 10A.18)
- Ch 11 — Food and Food Establishments (§ 11.1 – § 11.21)
- Ch 12 — Garbage, Refuse and Weeds (§ 12.1 – § 12.84)
- Ch 12.5 — Graffiti Regulations (§ 12.5.1 – § 12.5.13)
- Ch 12.6 — Habitat Conservation Plan (§ 12.6.1 – § 12.6.9)
- Ch 12A — Improvement Procedure Code (§ 12A.1 – § 12A.247)
- Ch 12B — Junk and Secondhand Dealers (§ 12B.1 – § 12B.10)
- Ch 13 — Licenses (§ 13.1 – § 13.83)
- Ch 13A — Meetings, Assemblies, Parades, Sound-Amplifying Systems, Live Music (§ 13A.1 – § 13A.13)
- Ch 14 — Minors (§ 14.1 – § 14.3)
- Ch 14A — Mobile Home Rent Stabilization (§ 14A.1 – § 14A.10)
- Ch 14B — Mosquito Abatement (§ 14B.1)
- Ch 15 — Motor Vehicles and Traffic (§ 15.1 – § 15.130)
- Ch 15A — Official Plan Lines (§ 15A.1 – § 15A.20)
- Ch 16 — Offenses – Miscellaneous (§ 16.1 – § 16.38)
- Ch 16A — Peddlers, Solicitors, Vendors and Other Transient Businesses (§ 16A.1 – § 16A.19.6)
- Ch 16B — Sidewalk Vending (§ 16B.1 – § 16B.10)
- Ch 17 — Personnel (§ 17.1 – § 17.2)
- Ch 17A — Public Meetings and Public Records (§ 17A.1 – § 17A.41)
- Ch 18 — Public Parks (§ 18.1 – § 18.10)
- Ch 18A — Private Patrol Service (§ 18A.1 – § 18A.15)
- Ch 18B — Raw Milk Sales (§ 18B.1)
- Ch 18C — Security Personnel at Special Events (§ 18C.1 – § 18C.4)
- Ch 19 — Sewers and Sewage Disposal (§ 19.1 – § 19.119)
- Ch 19A — Shopping Cart Management, Removal, Impoundment, Retrieval and Disposal (§ 19A.1 – § 19A.28)
- Ch 19B — Smoking Pollution Control (§ 19B.1 – § 19B.6)
- Ch 19C — Social Host Accountability (§ 19C.1 – § 19C.6)
- Ch 20 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 20.1 – § 20.118)
- Ch 21 — Subdivisions and Land Development (§ 21.1 – § 21.164)
- Ch 22 — Taxation (§ 22.1 – § 22.32)
- Ch 23 — Taxicab Transportation Service (§ 23.1 – § 23.55)
- Ch 24 — Television Antennas (§ 24.1 – § 24.45)
- Ch 24A — Towing Services (§ 24A.1 – § 24A.12)
- Ch 25A — Transient Occupancy Tax (§ 25A.1 – § 25A.13)
- Ch 25B — Transportation Demand Management Program (§ 25B.1 – § 25B.6)
- Ch 26 — Trees (§ 26.1 – § 26.17)
- Ch 26A — Underground Utility Districts (§ 26A.1 – § 26A.13)
- Ch 26B — Utility Users Tax (§ 26B.1 – § 26B.46)
- Ch 26C — Communication Users’ Tax (§ 26C.1 – § 26C.23)
- Ch 27 — Water (§ 27.1 – § 27.100)
- Ch 27A — Water Resources Protection – Guidelines and Standards (§ 27A.1 – § 27A.6)
- Ch 27C — Municipal Storm Water Quality Protection and Discharge Control (§ 27C.1 – § 27C.38)
- Ch 27D — Post Construction Storm Water Pollution Prevention (§ 27D.1 – § 27D.23)
- Ch 27E — Floodplain Management Ordinance (§ 27E.1 – § 27E.26)
- Ch 30 — Zoning Ordinance (§ 30.1.10 – § 30.54.60)