Every town writes its own rules, and Hagerstown's live in its municipal code — 63 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 (§ 101 – § 1204)
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-25)
- Ch 10 — Administration of Government (§ 10-1 – § 10-80)
- Ch 25 — Drug-Free School Zones (§ 25-1 – § 25-6)
- Ch 29 — Elections (§ 29-1 – § 29-11)
- Ch 33 — Ethics Provisions (§ 33-1 – § 33-10)
- Ch 37 — Police and Fire Departments (§ 37-1 – § 37-23)
- Ch 38 — Police and Fire Employees' Retirement Plan (§ 38-1 – § 38-78)
- Ch 39 — Police Department (§ 39-1 – § 39-5)
- Ch 42 — Redevelopment Projects: General Authorization (§ 42-1 – § 42-12)
- Ch 43 — Redevelopment Projects: Downtown Redevelopment Area I (§ 43-1 – § 43-11)
- Ch 46 — Adult Businesses (§ 46-1 – § 46-8)
- Ch 48 — Alarm Systems (§ 48-1)
- Ch 52 — Auctions and Special Sales (§ 52-1 – § 52-6)
- Ch 57 — Bicycles and Other Human-Powered Vehicles (§ 57-1 – § 57-6)
- Ch 60 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 60-1 – § 60-58)
- Ch 62 — Bottle Clubs (§ 62-1 – § 62-5)
- Ch 64 — Building Construction (§ 64-1 – § 64-28)
- Ch 65 — Habitual Offender (§ 65-1 – § 65-4)
- Ch 70 — Cable System (§ 70-1 – § 70-10)
- Ch 73 — Circuses and Carnivals (§ 73-1 – § 73-5)
- Ch 76 — Civil Emergency (§ 76-1 – § 76-6)
- Ch 79 — Curfew for Juveniles (§ 79-1 – § 79-5)
- Ch 82 — Discriminatory Practices (§ 82-1 – § 82-29)
- Ch 87 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 87-1 – § 87-6)
- Ch 89 — Donation Bins (§ 89-1 – § 89-5)
- Ch 92 — Entertainment Clubs (§ 92-1 – § 92-11)
- Ch 95 — Excessive Use of City Services (§ 95-1 – § 95-6)
- Ch 98 — Fire Prevention (§ 98-1 – § 98-11)
- Ch 110 — Food-Handling Establishments (§ 110-1 – § 110-17)
- Ch 117 — Recycling and Refuse Collection (§ 117-1 – § 117-12)
- Ch 120 — Gas Installations (§ 120-1 – § 120-19)
- Ch 122 — Gasoline Pumps and Service Stations (§ 122-1 – § 122-3)
- Ch 135 — Junkyards (§ 135-1 – § 135-3)
- Ch 140 — Land Management Code
- Ch 142 — Loitering (§ 142-1 – § 142-4)
- Ch 147 — Massage Establishments (§ 147-1 – § 147-21)
- Ch 155 — Noise (§ 155-1 – § 155-9)
- Ch 173 — Peace and Good Order (§ 173-1 – § 173-32)
- Ch 176 — Vendors, Peddlers and Transient Dealers (§ 176-1 – § 176-11)
- Ch 181 — Pool Halls and Billiard Rooms (§ 181-1 – § 181-4)
- Ch 184 — Portable Storage Containers (§ 184-1 – § 184-6)
- Ch 185 — Nuisance Abatement (§ 185-1 – § 185-7)
- Ch 186 — Nuisance Abandoned Vehicles (§ 186-1 – § 186-8)
- Ch 187 — Nuisance and Abandoned Property Abatement (§ 187-1 – § 187-8)
- Ch 194 — Railroads (§ 194-1 – § 194-6)
- Ch 197 — Rental Facilities (§ 197-1 – § 197-15)
- Ch 200 — Sanitation (§ 200-1 – § 200-17)
- Ch 204 — Signs, Off-Premises and Billboards (§ 204-1 – § 204-10)
- Ch 207 — Snow Emergencies (§ 207-1 – § 207-15)
- Ch 209 — Sediment Control (§ 209-1 – § 209-23)
- Ch 213 — Stormwater Management (§ 213-1 – § 213-56)
- Ch 216 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 216-1 – § 216-65)
- Ch 223 — Taxation (§ 223-1 – § 223-15)
- Ch 224 — Tax Sale Property Repurpose Program (§ 224-1 – § 224-11)
- Ch 227 — Theaters (§ 227-1 – § 227-2)
- Ch 230 — Lodging Facilities (§ 230-1 – § 230-14)
- Ch 232 — Vacant Nonresidential Structures (§ 232-1 – § 232-10)
- Ch 233 — Vacant Residential Structures (§ 233-1 – § 233-10)
- Ch 235 — Urban Renewal (§ 235-1 – § 235-3)
- Ch 238 — Water (§ 238-1 – § 238-50)
- Ch 240 — Water Pollution Control (§ 240-1 – § 240-89)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1 – § DL-2)