Every town writes its own rules, and Middletown's live in its municipal code — 102 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 – § 221)
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-13)
- Ch 6 — Appearance Tickets (§ 6-1)
- Ch 19 — Capital Projects (§ 19-1 – § 19-3)
- Ch 25 — City Property, Sale of (§ 25-1 – § 25-8)
- Ch 30 — Common Council (§ 30-1 – § 30-6)
- Ch 36 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 36-1 – § 36-10)
- Ch 43 — Elections (§ 43-1 – § 43-4)
- Ch 48 — Ethics, Code of (§ 48-1 – § 48-8)
- Ch 54 — Finance (§ 54-1 – § 54-7)
- Ch 58 — Fire Department (§ 58-1 – § 58-7)
- Ch 60 — Fund Balance Policy (§ 60-1 – § 60-7)
- Ch 65 — Investment Policy (§ 65-1 – § 65-14)
- Ch 77 — Local Laws, Adoption of (§ 77-1)
- Ch 90 — Officers and Employees (§ 90-1 – § 90-37)
- Ch 94 — Official Map (§ 94-1 – § 94-2)
- Ch 97 — Planning Board (§ 97-1 – § 97-10)
- Ch 100 — Police Department (§ 100-1 – § 100-9)
- Ch 104 — Procurement Policy (§ 104-1 – § 104-12)
- Ch 112 — Records (§ 112-1 – § 112-24)
- Ch 125 — Urban Renewal, Department of (§ 125-1 – § 125-6)
- Ch 130 — Veterans Service Agency (§ 130-1 – § 130-2)
- Ch 143 — Air Conditioners (§ 143-1 – § 143-8)
- Ch 147 — Air Pollution (§ 147-1 – § 147-12)
- Ch 152 — Alarm Systems (§ 152-1 – § 152-28)
- Ch 156 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 156-1 – § 156-5)
- Ch 158 — All-Terrain Vehicles (§ 158-1 – § 158-4)
- Ch 161 — Animals (§ 161-1 – § 161-15)
- Ch 166 — Architectural Review (§ 166-1 – § 166-8)
- Ch 171 — Auctions (§ 171-1 – § 171-4)
- Ch 173 — Background Checks (§ 173-1 – § 173-6)
- Ch 176 — Balloons (§ 176-1 – § 176-2)
- Ch 182 — Bingo and Games of Chance (§ 182-1 – § 182-25)
- Ch 188 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 188-1 – § 188-5)
- Ch 193 — Building Construction (§ 193-1 – § 193-61)
- Ch 198 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 198-1 – § 198-3)
- Ch 203 — Business Improvement Districts (§ 203-1 – § 203-5)
- Ch 209 — Cable Television (§ 209-1 – § 209-19)
- Ch 210 — Cannabis (§ 210-1 – § 210-5)
- Ch 212 — Child Safety Zones (§ 212-1 – § 212-5)
- Ch 213 — Code and Quality of Life Enforcement (§ 213-1 – § 213-5)
- Ch 214 — Collateral Loan Brokers (§ 214-1 – § 214-19)
- Ch 216 — Curfew (§ 216-1 – § 216-6)
- Ch 220 — Data Security Breaches (§ 220-1 – § 220-5)
- Ch 230 — Economic Development (§ 230-1 – § 230-7)
- Ch 235 — Electricians and Electrical Standards (§ 235-1 – § 235-21)
- Ch 237 — Energize NY Benefit Financing Program (§ 237-1 – § 237-9)
- Ch 240 — Entertainment (§ 240-1 – § 240-15)
- Ch 244 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 244-1 – § 244-14)
- Ch 248 — Evictions (§ 248-1 – § 248-4)
- Ch 249 — Evictions, Good Cause (§ 249-1 – § 249-6)
- Ch 252 — Fences (§ 252-1 – § 252-4)
- Ch 257 — Firearms (§ 257-1)
- Ch 261 — Fire Prevention (§ 261-1 – § 261-9)
- Ch 263 — Fires, Conduct at (§ 263-1 – § 263-7)
- Ch 265 — Fireworks (§ 265-1 – § 265-5)
- Ch 270 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 270-1 – § 270-27)
- Ch 275 — Fortune-Telling (§ 275-1 – § 275-8)
- Ch 288 — Graffiti (§ 288-1 – § 288-6)
- Ch 296 — Housing (§ 296-1 – § 296-40)
- Ch 306 — Junkyards and Junk Dealers (§ 306-1 – § 306-11)
- Ch 314 — Laser Pointers (§ 314-1 – § 314-6)
- Ch 317 — Limited-Use Motorcycles (§ 317-1 – § 317-3)
- Ch 319 — Littering (§ 319-1 – § 319-22)
- Ch 325 — Middletown Identification Card Program (§ 325-1 – § 325-10)
- Ch 332 — Noise (§ 332-1 – § 332-4)
- Ch 337 — Nursing Homes (§ 337-1 – § 337-3)
- Ch 340 — Outdoor Woodburning Furnaces (§ 340-1 – § 340-4)
- Ch 344 — Parades and Motorcades (§ 344-1 – § 344-11)
- Ch 348 — Parks and Recreation (§ 348-1 – § 348-19)
- Ch 353 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 353-1 – § 353-18)
- Ch 356 — Plumbers and Plumbing Standards (§ 356-1 – § 356-24)
- Ch 359 — Property Maintenance (§ 359-1 – § 359-8)
- Ch 364 — Public Market (§ 364-1 – § 364-3)
- Ch 365 — Public Property Camping (§ 365-1 – § 365-4)
- Ch 367 — Public Transportation (§ 367-1 – § 367-12)
- Ch 384 — Sales (§ 384-1 – § 384-6)
- Ch 389 — Sewers (§ 389-1 – § 389-62)
- Ch 394 — Signs (§ 394-1 – § 394-17)
- Ch 398 — Skateboarding (§ 398-1 – § 398-4)
- Ch 403 — Snow and Ice (§ 403-1 – § 403-14)
- Ch 407 — Solid Waste (§ 407-1 – § 407-4)
- Ch 412 — Steam Engines and Boilers (§ 412-1 – § 412-12)
- Ch 413 — Storm Sewer System (§ 413-1 – § 413-18)
- Ch 414 — Stormwater Management; Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 414-1 – § 414-20)
- Ch 416 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 416-1 – § 416-44)
- Ch 420 — Subdivision of Land (§ 420-1 – § 420-6)
- Ch 425 — Swimming Pools (§ 425-1 – § 425-6)
- Ch 430 — Taxation (§ 430-1 – § 430-31)
- Ch 433 — Taxicabs (§ 433-1 – § 433-28)
- Ch 438 — Tobacco, Hookah, Vaping Establishment Licenses (§ 438-1 – § 438-8)
- Ch 440 — Towing (§ 440-1 – § 440-16)
- Ch 445 — Trailers and Trailer Parks (§ 445-1 – § 445-8)
- Ch 449 — Trees (§ 449-1 – § 449-8)
- Ch 457 — Vehicles, Abandoned and Junked (§ 457-1 – § 457-5)
- Ch 460 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 460-1 – § 460-93)
- Ch 466 — Water (§ 466-1 – § 466-31)
- Ch 475 — Zoning (§ 475-1 – § 475-56)
- Ch A490 — Fees (§ A490-1)
- Ch A501 — Tourist Camps (§ A501-1 – § A501-16)
- Ch DT — Derivation Table
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)