Every town writes its own rules, and Monessen's live in its municipal code — 89 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 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-16)
- Ch 5 — Authorities, Municipal (§ 5-1 – § 5-30)
- Ch 12 — Boards, Committees and Commissions (§ 12-1 – § 12-51)
- Ch 17 — City Council (§ 17-1 – § 17-4)
- Ch 20 — Claims, Municipal (§ 20-1 – § 20-7)
- Ch 23 — Contracts (§ 23-1 – § 23-4)
- Ch 28 — Departmental Organization (§ 28-1 – § 28-13)
- Ch 32 — Equitable Contracting (§ 32-1 – § 32-4)
- Ch 39 — Fire Department (§ 39-1 – § 39-12)
- Ch 45 — Fiscal Affairs (§ 45-1 – § 45-7)
- Ch 47 — Funds (§ 47-1 – § 47-7)
- Ch 51 — Intergovernmental Cooperation (§ 51-1 – § 51-40)
- Ch 56 — Local Government Investment Trust (§ 56-1 – § 56-4)
- Ch 62 — Master Plan Conference (§ 62-1 – § 62-13)
- Ch 68 — Officers and Employees (§ 68-1 – § 68-12)
- Ch 74 — Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 80 — Personnel Policies and Benefits (§ 80-1 – § 80-29)
- Ch 83 — Police Department (§ 83-1 – § 83-20)
- Ch 86 — Property, Public (§ 86-1 – § 86-3)
- Ch 89 — Purchasing (§ 89-1 – § 89-7)
- Ch 93 — Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 98 — Seal (§ 98-1 – § 98-2)
- Ch 104 — Social Security (§ 104-1 – § 104-4)
- Ch 110 — Vehicles, City-Owned (§ 110-1 – § 110-4)
- Ch 117 — Alarms (§ 117-1 – § 117-9)
- Ch 122 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 122-1 – § 122-3)
- Ch 126 — Amusements and Amusement Devices (§ 126-1 – § 126-18)
- Ch 130 — Animals (§ 130-1 – § 130-52)
- Ch 135 — Assemblies, Mass Public (§ 135-1 – § 135-3)
- Ch 137 — Attorney Fees and Collection Procedures (§ 137-1 – § 137-7)
- Ch 141 — Bicycles (§ 141-1 – § 141-16)
- Ch 147 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 147-1 – § 147-4)
- Ch 164 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 164-1 – § 164-8)
- Ch 167 — Outdoor Burning (§ 167-1 – § 167-14)
- Ch 170 — Circuses and Carnivals (§ 170-1 – § 170-5)
- Ch 171 — Code and Ordinance Compliance (§ 171-1 – § 171-14)
- Ch 172 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 172-1 – § 172-11)
- Ch 173 — Contractors and Vendors (§ 173-1 – § 173-23)
- Ch 174 — Credit and Debit Card Payments (§ 174-1 – § 174-3)
- Ch 175 — Curfew (§ 175-1 – § 175-10)
- Ch 182 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 182-1 – § 182-7)
- Ch 187 — Dumping
- Ch 193 — Electrical Standards (§ 193-1 – § 193-4)
- Ch 195 — Emergency Medical Services (§ 195-1 – § 195-2)
- Ch 196 — Emergency Response Expenses, Reimbursement for (§ 196-1 – § 196-2)
- Ch 202 — Excavations and Grading (§ 202-1 – § 202-11)
- Ch 209 — Fair Housing (§ 209-1 – § 209-15)
- Ch 211 — Fees (§ 211-1 – § 211-7)
- Ch 212 — Fire Alarm Regulation (§ 212-1 – § 212-19)
- Ch 213 — Firearms and Weapons (§ 213-1 – § 213-5)
- Ch 218 — Fire Lanes (§ 218-1 – § 218-7)
- Ch 224 — Fire Prevention (§ 224-1 – § 224-4)
- Ch 227 — Fireworks (§ 227-1 – § 227-13)
- Ch 230 — Floodplain Management (§ 230-1 – § 230-36)
- Ch 236 — Food Establishments and Vendors (§ 236-1 – § 236-12)
- Ch 242 — Handbills (§ 242-1 – § 242-5)
- Ch 245 — Human Relations (§ 245-1 – § 245-16)
- Ch 253 — Insurance (§ 253-1 – § 253-10)
- Ch 259 — Loitering (§ 259-1 – § 259-3)
- Ch 270 — Milk and Milk Products (§ 270-1 – § 270-3)
- Ch 270A — Mobile Food Vehicles (§ 270A-1 – § 270A-13)
- Ch 271 — Municipal Storm Sewer System (§ 271-1 – § 271-54)
- Ch 273 — Nuisances (§ 273-1 – § 273-26)
- Ch 275 — Parks and Recreation (§ 275-1 – § 275-12)
- Ch 281 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 281-1 – § 281-8)
- Ch 285 — Plumbing (§ 285-1 – § 285-22)
- Ch 289 — Property Maintenance (§ 289-1 – § 289-2)
- Ch 292 — Property, Vacant, Abandoned and Foreclosed (§ 292-1 – § 292-19)
- Ch 300 — Quality of Life (§ 300-1 – § 300-19)
- Ch 308 — Real Estate (§ 308-1)
- Ch 313 — Rental Property (§ 313-1 – § 313-7.1)
- Ch 317 — Sewers (§ 317-1 – § 317-19)
- Ch 325 — Smoking (§ 325-1 – § 325-3)
- Ch 331 — Solid Waste (§ 331-1 – § 331-29)
- Ch 336 — Speed-Timing Devices (§ 336-1 – § 336-8)
- Ch 338 — Stormwater Management (§ 338-1 – § 338-53)
- Ch 340 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 340-1 – § 340-24)
- Ch 345 — Subdivision and Land Development (§ 345-1 – § 345-31)
- Ch 350 — Taxation (§ 350-1 – § 350-74)
- Ch 352 — Tenant and Occupancy Registration (§ 352-1 – § 352-21)
- Ch 356 — Trees (§ 356-1 – § 356-4)
- Ch 361 — Utility Poles (§ 361-1 – § 361-4)
- Ch 364 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 364-1 – § 364-2)
- Ch 365 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 365-1 – § 365-44)
- Ch 367 — Vehicles, Junk (§ 367-1 – § 367-5)
- Ch 370 — Water Supply (§ 370-1 – § 370-2)
- Ch 375 — Zoning (§ 375-1 – § 375-74)
- Ch A380 — Ordinance Renumbering (§ A380-1 – § A380-5)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)