Every town writes its own rules, and DeKalb County's live in its municipal code — 33 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 u1 — CODE OF DEKALB COUNTY AS REVISED, 1988recently amended
- Ch u2 — ORGANIZATIONAL ACTrecently amended
- Ch 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Ch 2 — ADMINISTRATIONrecently amended
- Ch 3 — ALARM SYSTEMS
- Ch 4 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGESrecently amended
- Ch 5 — ANIMALS
- Ch 6 — AVIATION
- Ch 7 — BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
- Ch 8 — CABLE TELEVISION
- Ch 9 — RESERVED
- Ch 10 — ELECTIONS
- Ch 11 — EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
- Ch 12 — FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
- Ch 13 — HEALTH REGULATIONS
- Ch 13.5 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Ch 14 — LAND DEVELOPMENT
- Ch 15 — LICENSES, PERMITS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS
- Ch 16 — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND OFFENSES
- Ch 17 — MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
- Ch 18 — NUISANCESrecently amended
- Ch 19 — PARKS AND RECREATIONrecently amended
- Ch 20 — PERSONNEL
- Ch 21 — SIGNS
- Ch 22 — SOLID WASTE
- Ch 22.5 — STORM SEWER SYSTEM
- Ch 23 — STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
- Ch 24 — TAXATIONrecently amended
- Ch 25 — WATER, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSALrecently amended
- Ch 26 — WRECKERS
- Ch 27 — ZONINGrecently amended
- Ch A — DEPARTMENTS OF COUNTY GOVERNMENTrecently amended
- Ch B — LOCAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, LOCAL ACTS AND GENERAL LAWS OF LOCAL APPLICATION