Every town writes its own rules, and Fairfax County'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 u1 — CODE CERTIFICATIONrecently amended
- Ch 1. — General Provisions.recently amended
- Ch 2. — Property Under County Control.
- Ch 3. — County Employees.
- Ch 4. — Taxation and Finance.recently amended
- Ch 5. — Offenses.
- Ch 6. — Weapons.
- Ch 7. — Elections.
- Ch 8.1. — Security Alarm Systems.
- Ch 9.1 — Communications (Repealed by 35-19-9.2)
- Ch 9.2 — Cable Television
- Ch 10. — Consumer Protection.
- Ch 11.1. — Human Rights and Fair Housing
- Ch 12. — Tenant—Landlord Relations.
- Ch 13. — Auxiliary Police Force.
- Ch 14. — Emergency Management.
- Ch 21. — Automobile Graveyards.recently amended
- Ch 23. — Bondsmen.recently amended
- Ch 25. — Circuses, Carnivals and Other Similar Activities.recently amended
- Ch 26. — Coin-Operated Machines.
- Ch 28. — Reserved.
- Ch 28.2 — Massage Establishments Coderecently amended
- Ch 29. — Real Estate Salesman.recently amended
- Ch 30. — Minimum Private School and Child Care Facility Standards.
- Ch 31 — Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers.
- Ch 32. — Trailer Parks and Trailer Camps.
- Ch 33 — Precious Metals and Gems Dealers and Pawnbrokers
- Ch 34. — Charitable Solicitations.
- Ch 35. — Tattoo Establishments.
- Ch 41. — Animals and Fowl. (Repealed by 26-04-41.1)
- Ch 41.1. — Animal Control and Care
- Ch 42. — Fluoridation of water.
- Ch 43.2. — Food Code
- Ch 44. — Smoking.
- Ch 45. — Minimum Housing Hygiene Standards Code.
- Ch 46. — Health or Safety Menaces.
- Ch 61. — Building Provisions.
- Ch 62. — Fire Protection
- Ch 63. — Excavation and Utility Line Installation.
- Ch 64 — Mechanical Provisions.
- Ch 65. — Plumbing and Gas Provisions.
- Ch 66. — Electrical Provisions.
- Ch 67. — Sanitary Sewers and Sewage Disposal.
- Ch 67.1. — Sanitary Sewers and Sewage Disposal.
- Ch 68. — Individual Sewage Disposal Facilities.
- Ch 68.1. — Individual Sewage Disposal Facilities
- Ch 69. — Swimming Pool Ordinance
- Ch 69.1. — Water Recreation Facilities Ordinance.
- Ch 70. — Water.
- Ch 70.1. — Private Water Well Ordinance
- Ch 81. — Emergency Ambulance and Rescue Services.
- Ch 82 — Motor Vehicles and Trafficrecently amended
- Ch 83. — Boats.
- Ch 84 — Public Transportation. (Repealed by 47-92-84.1)
- Ch 84.1 — Public Transportation.
- Ch 85. — Conduct on Vehicles.
- Ch 86 — Shared Mobility Devices
- Ch 101. — Subdivision Provisions.recently amended
- Ch 102. — Streets and Sidewalks.
- Ch 103. — Air Pollution Control
- Ch 107. — Problem Soils.
- Ch 108.1. — Noise Ordinance.
- Ch 109.1. — Solid Waste Management
- Ch 110. — Inoperative Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Semitrailers.
- Ch 113. — Water Use, Emergency Regulations.
- Ch 114. — Agricultural and Forestal Districts of Statewide Significance
- Ch 115. — Local Agricultural and Forestal Districts.
- Ch 116. — Wetlands Zoning Ordinance.
- Ch 117. — Expedited Land Development Review.
- Ch 118. — Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance.
- Ch 119. — Vegetation.
- Ch 120. — Heritage, Specimen, Memorial and Street Tree Ordinance.
- Ch 121. — Defacement and Damage to Certain Public and Private Property.
- Ch 122. — Tree Conservation Ordinance.
- Ch 123 — Coastal Primary Sand Dune Zoning Ordinance
- Ch 124.1 — Erosion and Stormwater Management Ordinance.recently amended
- Ch 125. — Resident Curator Program Ordinance.
- Ch 126. — Arts and Cultural District Ordinance
- Ch 127. — Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resiliency Program
- Ch A. — Flood Plains.
- Ch B. — Sunday Closing Law.
- Ch C. — Northern Virginia Cigarette Tax Board Charter.
- Ch D. — Industrial Development Authority.
- Ch E. — District Ordinances for Agricultural and Forestal Districts of Statewide Significance.
- Ch F. — District Ordinances for Local Agricultural and Forestal Districts.recently amended
- Ch G. — Residential Permit Parking Districts.recently amended
- Ch H. — Cable Television Franchises.recently amended
- Ch I. — Fairfax County Special Service District for the Control of Infestations of Insects that May Carry a Disease that is Dangerous to Humans, Gypsy Moths, Cankerworms and Certain Identified Pests.
- Ch J. — Ordinance to Designate Areas Where Firearms and Pneumatic Guns May Not Be Shot.
- Ch K. — Designation of Snow Emergency Routes
- Ch L. — Ordinance to Designate No Wake Zones
- Ch M. — Community Parking Districts
- Ch N. — Heritage, Specimen, Memorial, and Street Trees Ordinances.
- Ch O. — Fairfax County Stormwater Service District.
- Ch P. — Community Development Authorities
- Ch Q. — Land Development Services Fee Schedule.recently amended
- Ch R. — Ordinance Designating Long Term Parking Restrictions.recently amended
- Ch u98 — APPENDIX S. - Public Highways Designated for Golf Cart Userecently amended
- Ch u99 — APPENDIX T.
- Ch U. — FAIRFAX COUNTY TYSONS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1
- Ch V. — FAIRFAX COUNTY RESTON TRANSPORTATION SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1.
- Ch W. — DESIGNATED OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT AREA LICENSES.recently amended