Every town writes its own rules, and Forest's live in its municipal code — 26 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 I — CHARTERrecently amended
- Ch 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Ch 2 — ADMINISTRATION
- Ch 3 — ANIMALS
- Ch 4 — BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
- Ch 5 — BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION
- Ch 6 — CEMETERIES
- Ch 7 — CIVIL EMERGENCIES
- Ch 7.5 — CULTURAL RESOURCES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Ch 8 — FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
- Ch 9 — FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
- Ch 10 — HOUSING
- Ch 11 — HUMAN RELATIONSrecently amended
- Ch 12 — NUISANCES, ABANDONED VEHICLES, AND ABATEMENT PROCESSrecently amended
- Ch 13 — OFFENSESrecently amended
- Ch 14 — PARADES, PICKETS AND GROUP DEMONSTRATIONSrecently amended
- Ch 15 — PARKS AND RECREATION
- Ch 15.5 — PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- Ch 16 — POLICE
- Ch 17 — STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGES
- Ch 18 — SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
- Ch 19 — TAXICABS
- Ch 20 — TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLES
- Ch 21 — TREES
- Ch 22 — UTILITIES
- Ch A — UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE