Every town writes its own rules, and Madison's live in its municipal code — 31 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 — CONSTRUCTION AND EFFECT OF ORDINANCES AND THEIR PUBLICATIONrecently amended
- Ch 2 — STANDING RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMON COUNCILrecently amended
- Ch 3 — OFFICIALS, BOARDS, EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC RECORDSrecently amended
- Ch 4 — FINANCErecently amended
- Ch 5 — POLICE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE REGULATIONS
- Ch 6 — FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE REGULATIONS
- Ch 7 — PUBLIC HEALTHrecently amended
- Ch 8 — PUBLIC PROPERTYrecently amended
- Ch 9 — LICENSES AND PERMITSrecently amended
- Ch 10 — STREETS, ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS AND GUTTERSrecently amended
- Ch 11 — PUBLIC UTILITIESrecently amended
- Ch 12 — VEHICLE CODE
- Ch 13 — PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
- Ch 14 — PUBLIC WATERS AND SHORELINES
- Ch 15 — ALDER DISTRICTS AND WARDSrecently amended
- Ch 16 — GENERAL PLANNING
- Ch 17 — RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC CODE
- Ch 18 — PLUMBING CODE
- Ch 19 — ELECTRICAL CODE
- Ch 20 — IMPACT FEE ORDINANCErecently amended
- Ch 21 — FLOODPLAIN ZONING ORDINANCE
- Ch 22 — CONSUMER PROTECTION AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
- Ch 23 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICYrecently amended
- Ch 24 — OFFENSES AGAINST PEACE AND QUIETrecently amended
- Ch 25 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETYrecently amended
- Ch 26 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY
- Ch 27 — MINIMUM HOUSING AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
- Ch 28 — ZONING CODE ORDINANCErecently amended
- Ch 29 — BUILDING CODErecently amended
- Ch 30 — HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING CODE
- Ch 31 — SIGN CONTROL ORDINANCE