Every town writes its own rules, and Oak Park'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.
Ask Oak Park's code a questionWhat's in the Oak Park code
- Ch u1 — CHARTERrecently amended
- Ch 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Ch 2 — ADMINISTRATION
- Ch 3 — MUNICIPAL CIVIL INFRACTIONS
- Ch 6 — ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
- Ch 10 — AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS
- Ch 14 — ANIMALS
- Ch 18 — BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
- Ch 22 — BUSINESSES
- Ch 26 — CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
- Ch 30 — ELECTIONS
- Ch 34 — EMERGENCY SERVICES
- Ch 38 — ENVIRONMENT
- Ch 42 — FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
- Ch 44 — GAS FRANCHISE
- Ch 46 — HUMAN RELATIONS
- Ch 50 — OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Ch 53 — PARKING LOTS
- Ch 54 — PARKS AND RECREATION
- Ch 55 — PERSONNEL
- Ch 58 — PLANNING
- Ch 62 — SOLID WASTE
- Ch 66 — STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
- Ch 70 — SUBDIVISIONS
- Ch 71 — TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
- Ch 72 — TAXATION
- Ch 74 — TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
- Ch 78 — TREES
- Ch 82 — UTILITIES
- Ch 83 — ELECTRIC SERVICE FRANCHISE UTILITY
- Ch A — ZONING