Every town writes its own rules, and Richmond'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 THE CITY OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, 2020
- Ch I — CHARTER
- Ch 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Ch 2 — ADMINISTRATION
- Ch 3 — AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS
- Ch 4 — ANIMALS
- Ch 5 — BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
- Ch 6 — BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS
- Ch 7 — CEMETERIES
- Ch 8 — CITY-OWNED REAL ESTATE
- Ch 9 — ELECTIONS
- Ch 10 — EMERGENCY SERVICES
- Ch 11 — ENVIRONMENT
- Ch 12 — FINANCErecently amended
- Ch 13 — FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
- Ch 14 — FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT, EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL, AND DRAINAGE
- Ch 15 — HEALTH
- Ch 16 — HOUSING
- Ch 17 — HUMAN RIGHTS
- Ch 18 — LIBRARIES
- Ch 19 — OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Ch 20 — PORTS AND HARBORS
- Ch 21 — PUBLIC PROCUREMENTrecently amended
- Ch 22 — PUBLIC RETIREMENT
- Ch 23 — SOLID WASTE
- Ch 24 — STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC WAYS
- Ch 25 — SUBDIVISION OF LAND
- Ch 26 — TAXATIONrecently amended
- Ch u29 — CODE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, 2020
- Ch 27 — TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
- Ch 28 — UTILITIES
- Ch 29 — VEHICLES FOR HIRE
- Ch 30 — ZONINGrecently amended