Barnstable, MA — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2026-03-26. Official source: https://ecode360.com/BA2043

Every town writes its own rules, and Barnstable's live in its municipal code — 129 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Barnstable code

• Ch C — Charter (Section 1-1 – Section 10-7)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-28)
• Ch 9 — Affordable Housing (§ 9-1 – § 9-16)
• Ch 13 — Airport (§ 13-1 – § 13-8)
• Ch 17 — Alarm Systems (§ 17-1 – § 17-7)
• Ch 20 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 20-1 – § 20-5)
• Ch 24 — Animals (§ 24-1 – § 24-4)
• Ch 32 — Beaches and Waterways (§ 32-1 – § 32-11)
• Ch 37 — Boards, Committees and Commissions (§ 37-1 – § 37-7)
• Ch 40 — Boats (§ 40-1 – § 40-18)
• Ch 43 — Body-Piercing Businesses (§ 43-1)
• Ch 47 — Building Construction (§ 47-1 – § 47-7)
• Ch 48 — Stretch Energy Code (§ 48-1 – § 48-4)
• Ch 51 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 51-1 – § 51-4)
• Ch 54 — Building and Premises Maintenance (§ 54-1 – § 54-8)
• Ch 57 — Cigarette Vending Machines (§ 57-1 – § 57-2)
• Ch 59 — Comprehensive Occupancy (§ 59-1 – § 59-6)
• Ch 68 — Electrical Standards (§ 68-1 – § 68-3)
• Ch 76 — Fees (§ 76-1 – § 76-16)
• Ch 78 — Fertilizer Nitrogen and Phosphorous Control (§ 78-1 – § 78-9)
• Ch 80 — Fire Lanes (§ 80-1 – § 80-6)
• Ch 86 — Funds (§ 86-1 – § 86-15)
• Ch 89 — Gambling (§ 89-1 – § 89-2)
• Ch 93 — Garage and Barn Sales (§ 93-1 – § 93-4)
• Ch 96 — Gas Piping and Appliances (§ 96-1 – § 96-3)
• Ch 100 — Handbills (§ 100-1 – § 100-4)
• Ch 104 — Handicapped Parking (§ 104-1 – § 104-6)
• Ch 108 — Hazardous Materials (§ 108-1 – § 108-15)
• Ch 112 — Historic Properties (§ 112-1 – § 112-36)
• Ch 115 — Hours of Operation of Businesses (§ 115-1 – § 115-5)
• Ch 121 — Licensing (§ 121-1 – § 121-11)
• Ch 125 — Loitering (§ 125-1 – § 125-2)
• Ch 128 — Motorized Conveyances (§ 128-1 – § 128-5)
• Ch 130 — Newsracks (§ 130-1 – § 130-7)
• Ch 133 — Noise (§ 133-1 – § 133-5)
• Ch 138 — Officers and Employees (§ 138-1 – § 138-2)
• Ch 141 — Outdoor Businesses (§ 141-1 – § 141-8)
• Ch 147 — Peace and Good Order (§ 147-1 – § 147-18)
• Ch 150 — Peddling and Hawking (§ 150-1 – § 150-5)
• Ch 160 — Problem Properties, Chronic (§ 160-1 – § 160-2)
• Ch 162 — Public Hearings (§ 162-1 – § 162-3)
• Ch 166 — Raffles and Bazaars (§ 166-1 – § 166-4)
• Ch 168 — Regulatory Agreements (§ 168-1 – § 168-12)
• Ch 170 — Rental Properties (§ 170-1 – § 170-14)
• Ch 173 — Roller-Skating and Skateboarding (§ 173-1 – § 173-5)
• Ch 177 — Sandy Neck (§ 177-1 – § 177-3)
• Ch 180 — Scenic Roads (§ 180-1 – § 180-11)
• Ch 183 — Senior Citizen and Veteran Property Tax Work-Off Abatement Program (§ 183-1 – § 183-4)
• Ch 184 — Sewers and Water (§ 184-1 – § 184-18)
• Ch 185 — Stormwater Management and Illicit Discharge Control (§ 185-1 – § 185-19)
• Ch 188 — Shellfisheries (§ 188-1 – § 188-5)
• Ch 192 — Signs (§ 192-1 – § 192-9)
• Ch 195 — Single-Use Plastic Carry-Out Bags (§ 195-1 – § 195-9)
• Ch 198 — Soil, Sand and Gravel Pits (§ 198-1 – § 198-5)
• Ch 202 — Solid Waste (§ 202-1 – § 202-7)
• Ch 206 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 206-1 – § 206-10)
• Ch 208 — Substance Controls (§ 208-1 – § 208-6)
• Ch 210 — Swimming Pools (§ 210-1 – § 210-2)
• Ch 217 — Tourist Camps (§ 217-1 – § 217-11)
• Ch 220 — Town Council (§ 220-1 – § 220-15)
• Ch 221 — Trees (§ 221-1 – § 221-32)
• Ch 224 — Vacant and Foreclosing Properties (§ 224-1 – § 224-10)
• Ch 228 — Vehicles and Boats, Storage of (§ 228-1 – § 228-3)
• Ch 232 — Wastewater Discharge (§ 232-1 – § 232-14)
• Ch 237 — Wetlands Protection (§ 237-1 – § 237-14)
• Ch 240 — Zoning (§ 240-1 – § 240-131.8)
• Ch 241 — Administrative Code (§ 241-1 – § 241-63)
• Ch 242 — Personnel (§ 242-1 – § 242-6)
• Ch 307 — Body Art Establishments (§ 307-1 – § 307-15)
• Ch 318 — Fee Schedule (§ 318-1)
• Ch 322 — Food Establishments (§ 322-1 – § 322-25)
• Ch 326 — Fuel and Chemical Storage Tanks (§ 326-1 – § 326-26)
• Ch 332 — Herbicides (§ 332-1 – § 332-5)
• Ch 335 — Housing (§ 335-1)
• Ch 346 — Massage Establishments (§ 346-1 – § 346-8)
• Ch 353 — Nuisances (§ 353-1 – § 353-10)
• Ch 360 — On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems (§ 360-1 – § 360-47)
• Ch 365 — Sale of Tobacco Products, Restricting the (§ 365-1 – § 365-8)
• Ch 371 — Smoking (§ 371-1 – § 371-15)
• Ch 373 — Solid Waste (§ 373-1 – § 373-8)
• Ch 376 — Stables (§ 376-1 – § 376-23)
• Ch 378 — Swimming Pools (§ 378-1 – § 378-3)
• Ch 381 — Toxic and Hazardous Materials (§ 381-1 – § 381-9)
• Ch 385 — Variance Requests (§ 385-1 – § 385-7)
• Ch 392 — Waterfowl (§ 392-1 – § 392-6)
• Ch 397 — Wells (§ 397-1 – § 397-12)
• Ch 401 — Administrative Procedures (§ 401-1 – § 401-219)
• Ch 401A — Bathing Beaches (§ 401A-1 – § 401A-8)
• Ch 402 — Cemeteries (§ 402-1 – § 402-12)
• Ch 403 — Dog Control (§ 403-1 – § 403-18)
• Ch 404 — Excavations (§ 404-1 – § 404-24)
• Ch 404A — Fees (§ 404A-1 – § 404A-3)
• Ch 405 — Marinas (§ 405-1 – § 405-30)
• Ch 406 — Mooring (§ 406-1 – § 406-24)
• Ch 406A — Open Air Private Parking Lots (§ 406A-1 – § 406A-11)
• Ch 406B — Pedicabs and Pedicab Operators (§ 406B-1 – § 406B-4)
• Ch 407 — Shellfish (§ 407-1 – § 407-72)
• Ch 408 — Roller Skates and Skateboards (§ 408-1 – § 408-3)
• Ch 422 — Traffic (§ 422-1 – § 422-96)
• Ch 430 — Vessels on Town Property (§ 430-1 – § 430-2)
• Ch 435 — Wireless Communication Facilities (§ 435-1 – § 435-10)
• Ch 501 — General Rules for All Licensed Businesses (§ 501-0 – § 501-15)
• Ch 502 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 502-1 – § 502-10)
• Ch 503 — Entertainment (§ 503-1 – § 503-3)
• Ch 504 — Common Victuallers (§ 504-1 – § 504-5)
• Ch 505 — Innholders/Hotels (§ 505-1 – § 505-4)
• Ch 506 — Lodging, Bed-And-Breakfast, and Guesthouse Licenses (§ 506-1 – § 506-3)
• Ch 507 — Nonintoxicating Beverages (§ 507-1 – § 507-5)
• Ch 508 — Secondhand/Junk Dealers (§ 508-1 – § 508-11)
• Ch 509 — Automobile Sales (§ 509-1 – § 509-5)
• Ch 510 — Fortune Tellers (§ 510-1 – § 510-2)
• Ch 601 — Sandy Neck Beach Park (§ 601-1 – § 601-12)
• Ch 701 — Property Use Violations (§ 701-1 – § 701-7)
• Ch 702 — Shooting Range (§ 702-1 – § 702-6)
• Ch 703 — Private Docks and Piers (§ 703-1 – § 703-6)
• Ch 704 — Wetlands Buffer Zone Activity (§ 704-0 – § 704-7)
• Ch 705 — Coastal Banks (§ 705-1 – § 705-3)
• Ch 706 — Abutter Notification (§ 706-1)
• Ch 707 — Submission Requirements for Notice of Intent Applications (§ 707-1 – § 707-2)
• Ch 708 — Outside Consultants (§ 708-1 – § 708-6)
• Ch 709 — Noncriminal Disposition of Wetlands Violations (§ 709-1 – § 709-3)
• Ch 710 — Requests for Determination of Applicability (§ 710-1)
• Ch 711 — Shore Outhauls (§ 711-1 – § 711-6)
• Ch 801 — Subdivision Regulations (§ 801-1 – § 801-63)
• Ch 901 — Sewers Connections (§ 901-1 – § 901-26)
• Ch 902 — Hyannis Water System (§ 902-1 – § 902-2)
• Ch 903 — Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations (§ 903-1 – § 903-11)
• Ch DT — Derivation Table
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)