Every town writes its own rules, and Batavia's live in its municipal code — 47 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 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-13)
- Ch 3 — Anti-Displacement Plan
- Ch 7 — Discrimination and Harassment Policy (§ 7-1 – § 7-12)
- Ch 9 — Emergency Management Plan
- Ch 11 — Ethics and Conflicts of Interest, Code of (§ 11-1 – § 11-8)
- Ch 14 — Fair Housing Policy (§ 14-1 – § 14-2)
- Ch 15 — Fund Balance Policy (§ 15-1 – § 15-5)
- Ch 17 — Handicapped Accessibility Policy
- Ch 18 — Hazard Mitigation Plan (§ 18-1)
- Ch 20 — Investment Policy (§ 20-1 – § 20-3)
- Ch 29 — Notification of Information Security Breaches (§ 29-1 – § 29-12)
- Ch 34 — Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals (§ 34-1 – § 34-24)
- Ch 38 — Procurement Policy (§ 38-1 – § 38-10)
- Ch 45 — Remote Work Policy (§ 45-1 – § 45-2)
- Ch 47 — Residency Requirements (§ 47-1 – § 47-12)
- Ch 54 — Smoke-Free and Substance-Free Policy (§ 54-1 – § 54-6)
- Ch 59 — Town Engineer (§ 59-1 – § 59-3)
- Ch 60 — Town Manager (§ 60-1 – § 60-3)
- Ch 70 — Zoning Laws, Adoption of (§ 70-1 – § 70-2)
- Ch 76 — Animals (§ 76-1 – § 76-18)
- Ch 80 — Battery Energy Storage Systems (§ 80-1 – § 80-16)
- Ch 83 — Bingo (§ 83-1 – § 83-2)
- Ch 89 — Building Construction and Fire Prevention (§ 89-1 – § 89-19)
- Ch 93 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 93-1 – § 93-11)
- Ch 106 — Electrical Standards (§ 106-1 – § 106-6)
- Ch 110 — Facilities, Town (§ 110-1 – § 110-13)
- Ch 112 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 112-1 – § 112-20)
- Ch 116 — Freshwater Wetlands (§ 116-1 – § 116-2)
- Ch 122 — Games of Chance (§ 122-1 – § 122-8)
- Ch 127 — Highways; Vehicles and Traffic (§ 127-1 – § 127-37)
- Ch 131 — Information Bureaus (§ 131-1 – § 131-9)
- Ch 138 — Junkyards (§ 138-1 – § 138-17)
- Ch 150 — Mobile Home Parks (§ 150-1 – § 150-8)
- Ch 155 — Municipal Building Energy Benchmarking (§ 155-1 – § 155-11)
- Ch 161 — Notification of Defects (§ 161-1 – § 161-3)
- Ch 169 — Parks (§ 169-1 – § 169-9)
- Ch 173 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 173-1 – § 173-14)
- Ch 183 — Road Specifications (§ 183-1 – § 183-39)
- Ch 191 — Sewer Use (§ 191-1 – § 191-66)
- Ch 194 — Sheraton Downs (§ 194-1 – § 194-5)
- Ch 198 — Solid Waste (§ 198-1 – § 198-15)
- Ch 204 — Subdivision of Land (§ 204-1 – § 204-25)
- Ch 209 — Taxation (§ 209-1 – § 209-6)
- Ch 223 — Vehicles, Off-Highway (§ 223-1 – § 223-7)
- Ch 229 — Water (§ 229-1 – § 229-31)
- Ch 235 — Zoning (§ 235-1 – § 235-78)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)