Every town writes its own rules, and Carmel's live in its municipal code — 52 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 2 — Absentee Ballots (§ 2-1 – § 2-21)
- Ch 3 — Appearance Tickets (§ 3-1 – § 3-3)
- Ch 4 — Budget Procedures
- Ch 6 — Cable Television Committee
- Ch 10 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 10-1 – § 10-5)
- Ch 13 — Ethics, Code of (§ 13-1 – § 13-9)
- Ch 15 — Fingerprint Inquiries, Applicant (§ 15-1 – § 15-5)
- Ch 16 — Fixed Assets (§ 16-1 – § 16-5)
- Ch 20 — Investment Policies
- Ch 25 — Residency Requirements (§ 25-1 – § 25-4)
- Ch 29 — Traffic Violations Bureau (§ 29-1 – § 29-9)
- Ch 37 — Alarm Devices and Systems (§ 37-1 – § 37-14)
- Ch 39 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 39-1 – § 39-11)
- Ch 43 — Assemblies, Public (§ 43-1 – § 43-7)
- Ch 46 — Auctions and Auctioneers (§ 46-1 – § 46-6)
- Ch 52 — Bingo (§ 52-1 – § 52-8)
- Ch 53 — Blasting (§ 53-1 – § 53-19)
- Ch 55 — Boats, Waterways and Water-Related Activities (§ 55-1 – § 55-29)
- Ch 59 — Building Construction and Fire Prevention (§ 59-1 – § 59-54)
- Ch 60 — Cannabis (§ 60-1 – § 60-6)
- Ch 70 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 70-1 – § 70-11)
- Ch 77 — Excavations (§ 77-1 – § 77-4)
- Ch 80 — Fees
- Ch 86 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 86-1 – § 86-21)
- Ch 89 — Freshwater Wetlands (§ 89-1 – § 89-21)
- Ch 92 — Games of Chance (§ 92-1 – § 92-20)
- Ch 95 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 95-1 – § 95-37)
- Ch 95A — Hydraulic Fracturing (§ 95A-1 – § 95A-6)
- Ch 96 — Illegal Dumping (§ 96-1 – § 96-4)
- Ch 104 — Noise (§ 104-1 – § 104-17)
- Ch 107 — Outdoor Wood-Burning Furnaces (§ 107-1 – § 107-12)
- Ch 107A — Parades, Events and Street Closings (§ 107A-1 – § 107A-13)
- Ch 108 — Parks (§ 108-1 – § 108-16)
- Ch 111 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 111-1 – § 111-21)
- Ch 114 — Property Maintenance (§ 114-1 – § 114-16)
- Ch 118 — Sanitary Systems, On-Site (§ 118-1 – § 118-8)
- Ch 119 — Sewer Districts (§ 119-1 – § 119-12)
- Ch 120 — Sewers (§ 120-1 – § 120-115)
- Ch 123 — Shopping Centers (§ 123-1 – § 123-7)
- Ch 125 — Smoking (§ 125-1 – § 125-3)
- Ch 128 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 128-1 – § 128-56)
- Ch 131 — Subdivision of Land (§ 131-1 – § 131-33)
- Ch 132 — Synthetic Drugs, Ban on Sale and Possession of (§ 132-1 – § 132-6)
- Ch 137 — Taxation (§ 137-1 – § 137-22)
- Ch 140 — Towing and Storage (§ 140-1 – § 140-13)
- Ch 142 — Trees (§ 142-1 – § 142-10)
- Ch 145 — Vehicles, Abandoned or Junked (§ 145-1 – § 145-8)
- Ch 147 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 147-1 – § 147-60)
- Ch 151 — Water (§ 151-1 – § 151-40)
- Ch 156 — Zoning (§ 156-1 – § 156-128)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)