Every town writes its own rules, and Dover's live in its municipal code — 61 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 — Town Seal (§ 1-1)
- Ch 2 — Town Elections and Town Meetings (§ 2-1 – § 2-7)
- Ch 3 — Town Report (§ 3-1 – § 3-2)
- Ch 4 — Town Officers, Committees and Commissions (§ 4-1 – § 4-52)
- Ch 5 — Finances (§ 5-1 – § 5-16)
- Ch 13 — Bonds (§ 13-1)
- Ch 20 — Enforcement (§ 20-1 – § 20-4)
- Ch 44 — Personnel Bylaw (§ 44-1 – § 44-10)
- Ch 77 — Alarm Devices (§ 77-1)
- Ch 80 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 80-1)
- Ch 83 — Animals (§ 83-1 – § 83-9)
- Ch 89 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 89-1)
- Ch 92 — Cemeteries (§ 92-1)
- Ch 93 — Construction Hours (§ 93-1 – § 93-4)
- Ch 96 — Demolition Review (§ 96-1 – § 96-9)
- Ch 100 — Electric Lines (§ 100-1)
- Ch 102 — Environmental Hazards (§ 102-1 – § 102-4)
- Ch 106 — Fees (§ 106-1 – § 106-2)
- Ch 109 — Firearms (§ 109-1 – § 109-3)
- Ch 112 — Gambling (§ 112-1)
- Ch 113 — Marijuana Establishments (§ 113-1)
- Ch 116 — Groundwater Protection Districts (§ 116-1 – § 116-9)
- Ch 123 — Junk and Junkyards (§ 123-1)
- Ch 137 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 137-1 – § 137-2)
- Ch 141 — Public Places (§ 141-1)
- Ch 157 — Recycling (§ 157-1 – § 157-2)
- Ch 159 — Stormwater Management and Erosion Control (§ 159-1 – § 159-18)
- Ch 160 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 160-1 – § 160-12)
- Ch 163 — Stretch Energy Code (§ 163-1 – § 163-4)
- Ch 167 — Vehicles, Abandoned and Junked (§ 167-1)
- Ch 169 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 169-1 – § 169-8)
- Ch 172 — Vehicles, Recreational (§ 172-1)
- Ch 177 — Water (§ 177-1 – § 177-3)
- Ch 181 — Dover Wetlands Protection (§ 181-1 – § 181-15)
- Ch 182 — Water Use Restrictions (§ 182-1 – § 182-15)
- Ch 185 — Zoning Bylaws (§ 185-1 – § 185-59)
- Ch 196 — Residential Driveways and Curb Cuts (§ 196-1 – § 196-9)
- Ch 198 — Stormwater Management and Erosion Control (§ 198-1 – § 198-8)
- Ch 199 — Street Excavations (§ 199-1 – § 199-13)
- Ch 200 — Transfer Station (§ 200-1 – § 200-3)
- Ch 202 — Communicable Diseases; Food and Milk
- Ch 204 — Demolition of Buildings (§ 204-1)
- Ch 206 — Fees
- Ch 213 — Manure (§ 213-1 – § 213-5)
- Ch 217 — Sewage Disposal Systems (§ 217-1 – § 217-4)
- Ch 220 — Smoking; Sale of Tobacco and Nicotine Delivery Products (§ 220-1 – § 220-16)
- Ch 224 — Swimming Pools (§ 224-1 – § 224-12)
- Ch 230 — Underground Storage Tanks (§ 230-1 – § 230-7)
- Ch 233 — Wells (§ 233-1 – § 233-19)
- Ch 239 — Multifamily Zoning (§ 239-1 – § 239-12)
- Ch 240 — Accessory Dwelling Units (§ 240-1 – § 240-2)
- Ch 245 — Scenic Roads (§ 245-1 – § 245-10)
- Ch 246 — Signs (§ 246-1 – § 246-8)
- Ch 247 — Solar, Small- and Medium-Scale (§ 247-1 – § 247-12)
- Ch 248 — Subdivision of Land (§ 248-1 – § 248-36)
- Ch 263 — Rules and Regulations for the Dover Wetlands Protection Bylaw (§ 263-1 – § 263-6)
- Ch 264 — Applications for Comprehensive Permits (§ 264-1 – § 264-9)
- Ch 265 — Cemetery Rules and Regulations (§ 265-1 – § 265-5)
- Ch A266 — General Laws and Special Acts (§ A266-1)
- Ch DT — Distribution Table (§ DT-1)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)