Every town writes its own rules, and Elma's live in its municipal code — 54 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
Ask Elma's code a questionWhat's in the Elma code
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-13)
- Ch 3 — Assessments (§ 3-1 – § 3-6)
- Ch 7 — Conservation Board (§ 7-1 – § 7-10)
- Ch 8 — Environmental Commission (§ 8-1 – § 8-8)
- Ch 10 — Ethics, Code of (§ 10-1 – § 10-6)
- Ch 24 — Officers and Employees (§ 24-1 – § 24-7)
- Ch 25 — Ordinances, Publication of (§ 25-1 – § 25-3)
- Ch 27 — Personnel Policies (§ 27-1 – § 27-3)
- Ch 29 — Planning Board (§ 29-1 – § 29-6)
- Ch 31 — Police Department (§ 31-1 – § 31-5)
- Ch 34 — Records, Public Access to (§ 34-1 – § 34-9)
- Ch 42 — Adult Uses (§ 42-1 – § 42-7)
- Ch 43 — Alarm Systems (§ 43-1 – § 43-12)
- Ch 48 — Bingo (§ 48-1 – § 48-5)
- Ch 50 — Biosolids (§ 50-1 – § 50-18)
- Ch 52 — Building Construction (§ 52-1 – § 52-35)
- Ch 56 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 56-1 – § 56-13)
- Ch 57 — Cannabis (§ 57-1 – § 57-6)
- Ch 59 — Collision Shops (§ 59-1 – § 59-9)
- Ch 59A — Communication Facilities (§ 59A-1 – § 59A-9)
- Ch 59B — Cross-Connection Control (§ 59B-1 – § 59B-11)
- Ch 60 — Dealers in Motor Vehicles (§ 60-1 – § 60-9)
- Ch 65 — Dogs (§ 65-1 – § 65-11)
- Ch 68 — Dumps and Dumping (§ 68-1 – § 68-9)
- Ch 70 — Easements, Conservation (§ 70-1 – § 70-9)
- Ch 71 — Electrical Standards (§ 71-1 – § 71-3)
- Ch 73 — Entertainment, Public (§ 73-1 – § 73-4)
- Ch 75 — Excavations (§ 75-1 – § 75-14)
- Ch 77 — Filling and Grading (§ 77-1 – § 77-2)
- Ch 79 — Fire Prevention
- Ch 82 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 82-1 – § 82-22)
- Ch 86 — Games of Chance (§ 86-1 – § 86-6)
- Ch 87 — Historic Preservation (§ 87-1 – § 87-13)
- Ch 88 — Industrial Development Agency (§ 88-1)
- Ch 97 — Mobile Home Parks (§ 97-1 – § 97-21)
- Ch 100 — Acreage Lot Development (§ 100-1 – § 100-4)
- Ch 103 — Parks (§ 103-1 – § 103-2)
- Ch 105 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 105-1 – § 105-12)
- Ch 115 — Sewers (§ 115-1 – § 115-180)
- Ch 116 — Sex Offenders (§ 116-1 – § 116-7)
- Ch 117 — Site Plan Review (§ 117-1 – § 117-11)
- Ch 118 — Social Host Liability (§ 118-1 – § 118-9)
- Ch 118A — Solar Renewable Energy Systems (§ 118A-1 – § 118A-20)
- Ch 119 — Solid Waste (§ 119-1 – § 119-15)
- Ch 120 — Stormwater Management (§ 120-1 – § 120-8)
- Ch 120A — Stormwater Management Overlay District (§ 120A-1 – § 120A-3)
- Ch 121 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 121-1 – § 121-10)
- Ch 123 — Subdivision of Land (§ 123-1 – § 123-29)
- Ch 127 — Taxation (§ 127-1 – § 127-16)
- Ch 130 — Towers, Construction of (§ 130-1 – § 130-11)
- Ch 134 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 134-1 – § 134-9)
- Ch 140 — Water (§ 140-1 – § 140-56)
- Ch 144 — Zoning (§ 144-1 – § 144-156)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)