Every town writes its own rules, and Elmira's live in its municipal code — 41 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 5 — Appearance Tickets (§ 5-1 – § 5-3)
- Ch 16 — Officers and Employees (§ 16-1 – § 16-10)
- Ch 21 — Ordinances, Publication of (§ 21-1)
- Ch 30 — Residency Requirements (§ 30-1)
- Ch 37 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 37-1 – § 37-2)
- Ch 44 — Terms of Office (§ 44-1 – § 44-3)
- Ch 55 — Alarm Devices (§ 55-1 – § 55-14)
- Ch 59 — Alternative Energy Systems (§ 59-1 – § 59-25)
- Ch 61 — Animals (§ 61-1 – § 61-22)
- Ch 68 — Bingo (§ 68-1 – § 68-2)
- Ch 73 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 73-1 – § 73-8)
- Ch 76 — Building Construction (§ 76-1 – § 76-17)
- Ch 78 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 78-1 – § 78-9)
- Ch 82 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 82-1 – § 82-11)
- Ch 87 — Burning, Open (§ 87-1 – § 87-3)
- Ch 88 — Camping (§ 88-1 – § 88-5)
- Ch 89 — Cannabis (§ 89-1 – § 89-5)
- Ch 100 — Domestic Partnership (§ 100-1 – § 100-9)
- Ch 113 — Farming (§ 113-1 – § 113-5)
- Ch 116 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 116-1 – § 116-20)
- Ch 122 — Furnaces, Outdoor (§ 122-1 – § 122-4)
- Ch 129 — Games of Chance (§ 129-1 – § 129-21)
- Ch 138 — Littering and Dumping (§ 138-1 – § 138-8)
- Ch 145 — Noise (§ 145-1 – § 145-21)
- Ch 151 — Notification of Defects (§ 151-1 – § 151-3)
- Ch 158 — Parking (§ 158-1 – § 158-5)
- Ch 160 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 160-1 – § 160-11)
- Ch 165 — Recreation Facilities (§ 165-1 – § 165-4)
- Ch 170 — Rental Housing Registration (§ 170-1 – § 170-6)
- Ch 171 — Rental Housing Buildings Certification (§ 171-1 – § 171-8)
- Ch 180 — Snowmobiles (§ 180-1 – § 180-6)
- Ch 187 — Stormwater Management (§ 187-1 – § 187-34)
- Ch 193 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 193-1 – § 193-20)
- Ch 198 — Subdivision of Land (§ 198-1 – § 198-27)
- Ch 200 — Taxation (§ 200-1 – § 200-17)
- Ch 206 — Timber Harvesting (§ 206-1 – § 206-10)
- Ch 208 — Trees (§ 208-1 – § 208-18)
- Ch 210 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 210-1 – § 210-9)
- Ch 217 — Zoning (§ 217-1 – § 217-124)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)