Every town writes its own rules, and Hamburg's live in its municipal code — 72 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 — Appearance Tickets (§ 3-1 – § 3-2)
- Ch 5 — Background Checks (§ 5-1 – § 5-4)
- Ch 8 — Code of Ethics (§ 8-1 – § 8-18)
- Ch 12 — Defense and Indemnification of Officers and Employees (§ 12-1 – § 12-7)
- Ch 15 — Department of Administration and Finance (§ 15-1 – § 15-4)
- Ch 18 — Department of Planning and Development (§ 18-1 – § 18-4)
- Ch 21 — Disaster Preparedness (§ 21-1 – § 21-2)
- Ch 28 — Fire Prevention Bureau (§ 28-1 – § 28-9)
- Ch 31 — Historic Preservation Commission (§ 31-1 – § 31-20)
- Ch 34 — Mandatory Training (§ 34-1 – § 34-10)
- Ch 40 — Officers and Employees (§ 40-1 – § 40-6)
- Ch 48 — Procurement (§ 48-1 – § 48-8)
- Ch 52 — Retirement Incentive Program
- Ch 53 — Videoconferencing of Public Meetings (§ 53-1 – § 53-5)
- Ch 65 — Alarm Systems (§ 65-1 – § 65-11)
- Ch 67 — Animals (§ 67-1 – § 67-13)
- Ch 70 — Beach Control (§ 70-1 – § 70-6)
- Ch 73 — Bingo (§ 73-1 – § 73-23)
- Ch 75 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 75-1 – § 75-6)
- Ch 76 — Building Construction and Fire Prevention (§ 76-1 – § 76-30)
- Ch 80 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 80-1 – § 80-12)
- Ch 83 — Cannabis (§ 83-1 – § 83-6)
- Ch 87 — Conservation Easements (§ 87-1 – § 87-8)
- Ch 90 — Dead Trees (§ 90-1 – § 90-7)
- Ch 93 — Diesel Engine Control Code (§ 93-1 – § 93-8)
- Ch 100 — Dogs (§ 100-1 – § 100-15)
- Ch 107 — Excavation and Soil Removal (§ 107-1 – § 107-22)
- Ch 109 — Fair Housing (§ 109-1 – § 109-13)
- Ch 110 — Farming (§ 110-1 – § 110-7)
- Ch 111 — Firearms and Other Devices (§ 111-1 – § 111-5)
- Ch 113 — Fire Prevention Code (§ 113-1 – § 113-88)
- Ch 115 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 115-1 – § 115-24)
- Ch 120 — Games of Chance (§ 120-1 – § 120-7)
- Ch 135 — Incinerators, Commercial Operation of (§ 135-1 – § 135-7)
- Ch 145 — Junk Vehicles (§ 145-1 – § 145-12)
- Ch 147 — Junkyards (§ 147-1 – § 147-8)
- Ch 155 — Lighting Nuisances (§ 155-1 – § 155-5)
- Ch 165 — Mobile Home Parks (§ 165-1 – § 165-12)
- Ch 169 — Municipal Building Energy Benchmarking (§ 169-1 – § 169-8)
- Ch 175 — Noise (§ 175-1 – § 175-8)
- Ch 180 — Pari-Mutuel Tracks: Tax on Admissions (§ 180-1 – § 180-9)
- Ch 185 — Parking Code (§ 185-1 – § 185-9)
- Ch 188 — Parks and Recreation (§ 188-1 – § 188-25)
- Ch 190 — Garage Sales (§ 190-1 – § 190-11)
- Ch 191 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 191-1 – § 191-26)
- Ch 198 — Records, Public (§ 198-1 – § 198-9)
- Ch 200 — Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 200-1 – § 200-3)
- Ch 202 — Rental Property (§ 202-1 – § 202-2)
- Ch 205 — Sanitary Sewer Code (§ 205-1 – § 205-11)
- Ch 207 — Sex Offender Residency (§ 207-1 – § 207-4)
- Ch 210 — Shopping Centers and Other Areas of Assembly: Traffic Regulations (§ 210-1 – § 210-6)
- Ch 213 — Smoking (§ 213-1 – § 213-7)
- Ch 215 — Snowmobiles (§ 215-1 – § 215-8)
- Ch 220 — Solid Waste (§ 220-1 – § 220-33)
- Ch 225 — Storage Trailers (§ 225-1 – § 225-9)
- Ch 226 — Storm Sewers (§ 226-1 – § 226-19)
- Ch 226A — Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 226A-1 – § 226A-9)
- Ch 227 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 227-1 – § 227-8)
- Ch 230 — Subdivision of Land (§ 230-1 – § 230-32)
- Ch 232 — Swimming Pool Code (§ 232-1 – § 232-17)
- Ch 235 — Taxation (§ 235-1 – § 235-46)
- Ch 240 — Town-Owned Property, Regulation of (§ 240-1 – § 240-9)
- Ch 243 — Tree Management (§ 243-1 – § 243-18)
- Ch 245 — Trespassing (§ 245-1 – § 245-11)
- Ch 262 — Vandalizing of Traffic Devices (§ 262-1 – § 262-4)
- Ch 265 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 265-1 – § 265-2)
- Ch 270 — Waterfront Revitalization (§ 270-1 – § 270-9)
- Ch 272 — Wetlands Protection (§ 272-1 – § 272-4)
- Ch 280 — Zoning (§ 280-1 – § 280-428)
- Ch A285 — Rules of Order: Hamburg Town Board (§ A285-1 – § A285-6)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)