Every town writes its own rules, and Hampton's live in its municipal code — 156 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 C — Town Charters
- Ch HD — Historical Documents
- Ch AC — Acceptance of State Statutes
- Ch 1 — General Provisions
- Ch 5 — Administrative Enforcement (§ 5-1 – § 5-10)
- Ch 9 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 9-1 – § 9-8)
- Ch 14 — Amusement Devices (§ 14-1 – § 14-17)
- Ch 18 — Animals (§ 18-1 – § 18-13)
- Ch 23 — Appropriations, Committee on
- Ch 35 — Beaches and Parks (§ 35-1 – § 35-4)
- Ch 40 — Bingo and Lotteries
- Ch 46 — Boundaries
- Ch 52 — Breakwaters
- Ch 57 — Budget Committee
- Ch 61 — Building Construction
- Ch 69 — Cable Television
- Ch 74 — Capital Reserve Funds
- Ch 80 — Cemetery
- Ch 84 — Charter Commission
- Ch 87 — Civil Defense
- Ch 95 — Coast Guard Station
- Ch 100 — Conservation
- Ch 105 — Court
- Ch 118 — Deed Restrictions
- Ch 123 — Development Council
- Ch 134 — Drug Paraphernalia (§ 134-1 – § 134-3)
- Ch 149 — Entertainment Activities (§ 149-1 – § 149-21)
- Ch 159 — Fees
- Ch 163 — Fire Department and Ambulance Service
- Ch 167 — Fire Prevention (§ 167-1 – § 167-50)
- Ch 172 — Fish Houses
- Ch 177 — Flag, Official Town
- Ch 182 — Flood Insurance
- Ch 207 — Hampton Beach Improvement Company
- Ch 212 — Hampton Falls Fire Dispatch
- Ch 218 — Health, Board of
- Ch 220 — Heritage Commission
- Ch 224 — Highways
- Ch 229 — History and Historic Preservation
- Ch 235 — Housing Authority
- Ch 263 — Land Acquisitions, Conveyances, Purchases, and Transfers
- Ch 269 — Leased Land
- Ch 274 — Library
- Ch 278 — Licensing and License Fees (§ 278-1 – § 278-2)
- Ch 282 — Lighting
- Ch 286 — Littering (§ 286-1 – § 286-10)
- Ch 292 — Louis Marelli Square
- Ch 300 — Map, Town
- Ch 303 — Marshland
- Ch 306 — Master Plan
- Ch 315 — Monuments
- Ch 317 — Mosquito Control District
- Ch 328 — Noise (§ 328-1 – § 328-8)
- Ch 339 — Officers and Employees
- Ch 346 — Pedicab Businesses (§ 346-1 – § 346-20)
- Ch 350 — Planning Board
- Ch 355 — Police Department
- Ch 358 — Polystyrene Food Containers (§ 358-1 – § 358-4)
- Ch 362 — Power Transmission Lines
- Ch 381 — Records and Reports
- Ch 384 — Recreation
- Ch 387 — Regional Agencies
- Ch 389 — Residency Requirements
- Ch 390 — Retirement and Social Security
- Ch 396 — School District Property
- Ch 401 — Selectmen, Board of
- Ch 406 — Sewers
- Ch 413 — Smoking (§ 413-1 – § 413-7)
- Ch 420 — Solid Waste (§ 420-1 – § 420-26)
- Ch 423 — Special Revenue Funds
- Ch 429 — Street Railway
- Ch 438 — Tattooing, Branding and Body Piercing (§ 438-1 – § 438-4)
- Ch 442 — Taxation
- Ch 445 — Tax Deeds
- Ch 448 — Taxi Businesses (§ 448-1 – § 448-26)
- Ch 451 — Tax Maps
- Ch 457 — Tires, Storage of (§ 457-1 – § 457-3)
- Ch 461 — Town Clock
- Ch 463 — Town Forest (§ 463-1 – § 463-2)
- Ch 467 — Town Manager
- Ch 468 — Town Meetings and Elections
- Ch 469 — Town Property
- Ch 473 — Trees
- Ch 478 — Trust Funds
- Ch 484 — Tuck Field
- Ch 495 — Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 501 — Veterans
- Ch 507 — War Memorial
- Ch 509 — Water Works
- Ch 512 — Weapons (§ 512-1 – § 512-2)
- Ch 515 — White Island
- Ch 526 — Zoning Board of Adjustment
- Ch 530 — General Provisions
- Ch 535 — Address Numbers (§ 535-1 – § 535-3)
- Ch 542 — Alarm Systems (§ 542-1 – § 542-3)
- Ch 545 — Ambulance (§ 545-1 – § 545-2)
- Ch 548 — Animal Licensing, Restraining and Penalties (§ 548-1 – § 548-5)
- Ch 554 — Billiard Tables, Pool Tables and Bowling Alleys (§ 554-1 – § 554-10)
- Ch 558 — Bonds and Contracts (§ 558-1 – § 558-7)
- Ch 569 — Cable Television (§ 569-1 – § 569-4)
- Ch 571 — Camping, Recreational (§ 571-1 – § 571-7)
- Ch 580 — Credit Card Policy (§ 580-1 – § 580-11)
- Ch 582 — Creed (§ 582-1)
- Ch 588 — Easements (§ 588-1 – § 588-13)
- Ch 594 — Ethics, Code of (§ 594-1 – § 594-6)
- Ch 596 — Expenditures, Non-Budgeted (§ 596-1)
- Ch 598 — Fees
- Ch 600 — Fees, Administrative (§ 600-1 – § 600-2)
- Ch 602 — Fire Prevention (§ 602-1 – § 602-6)
- Ch 608 — Fraud (§ 608-1)
- Ch 611 — Funds (§ 611-1 – § 611-6)
- Ch 628 — Hawkers, Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors (§ 628-1 – § 628-20)
- Ch 640 — Indemnification for Damages (§ 640-1)
- Ch 642 — Information Technology Use Policy (§ 642-1 – § 642-8)
- Ch 644 — Investment Policy (§ 644-1 – § 644-9)
- Ch 674 — Massage Parlors (§ 674-1 – § 674-6)
- Ch 678 — Mailbox Replacements (§ 678-1)
- Ch 686 — Mutual Aid (§ 686-1 – § 686-2)
- Ch 697 — Occupancy Limits (§ 697-1 – § 697-8)
- Ch 706 — Parades and Public Gatherings (§ 706-1 – § 706-11)
- Ch 709 — Pawn Brokers and Secondhand Dealers (§ 709-1 – § 709-15)
- Ch 715 — Procedural Hiring Policy (§ 715-1 – § 715-12)
- Ch 718 — Purchasing Policy and Procedures (§ 718-1 – § 718-20)
- Ch 727 — Raffles (§ 727-1 – § 727-14)
- Ch 733 — Reports to Selectmen (§ 733-1 – § 733-3)
- Ch 737 — Restaurants (§ 737-1 – § 737-4)
- Ch 739 — Right to Know Request Procedure (§ 739-1 – § 739-11)
- Ch 745 — Seawalls, Revetments and Stairs on Town Property (§ 745-1 – § 745-15)
- Ch 749 — Sewers (§ 749-1 – § 749-11)
- Ch 761 — Solid Waste (§ 761-1 – § 761-12)
- Ch 769 — Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places (§ 769-1 – § 769-75)
- Ch 774 — Sunday Sports (§ 774-1 – § 774-4)
- Ch 780 — Swimming Pools (§ 780-1 – § 780-4)
- Ch 784 — Tax Compliance Procedures (§ 784-1 – § 784-11)
- Ch 785 — Tax Collector (§ 785-1)
- Ch 786 — Tax-Deeded Property, Transfer of (§ 786-1 – § 786-2)
- Ch 794 — Town Property (§ 794-1 – § 794-20)
- Ch 797 — Trees (§ 797-1 – § 797-21)
- Ch 805 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 805-1 – § 805-57)
- Ch 808 — Water and Wastewater in the Public System (§ 808-1.1 – § 808-16.2)
- Ch 809 — Wastewater System (§ 809-1 – § 809-16)
- Ch 812 — Welfare Guidelines (§ 812-1 – § 812-18)
- Ch SI — Site Plan Review Regulations (SECTION I – SECTION X)
- Ch SU — Subdivision Regulations (SECTION I – SECTION IX)
- Ch DR — Driveway Regulations (Section I – Section IX)
- Ch ZO — Zoning Ordinance (Section 1.1 – Section 24.1)
- Ch IM — Impact Fees (Section 1 – Section 8)
- Ch 835 — Cemetery Regulations (§ 835-1-1 – § 835-8-3)
- Ch 840 — Conservation Commission (§ 840-1 – § 840-15)
- Ch 850 — Planning Board (§ 850-1 – § 850-11)
- Ch 852 — Plan Review Committee
- Ch 855 — Recreation Advisory Council
- Ch 860 — Zoning Board of Adjustment (§ 860-1 – § 860-12)
- Ch AMU — Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding
- Ch DT — Derivation Table (§ DT-1)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)