Every town writes its own rules, and Ithaca's live in its municipal code — 58 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 9 — Appearance Tickets (§ 9-1 – § 9-2)
- Ch 14 — Banking Transactions (§ 14-1 – § 14-7)
- Ch 18 — Citizen and Staff Advisory Committees (§ 18-1 – § 18-9)
- Ch 20 — Compensation (§ 20-1 – § 20-4)
- Ch 23 — Conservation Board (§ 23-1 – § 23-8)
- Ch 28 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 28-1 – § 28-12)
- Ch 32 — Ethics, Code of (§ 32-1 – § 32-12)
- Ch 41 — Health Insurance (§ 41-1 – § 41-7)
- Ch 45 — Meetings (§ 45-1 – § 45-4)
- Ch 51 — Notification of Information Security Breaches (§ 51-1 – § 51-7)
- Ch 54 — Ordinances, Publication of (§ 54-1)
- Ch 57 — Procurement (§ 57-1 – § 57-6)
- Ch 59 — Public Works Department (§ 59-1 – § 59-6)
- Ch 69 — Relocation Expenses (§ 69-1 – § 69-6)
- Ch 73 — Residency Requirements (§ 73-1 – § 73-4)
- Ch 84 — Terms of Office (§ 84-1 – § 84-6)
- Ch 89 — Town Board (§ 89-1 – § 89-9)
- Ch 100 — Adult Uses (§ 100-1 – § 100-21)
- Ch 104 — Agricultural Assessments (§ 104-1 – § 104-5)
- Ch 112 — Animals (§ 112-1 – § 112-10)
- Ch 121 — Bingo (§ 121-1 – § 121-8)
- Ch 125 — Building Construction and Fire Prevention (§ 125-1 – § 125-20)
- Ch 135 — Community Choice Aggregation (Energy) Program and Distributed Energy Resources Program (§ 135-1 – § 135-17)
- Ch 144 — Energy Code Supplement (§ 144-1 – § 144-4)
- Ch 148 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 148-1 – § 148-17)
- Ch 153 — Fees (§ 153-1 – § 153-3)
- Ch 157 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 157-1 – § 157-6)
- Ch 161 — Freshwater Wetlands (§ 161-1 – § 161-2)
- Ch 166 — Games of Chance (§ 166-1 – § 166-9)
- Ch 173 — Lighting, Outdoor (§ 173-1 – § 173-19)
- Ch 184 — Noise (§ 184-1 – § 184-15)
- Ch 188 — Notification of Defects (§ 188-1 – § 188-3)
- Ch 200 — Parks and Recreation Areas (§ 200-1 – § 200-11)
- Ch 202 — Food Trucks (§ 202-1 – § 202-10)
- Ch 205 — Property Maintenance (§ 205-1 – § 205-5)
- Ch 207 — Rental Property (§ 207-1 – § 207-5)
- Ch 210 — Sewer Rents (§ 210-1 – § 210-12)
- Ch 214 — Sewer Use: Use of Public Sewers (§ 214-1 – § 214-35)
- Ch 215 — Sewer Use: Rules, Regs. & Penalties of Board of Public Works, City of Ithaca, NY, Re: Water Supply, Sewage Disposal & Air Conditioning (§ 215-1 – § 215-54)
- Ch 216 — Sewer Use: Requirements for Contributors Into Joint POTW (§ 216-1 – § 216-51)
- Ch 217 — Sewer Use: Administration and Amendments (§ 217-1 – § 217-4)
- Ch 221 — Solar Energy Systems (Large Scale) Pilots and Host Community Agreements (§ 221-1 – § 221-6)
- Ch 225 — Sprinkler Systems (§ 225-1 – § 225-10)
- Ch 227 — Storm Sewer System and Surface Waters Protection (§ 227-1 – § 227-16)
- Ch 228 — Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 228-1 – § 228-15)
- Ch 230 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 230-1 – § 230-15)
- Ch 234 — Subdivision of Land (§ 234-1 – § 234-39)
- Ch 239 — Taxation (§ 239-1 – § 239-51)
- Ch 243 — Taxicabs (§ 243-1 – § 243-13)
- Ch 250 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 250-1 – § 250-25)
- Ch 254 — Watercraft (§ 254-1 – § 254-7)
- Ch 256 — Water Protection (§ 256-1 – § 256-24)
- Ch 261 — Water Rates (§ 261-1 – § 261-11)
- Ch 270 — Zoning (§ 270-1 – § 270-268)
- Ch 271 — Zoning: Special Land Use Districts (§ 271-1 – § 271-18)
- Ch 272 — New Neighborhood Code
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)