Every town writes its own rules, and Lincoln's live in its municipal code — 74 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 — Charter (§ C1-1 – § C21-8)
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-30)
- Ch 5 — Boards and Commissions (§ 5-1 – § 5-40)
- Ch 7 — Budget and Finance (§ 7-1 – § 7-14)
- Ch 9 — Council (§ 9-1 – § 9-2)
- Ch 11 — Court, Housing (§ 11-1 – § 11-10)
- Ch 12 — Court, Municipal (§ 12-1 – § 12-15)
- Ch 15 — Deferred Compensation Plan (§ 15-1 – § 15-2)
- Ch 17 — Ethics, Code of (§ 17-1 – § 17-2)
- Ch 24 — Land Trust (§ 24-1 – § 24-9)
- Ch 28 — Legal Assistance (§ 28-1)
- Ch 32 — Libraries (§ 32-1 – § 32-7)
- Ch 40 — Officers and Employees (§ 40-1 – § 40-52)
- Ch 44 — Police Department (§ 44-1 – § 44-8)
- Ch 48 — Purchasing Policy (§ 48-1 – § 48-17)
- Ch 49 — Real Property, Conveyance of (§ 49-1 – § 49-6)
- Ch 51 — Redevelopment Agency (§ 51-1 – § 51-6)
- Ch 53 — Rescue Department (§ 53-1 – § 53-10)
- Ch 55 — Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 59 — Town-Owned Vehicles (§ 59-1 – § 59-7)
- Ch 63 — Adult Entertainment (§ 63-1 – § 63-6)
- Ch 67 — Alarm Systems (§ 67-1 – § 67-5)
- Ch 70 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 70-1 – § 70-13)
- Ch 72 — Amusements (§ 72-1 – § 72-11)
- Ch 75 — Animals (§ 75-1 – § 75-25)
- Ch 79 — Bicycles (§ 79-1 – § 79-4)
- Ch 82 — Blasting (§ 82-1)
- Ch 89 — Buildings, Moving of (§ 89-1 – § 89-5)
- Ch 92 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 92-1 – § 92-6)
- Ch 95 — Cannabis (§ 95-1 – § 95-4)
- Ch 101 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 101-1 – § 101-2)
- Ch 105 — Drainage (§ 105-1 – § 105-20)
- Ch 109 — Earth Removal (§ 109-1 – § 109-3)
- Ch 114 — False Alarms (§ 114-1)
- Ch 117 — Fees (§ 117-1 – § 117-21)
- Ch 120 — Firearms and Explosives (§ 120-1 – § 120-4)
- Ch 123 — Fire Prevention (§ 123-1 – § 123-3)
- Ch 126 — Flea Markets (§ 126-1 – § 126-13)
- Ch 129 — Flood Hazard Areas (§ 129-1 – § 129-10)
- Ch 133 — Gambling (§ 133-1 – § 133-2)
- Ch 136 — Game Rooms (§ 136-1 – § 136-6)
- Ch 140 — Hazardous Substances (§ 140-1 – § 140-4)
- Ch 144 — Horse Stables, Commercial (§ 144-1 – § 144-5)
- Ch 147 — Housing (§ 147-1 – § 147-9)
- Ch 150 — Hunting (§ 150-1 – § 150-2)
- Ch 155 — Junkyards and Junk Dealers (§ 155-1 – § 155-11)
- Ch 161 — Licenses and Business Regulations (§ 161-1 – § 161-16)
- Ch 164 — Littering (§ 164-1 – § 164-5)
- Ch 167 — Loitering (§ 167-1 – § 167-3)
- Ch 171 — Malicious Mischief (§ 171-1 – § 171-5)
- Ch 175 — Noise (§ 175-1 – § 175-22)
- Ch 180 — Parking Lots (§ 180-1 – § 180-15)
- Ch 183 — Parks and Recreation (§ 183-1 – § 183-12)
- Ch 187 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 187-1 – § 187-17)
- Ch 190 — Picketing (§ 190-1 – § 190-3)
- Ch 193 — Plumbing (§ 193-1 – § 193-5)
- Ch 196 — Property, Abandoned (§ 196-1 – § 196-10)
- Ch 199 — Property, Defacement of (§ 199-1 – § 199-2)
- Ch 202 — Property Maintenance Code (§ 202-1 – § 202-7)
- Ch 204 — Rental Property (§ 204-1 – § 204-17)
- Ch 207 — Sewers (§ 207-1 – § 207-73)
- Ch 209 — Sex Offender Residency Restrictions (§ 209-1 – § 209-6)
- Ch 213 — Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control (§ 213-1 – § 213-13)
- Ch 217 — Solid Waste (§ 217-1 – § 217-32)
- Ch 220 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 220-1 – § 220-42)
- Ch 228 — Taxation (§ 228-1 – § 228-43)
- Ch 236 — Unruly Gatherings (§ 236-1 – § 236-4)
- Ch 237 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 237-1 – § 237-3)
- Ch 240 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 240-1 – § 240-18)
- Ch 244 — Vehicles, Storage of (§ 244-1 – § 244-6)
- Ch 250 — Watercraft (§ 250-1 – § 250-3)
- Ch 254 — Wells and Cesspools (§ 254-1)
- Ch 260 — Zoning (§ 260-1 – § 260-94)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)