Every town writes its own rules, and Madison's live in its municipal code — 80 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 7 — Appeals, Board of (§ 7-1 – § 7-13)
- Ch 18 — Budget Advisory Committee (§ 18-1 – § 18-2)
- Ch 26 — Cemeteries, Town (§ 26-1 – § 26-11)
- Ch 44 — Emergency Management (§ 44-1 – § 44-10)
- Ch 49 — Ethics, Code of (§ 49-1 – § 49-6)
- Ch 53 — Expenditures (§ 53-1)
- Ch 62 — Fire Department (§ 62-1 – § 62-14)
- Ch 95 — Library, Public (§ 95-1 – § 95-6)
- Ch 112 — Planning Board (§ 112-1 – § 112-4)
- Ch 120 — Recall of Elected Officials (§ 120-1 – § 120-10)
- Ch 126 — Town Meetings (§ 126-1)
- Ch 134 — Adult Entertainment (§ 134-1 – § 134-14)
- Ch 137 — Alarms (§ 137-1 – § 137-3)
- Ch 142 — Amusement Permits, Special (§ 142-1 – § 142-11)
- Ch 148 — Animals (§ 148-1 – § 148-10)
- Ch 154 — Automobile Graveyards and Junkyards (§ 154-1 – § 154-12)
- Ch 165 — Building Construction (§ 165-1 – § 165-28)
- Ch 168 — Cable Television (§ 168-1 – § 168-6)
- Ch 170 — Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs (§ 170-1 – § 170-9)
- Ch 173 — Curfew (§ 173-1 – § 173-10)
- Ch 180 — Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia (§ 180-1 – § 180-24)
- Ch 189 — Excavations (§ 189-1 – § 189-27)
- Ch 200 — General Assistance (§ 200-1 – § 200-46)
- Ch 245 — Local Food and Community Self-Governance (§ 245-1 – § 245-12)
- Ch 256 — Mass Gatherings (§ 256-1 – § 256-21)
- Ch 262 — Needle Exchange Program, Needle Disposal Sites and Medical Supervised Injection Sites (§ 262-1 – § 262-5)
- Ch 271 — Obscenity (§ 271-1 – § 271-5)
- Ch 285 — Parks, Cemeteries and Water-Access Areas (§ 285-1 – § 285-8)
- Ch 288 — Property Assessed Clean Energy (§ 288-1 – § 288-9)
- Ch 290 — Property Maintenance (§ 290-1 – § 290-11)
- Ch 294 — Radioactive Wastes (§ 294-1 – § 294-7)
- Ch 303 — Sewage Disposal (§ 303-1 – § 303-13)
- Ch 308 — Sex Offenders (§ 308-1 – § 308-6)
- Ch 316 — Skateboarding (§ 316-1 – § 316-8)
- Ch 321 — Sludge and Septage (§ 321-1 – § 321-11)
- Ch 327 — Solid Waste and Recycling (§ 327-1 – § 327-9)
- Ch 339 — Street Design and Construction Standards (§ 339-1 – § 339-4)
- Ch 343 — Street Naming and House Numbering (§ 343-1 – § 343-11)
- Ch 399 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 399-1 – § 399-28)
- Ch 405 — Vehicles, Recreational (§ 405-1 – § 405-5)
- Ch 422 — Floodplain Management (§ 422-1 – § 422-15)
- Ch 478 — Shoreland Zoning (§ 478-1 – § 478-17)
- Ch 484 — Site Review (§ 484-1 – § 484-56)
- Ch 490 — Subdivision of Land (§ 490-1 – § 490-19)
- Ch 503 — Adoption of Code by Board of Selectmen (§ 503-1 – § 503-3)
- Ch 508 — All-Terrain Vehicles, Town-Owned (§ 508-1 – § 508-7)
- Ch 514 — Animal Control (§ 514-1 – § 514-4)
- Ch 539 — Complaints (§ 539-1 – § 539-5)
- Ch 550 — Donations (§ 550-1 – § 550-2)
- Ch 554 — Drug and Alcohol Prevention Policy (§ 554-1 – § 554-4)
- Ch 565 — Electrical Service Connections (§ 565-1 – § 565-3)
- Ch 566 — Electronic Sign Usage Policy (§ 566-1 – § 566-3)
- Ch 567 — Emergency Operations (§ 567-1 – § 567-2)
- Ch 572 — Expenditure of Public Funds (§ 572-1 – § 572-9)
- Ch 577 — Fair Housing (§ 577-1 – § 577-4)
- Ch 583 — Fees (§ 583-1)
- Ch 588 — Fill and Earthen Material (§ 588-1 – § 588-5)
- Ch 591 — Fixed Assets (§ 591-1 – § 591-5)
- Ch 606 — Investment Policy (§ 606-1 – § 606-4)
- Ch 632 — Lost Merchandise (§ 632-1)
- Ch 644 — Meetings (§ 644-1 – § 644-8)
- Ch 667 — Parks and Recreation Areas (§ 667-1 – § 667-22)
- Ch 673 — Personnel Policies
- Ch 679 — Public Ways, Maintenance of (§ 679-1 – § 679-19)
- Ch 688 — Registrar Hours Prior to Election (§ 688-1 – § 688-2)
- Ch 690 — Revenues, Collection of (§ 690-1 – § 690-12)
- Ch 694 — Roads and Highways (§ 694-1 – § 694-4)
- Ch 702 — Smoking (§ 702-1 – § 702-6)
- Ch 707 — Social Services Appropriations Policy (§ 707-1 – § 707-4)
- Ch 713 — Streetlighting Guidelines (§ 713-1 – § 713-7)
- Ch 720 — Tax-Acquired Property, Disposition of (§ 720-1 – § 720-6)
- Ch 724 — Taxes, Property (§ 724-1 – § 724-7)
- Ch 729 — Tax Increment Financing (§ 729-1 – § 729-16)
- Ch 738 — Town Property, Use of (§ 738-1 – § 738-4)
- Ch 742 — Treasurer's Disbursement Warrants (§ 742-1 – § 742-10)
- Ch 767 — Warning Sign Requests (§ 767-1 – § 767-7)
- Ch 775 — Wood and Brush Removal (§ 775-1)
- Ch A999 — List of Special Acts (§ A999-1)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)