Every town writes its own rules, and Malta's live in its municipal code — 59 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 2 — Alternate Members: Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals (§ 2-1 – § 2-5)
- Ch 2A — Ambulance Squad
- Ch 3 — Building and Planning, Department of (§ 3-1 – § 3-8)
- Ch 4 — Court (§ 4-1 – § 4-4)
- Ch 5 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 5-1 – § 5-3)
- Ch 8 — Environmental Board (§ 8-1 – § 8-8)
- Ch 11 — Ethics, Code of (§ 11-1 – § 11-19)
- Ch 13 — Fire Fighters, Volunteer
- Ch 16 — Health, Board of (§ 16-1 – § 16-3)
- Ch 21 — Investment Policy
- Ch 26 — Local Laws and Ordinances, Adoption of (§ 26-1 – § 26-6)
- Ch 27 — Long-Term Debt Policy (§ 27-1)
- Ch 28 — Notification of Information Security Breaches (§ 28-1 – § 28-11)
- Ch 28A — Officers and Employees (§ 28A-1 – § 28A-13)
- Ch 29 — Personnel Policies and Workplace Conduct (§ 29-1 – § 29-7)
- Ch 30 — Permissive Referenda (§ 30-1 – § 30-3)
- Ch 31 — Procurement Policy (§ 31-1 – § 31-11)
- Ch 32 — Planning and Zoning (§ 32-1 – § 32-2)
- Ch 38 — Tax Collection (§ 38-1)
- Ch 40 — Town Facilities (§ 40-1 – § 40-6)
- Ch 44 — Website and Social Media Policies (§ 44-1 – § 44-13)
- Ch 46 — Alarm Systems (§ 46-1 – § 46-14)
- Ch 49 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 49-1 – § 49-5)
- Ch 52 — Animals (§ 52-1 – § 52-10)
- Ch 55 — Assemblies (§ 55-1 – § 55-8)
- Ch 60 — Premises, Unsafe or Unmaintained (§ 60-1 – § 60-4)
- Ch 65 — Burning, Open (§ 65-1 – § 65-9)
- Ch 67 — Cannabis (§ 67-1)
- Ch 70 — Driveways (§ 70-1 – § 70-8)
- Ch 72 — Driveway Maintenance (§ 72-1 – § 72-7)
- Ch 75 — Energy Conservation (§ 75-1 – § 75-4)
- Ch 84 — Fair Housing (§ 84-1 – § 84-14)
- Ch 86 — Farming (§ 86-1 – § 86-5)
- Ch 88 — Fees and Costs (§ 88-1 – § 88-11)
- Ch 89 — Fire Prevention and Building Construction (§ 89-1 – § 89-18)
- Ch 92 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 92-1 – § 92-20)
- Ch 97 — Games of Chance (§ 97-1)
- Ch 115 — Noise (§ 115-1 – § 115-5)
- Ch 117 — Parks (§ 117-1 – § 117-3)
- Ch 119 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 119-1 – § 119-13)
- Ch 120 — Portable Storage Units (§ 120-1 – § 120-3)
- Ch 121 — Property Maintenance (§ 121-1 – § 121-18)
- Ch 124 — Records (§ 124-1 – § 124-17)
- Ch 127 — Sewers (§ 127-1 – § 127-78)
- Ch 129 — Sex Offenders (§ 129-1 – § 129-6)
- Ch 134 — Solid Waste (§ 134-1 – § 134-4)
- Ch 136 — Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 136-1 – § 136-9)
- Ch 137 — Storm Sewers (§ 137-1 – § 137-20)
- Ch 139 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 139-1 – § 139-15)
- Ch 143 — Subdivision of Land (§ 143-1 – § 143-24)
- Ch 148 — Taxation (§ 148-1 – § 148-63)
- Ch 151 — Telecommunications Towers (§ 151-1 – § 151-10)
- Ch 158 — Vehicles, Off-Highway (§ 158-1 – § 158-5)
- Ch 162 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 162-1 – § 162-14)
- Ch 165 — Water (§ 165-1 – § 165-41)
- Ch 167 — Zoning (§ 167-1 – § 167-87)
- Ch 167A — Zoning Appendix (§ 167A-1 – § 167A-61)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)