Nantucket, MA — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-11-04. Official source: https://ecode360.com/NA0948

Every town writes its own rules, and Nantucket's live in its municipal code — 104 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Nantucket code

• Ch ETH — Ethics
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-9)
• Ch 2 — Administrative Procedures (§ 2-1 – § 2-6)
• Ch 11 — Committees (§ 11-1 – § 11-26)
• Ch 12 — Council for Human Services (§ 12-1 – § 12-6)
• Ch 19 — Finances (§ 19-1 – § 19-22)
• Ch 25 — Liability, Municipal (§ 25-1)
• Ch 26 — False Private Alarms (§ 26-1 – § 26-33)
• Ch 27 — Buses (§ 27-1 – § 27-3)
• Ch 33 — Personnel (§ 33-1 – § 33-9)
• Ch 34 — Domestic Partnerships (§ 34-1 – § 34-12)
• Ch 38 — Select Board (§ 38-1 – § 38-6)
• Ch 40 — Town Collector and Town Treasurer (§ 40-1 – § 40-3)
• Ch 41 — Board of Sewer Commissioners (§ 41-1 – § 41-3)
• Ch 42 — Solid Waste Enterprise (§ 42-1 – § 42-2)
• Ch 44 — Town Meetings (§ 44-1 – § 44-9)
• Ch 45 — Elections (§ 45-1 – § 45-2)
• Ch 46 — Town Property, Conveyance of (§ 46-1 – § 46-6)
• Ch 53 — Airport Approach Zone (§ 53-1 – § 53-7)
• Ch 54 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 54-1 – § 54-12)
• Ch 55 — Animals (§ 55-1 – § 55-5)
• Ch 56 — Beaches, Regulation of Motor Vehicles on (§ 56-1 – § 56-8)
• Ch 57 — Bicycles and Mopeds (§ 57-1 – § 57-18)
• Ch 58 — Car Rental Agencies, Registration of (§ 58-1 – § 58-7)
• Ch 64 — Camping (§ 64-1 – § 64-2)
• Ch 66 — Coastal Areas and Open Spaces, Protection of (§ 66-1 – § 66-6)
• Ch 66A — Coastal Resilience Districts (§ 66A-1 – § 66A-4)
• Ch 67 — Coastal Properties Owned by Town, Management of (§ 67-1)
• Ch 86 — Health Regulations (§ 86-1 – § 86-9)
• Ch 88 — Junk, Metals and Secondhand Merchandise, Sale of (§ 88-1 – § 88-5)
• Ch 94 — Loitering (§ 94-1 – § 94-2)
• Ch 95 — Marijuana (§ 95-1 – § 95-12)
• Ch 97 — Merchandise and Wares, Display of (§ 97-1 – § 97-5)
• Ch 98 — Motorized Passenger Devices (§ 98-1 – § 98-3)
• Ch 99 — Nantucket and Madaket Harbor Watersheds (§ 99-1 – § 99-4)
• Ch 100 — Nantucket Housing Needs Covenant Program (§ 100-1 – § 100-9)
• Ch 101 — Noise (§ 101-1 – § 101-3)
• Ch 102 — Outdoor Lighting (§ 102-1 – § 102-11)
• Ch 104 — Abandoned Vehicles (§ 104-1 – § 104-2)
• Ch 105 — Peace and Good Order (§ 105-1 – § 105-25)
• Ch 107 — Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Vendors (§ 107-1 – § 107-7)
• Ch 108 — Civil Fingerprinting (§ 108-1 – § 108-3)
• Ch 113 — Poles and Wires, Removal of (§ 113-1 – § 113-9)
• Ch 114 — Public Water Supply Use Restrictions (§ 114-1 – § 114-9)
• Ch 117 — Roofs, Noncombustible (§ 117-1 – § 117-4)
• Ch 120 — Sewers and Wastewater Facilities (§ 120-1 – § 120-6)
• Ch 122 — Shellfish, Taking of (§ 122-1 – § 122-17)
• Ch 123 — Short-Term Rentals (§ 123-1 – § 123-7)
• Ch 124 — Signs; Satellite Dishes; Rooflines (§ 124-1 – § 124-13)
• Ch 125 — Solid Waste Disposal (§ 125-1 – § 125-8)
• Ch 125A — Single-Use Plastics (§ 125A-1 – § 125A-6)
• Ch 126 — Street Numbers, Regulating (§ 126-1 – § 126-4)
• Ch 127 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 127-1 – § 127-25)
• Ch 128 — Excavation and Trench Safety (§ 128-1 – § 128-6)
• Ch 132 — Trees and Shrubs (§ 132-1 – § 132-8)
• Ch 135 — Fuel Storage Tanks (§ 135-1 – § 135-2)
• Ch 136 — Wetlands (§ 136-1 – § 136-10)
• Ch 137 — Wharves and Waterways, Town (§ 137-1 – § 137-20)
• Ch 139 — Zoning (§ 139-1 – § 139-37)
• Ch 140 — Right to Farm (§ 140-1 – § 140-6)
• Ch 141 — Stretch Energy Code (§ 141-1 – § 141-5)
• Ch 203 — Airport Regulations (§ 203-1 – § 203-39)
• Ch 207 — Alcoholic Beverage Licensing and Regulation (§ 207-1 – § 207-16)
• Ch 211 — Animals (§ 211-1 – § 211-4)
• Ch 216 — Beaches (§ 216-1 – § 216-9)
• Ch 220 — Biodegradable Packaging (§ 220-1 – § 220-6)
• Ch 223 — Board of Health Administration (§ 223-1 – § 223-13)
• Ch 225 — Boats and Boating (§ 225-1 – § 225-8)
• Ch 229 — Body Art Establishments and Practitioners (§ 229-1 – § 229-18)
• Ch 234 — Cemeteries (§ 234-1 – § 234-9)
• Ch 238 — Comprehensive Permits (§ 238-1 – § 238-7)
• Ch 252 — Fertilizer (§ 252-1 – § 252-10)
• Ch 256 — Filming and Videotaping on Public Lands (§ 256-1 – § 256-6)
• Ch 260 — Fishing and Shellfishing (§ 260-1.1 – § 260-4.86)
• Ch 265 — Food Service Establishments (§ 265-1 – § 265-13)
• Ch 272 — Grills, Charcoal and Gas (§ 272-1 – § 272-3)
• Ch 278 — Harbors and Waterways (§ 278-1 – § 278-9)
• Ch 283 — Housing Standards (§ 283-1 – § 283-5)
• Ch 288 — Hummock Pond Watershed (§ 288-1 – § 288-8.1)
• Ch 303 — Madaket Harbor Watershed (§ 303-1 – § 303-26)
• Ch 309 — Nantucket Harbor Watershed (§ 309-1 – § 309-8)
• Ch 316 — Pedicabs (§ 316-1 – § 316-5)
• Ch 327 — Septic Systems (§ 327-1 – § 327-12)
• Ch 332 — Sewage Disposal and Treatment (§ 332-1 – § 332-26)
• Ch 336 — Sewers (§ 336-1 – § 336-41)
• Ch 338 — Short-Term Rental Property (§ 338-1 – § 338-9)
• Ch 340 — Signs (§ 340-1 – § 340-43)
• Ch 345 — Smoking and Tobacco Products (§ 345-1 – § 345-19)
• Ch 349 — Solid Waste (§ 349-1 – § 349-18)
• Ch 354 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 354-1 – § 354-15)
• Ch 358 — Subdivisions (§ 358-1.1 – § 358-2.59)
• Ch 361 — Surface Water and Groundwater Protection (§ 361-1 – § 361-6)
• Ch 363 — Tanks, Underground (§ 363-1 – § 363-17)
• Ch 367 — Taxicabs, Charter, Limousine and Tour Vehicles (§ 367-1 – § 367-14)
• Ch 371 — Toxic and Hazardous Materials (§ 371-1 – § 371-12)
• Ch 375 — Traffic (§ 375-1 – § 375-28)
• Ch 382 — Wellhead Protection District (§ 382-1 – § 382-9)
• Ch 386 — Wells (§ 386-1 – § 386-19)
• Ch 390 — Wetlands Protection (§ 390-1 – § 390-30)
• Ch DLR — Town Regulations Disposition List (§ DLR-1)
• Ch A300 — General Law Acceptances (§ A300-1)
• Ch A301 — Special Acts (§ A301-1 – § A301-14)
• Ch A302 — Charters (Section 1.1 – Section 5.7)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)