New Canaan, CT — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2023-05-17. Official source: https://ecode360.com/NE0075

Every town writes its own rules, and New Canaan's live in its municipal code — 66 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 New Canaan code

• Ch C — Charter (§ C1-1 – § C21-11)
• Ch 2 — Fees (§ 2-1 – § 2-6)
• Ch 3 — Adoption of Code (§ 3-1 – § 3-5)
• Ch 4 — General Provisions (§ 4-1 – § 4-8)
• Ch 4A — Alarm Devices (§ 4A-1 – § 4A-23)
• Ch 4B — Affordable Housing Committee (§ 4B-1 – § 4B-6)
• Ch 5 — Amusements (§ 5-1 – § 5-8)
• Ch 6 — Animals and Fowl (§ 6-1 – § 6-10)
• Ch 7 — Auctions (§ 7-1 – § 7-5)
• Ch 7A — Blight Abatement and Prevention (§ 7A-1 – § 7A-18)
• Ch 8 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 8-1 – § 8-6)
• Ch 9 — Building and Demolition Codes (§ 9-1 – § 9-11)
• Ch 10 — Approval of Improvements (§ 10-1 – § 10-5)
• Ch 10A — Carryout Bags (§ 10A-1 – § 10A-8)
• Ch 11 — Citation Hearing Procedure (§ 11-1 – § 11-9)
• Ch 11A — Conservation Commission (§ 11A-1 – § 11A-8)
• Ch 12 — Utilities Commission (§ 12-1 – § 12-6)
• Ch 12A — Demolition (§ 12A-1 – § 12A-12)
• Ch 13 — Disposal and Sale of Tangible Personal Property (§ 13-1 – § 13-3)
• Ch 14 — Elections (§ 14-1 – § 14-3)
• Ch 14A — Emergency Management (§ 14A-1 – § 14A-6)
• Ch 15 — Emergency Medical Services Commission (§ 15-1 – § 15-4)
• Ch 16 — Inland Wetlands Commission (§ 16-1 – § 16-12)
• Ch 17 — Ethics, Code of (§ 17-1 – § 17-6)
• Ch 18 — Explosives (§ 18-1 – § 18-8)
• Ch 19 — Finance, Board of (§ 19-1 – § 19-4)
• Ch 20 — Fallout Shelters (§ 20-1 – § 20-9)
• Ch 21 — Firearms and Hunting (§ 21-1 – § 21-5)
• Ch 22 — Fire Department (§ 22-1 – § 22-10)
• Ch 23 — Fire Zones (§ 23-1 – § 23-10)
• Ch 25 — Garbage and Refuse (§ 25-1 – § 25-21)
• Ch 26 — Going-Out-Of-Business Sales (§ 26-1 – § 26-6)
• Ch 27 — Hair and Beauty Shops (§ 27-1 – § 27-16)
• Ch 28 — Health and Human Services Commission (§ 28-1 – § 28-5)
• Ch 29 — Health and Sanitation (§ 29-1 – § 29-27)
• Ch 31 — Historic District and Commission (§ 31-1 – § 31-10)
• Ch 32 — Housing Code (§ 32-1 – § 32-10)
• Ch 33 — Impounding Motor Vehicles (§ 33-1 – § 33-7)
• Ch 33A — Inland Wetlands and Watercourses (§ 33A-1 – § 33A-9)
• Ch 34 — Inspection Fees for Subdivisions (§ 34-1)
• Ch 36 — Newsracks (§ 36-1 – § 36-8)
• Ch 36A — Noise (§ 36A-1 – § 36A-8)
• Ch 37 — Nuisances (§ 37-1 – § 37-9)
• Ch 39 — Offenses — Miscellaneous (§ 39-1 – § 39-10)
• Ch 39A — Picketing, Residential (§ 39A-1 – § 39A-5)
• Ch 40 — Planning and Zoning Commission (§ 40-1 – § 40-3)
• Ch 41 — Off-Street Parking Regulations (§ 41-1 – § 41-12)
• Ch 42 — Parks (§ 42-1 – § 42-14)
• Ch 43 — Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors (§ 43-1 – § 43-14)
• Ch 44 — Personnel Rules and Regulations (§ 44-1 – § 44-49)
• Ch 48 — Police (§ 48-1)
• Ch 49 — Recycling (§ 49-1 – § 49-13)
• Ch 49A — Regional Council of Governments (§ 49A-1 – § 49A-3)
• Ch 50 — Sale or Lease of Town-Owned Real Property (§ 50-1 – § 50-2)
• Ch 51 — Sewers and Sewage Disposal (§ 51-1 – § 51-21)
• Ch 52 — Stormwater Quality Management and Discharge Control (§ 52-1 – § 52-29)
• Ch 54 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 54-1 – § 54-66)
• Ch 55 — Subdivision Regulations
• Ch 57 — Taxation (§ 57-1 – § 57-27)
• Ch 58 — Traffic Regulations (§ 58-1 – § 58-14)
• Ch 58A — Tree Board (§ 58A-1 – § 58A-8)
• Ch 59 — Water (§ 59-1 – § 59-8)
• Ch 60 — Zoning Regulations
• Ch 61 — Zoning Enforcement (§ 61-1 – § 61-9)
• Ch 62 — Audit Committee (§ 62-1 – § 62-5)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)