Every town writes its own rules, and North Hempstead's live in its municipal code — 105 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 – § 1-12)
- Ch 2 — Administration and Enforcement (§ 2-1 – § 2-141)
- Ch 2A — Unsafe Property and Buildings (§ 2A-1 – § 2A-16)
- Ch 3 — Attendance of Employees At Outside Meetings (§ 3-1 – § 3-2)
- Ch 4 — Appearance Tickets; Authority to Prosecute (§ 4-1 – § 4-6)
- Ch 4A — Balloons (§ 4A-1 – § 4A-7)
- Ch 5 — Bingo (§ 5-1 – § 5-14)
- Ch 7 — Building Code (§ 7-1 – § 7-4)
- Ch 8 — Building and Safety: Multiple Residence (§ 8-1 – § 8-17)
- Ch 9 — Building and Safety: Places of Assembly and Places of Public Assembly (§ 9-1 – § 9-26)
- Ch 9A — Building and Safety: Operating Permits (§ 9A-1 – § 9A-3)
- Ch 10 — Numbering of Buildings; Honorary Street Names (§ 10-1 – § 10-5)
- Ch 10A — Business Improvement Districts (§ 10A-1 – § 10A-6)
- Ch 11 — Cabarets, Restaurants and Other Places of Public Entertainment (§ 11-1 – § 11-11)
- Ch 11A — Cannabis (§ 11A-1 – § 11A-6)
- Ch 12 — Special Events (§ 12-1 – § 12-11)
- Ch 12A — Commercial Handbills (§ 12A-1 – § 12A-6)
- Ch 13 — Dealers in Secondhand Merchandise (§ 13-1 – § 13-27)
- Ch 14 — Dogs (§ 14-1 – § 14-20)
- Ch 14A — Domestic Partnerships, Registration of (§ 14A-1 – § 14A-10)
- Ch 15 — Elections On Propositions (§ 15-1)
- Ch 15A — Election Districts (§ 15A-1 – § 15A-3)
- Ch 15B — Town Clerk; Term of Office (§ 15B-1 – § 15B-3)
- Ch 16 — Employee Organizations (§ 16-1 – § 16-12)
- Ch 16A — Ethics, Code of (§ 16A-1 – § 16A-12)
- Ch 16B — Anti-Nepotism (§ 16B-1 – § 16B-6)
- Ch 17 — Excavations, Hazardous (§ 17-1 – § 17-9)
- Ch 18 — Highway Excavations and Curb Cuts (§ 18-1 – § 18-14)
- Ch 19 — Explosives (§ 19-1 – § 19-7)
- Ch 20 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 20-1 – § 20-6)
- Ch 20A — Environmental Planning, Conservation and Care of Trees (§ 20A-1 – § 20A-17)
- Ch 20B — Environmental Trust Fund (§ 20B-1)
- Ch 20C — Manhasset Bay Improvement Fund (§ 20C-1)
- Ch 20D — Environmental Legacy Fund (§ 20D-1 – § 20D-8)
- Ch 20E — WTC Relief Fund (§ 20E-1)
- Ch 21 — Floodplain Management Regulations (§ 21-1 – § 21-18)
- Ch 22 — Fire Prevention (§ 22-1 – § 22-22)
- Ch 22A — Games of Chance (§ 22A-1 – § 22A-10)
- Ch 23 — Governmental Departments (§ 23-1 – § 23-19.2)
- Ch 23A — Exemption of Real Property Within Villages (§ 23A-1 – § 23A-5)
- Ch 24 — Governmental Operations (§ 24-1 – § 24-123)
- Ch 25 — Grading and Soil Removal (§ 25-1 – § 25-11)
- Ch 26 — Highways: Notice of Defect (§ 26-1 – § 26-4)
- Ch 27 — Historic Landmarks Preservation (§ 27-1 – § 27-15)
- Ch 28 — Housing, Rehabilitation and Property Maintenance Code (§ 28-1 – § 28-61)
- Ch 28A — Housing, Open (§ 28A-1 – § 28A-7)
- Ch 29 — Inflammable Materials (§ 29-1 – § 29-21)
- Ch 29A — Underground Storage of Flammable and Other Hazardous Liquids (§ 29A-1 – § 29A-23)
- Ch 30 — Security Gates On Premises Located Within Any Business District (§ 30-1 – § 30-9)
- Ch 31 — Junk Dealers (§ 31-1 – § 31-9)
- Ch 32 — Drop-Off Bins (§ 32-1 – § 32-10)
- Ch 33 — Launderettes (§ 33-1 – § 33-18)
- Ch 34 — Littering and Dumping (§ 34-1 – § 34-31)
- Ch 35 — Materials, Deposit of (§ 35-1 – § 35-9)
- Ch 36 — Movies and Filming (§ 36-1 – § 36-12)
- Ch 37 — Mechanical Bucking Devices (§ 37-1 – § 37-5)
- Ch 38 — Noise (§ 38-1 – § 38-7)
- Ch 38A — Landscaping and Gardening (§ 38A-1 – § 38A-10)
- Ch 39 — Regulation of Town Parks, Town Gardens and Town Docks (§ 39-1 – § 39-40)
- Ch 39A — Payroll Deductions (§ 39A-1 – § 39A-2)
- Ch 40 — Peddlers and Solicitors (§ 40-1 – § 40-22)
- Ch 40A — Personal Property, Abandonment of (§ 40A-1 – § 40A-9)
- Ch 41 — Plumbing
- Ch 41B — Public Parking Fields (§ 41B-1 – § 41B-18)
- Ch 42 — Public Waterways; Structures (§ 42-1 – § 42-23)
- Ch 43 — Regulation of Public Spaces (§ 43-1 – § 43-2)
- Ch 44 — Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages (§ 44-1 – § 44-7)
- Ch 44A — Retirement Incentive Program (§ 44A-1 – § 44A-32)
- Ch 45 — Sand Bank and Pit Excavations (§ 45-1 – § 45-12)
- Ch 46 — Sanitation (§ 46-1 – § 46-24)
- Ch 46A — Stormwater Management and Sediment and Erosion Control (§ 46A-1 – § 46A-14)
- Ch 47 — Sewers (§ 47-1 – § 47-14)
- Ch 47A — Water (§ 47A-1 – § 47A-22)
- Ch 47B — Storm Sewers (§ 47B-1 – § 47B-20)
- Ch 48 — Sidewalks (§ 48-1 – § 48-15)
- Ch 49 — Snow Removal, Snow Emergencies and Street Cleaning (§ 49-1 – § 49-12)
- Ch 51 — Taxation (§ 51-1 – § 51-47)
- Ch 52 — Taxicabs, Limousines and Private Livery Vehicles (§ 52-1 – § 52-45)
- Ch 54 — Tobacco (§ 54-1 – § 54-8)
- Ch 55 — Tow Trucks (§ 55-1 – § 55-60)
- Ch 57 — Town Facilities (§ 57-1 – § 57-32)
- Ch 58 — Governmental Transparency (§ 58-1 – § 58-5)
- Ch 59 — Town Lands, Shorefronts and Land Under Water (§ 59-1 – § 59-8)
- Ch 59A — Town Property: Notice of Defects (§ 59A-1)
- Ch 60 — Trade On Memorial Day (§ 60-1 – § 60-6)
- Ch 61 — Trespass (§ 61-1 – § 61-4)
- Ch 62 — Unattended Animals (§ 62-1 – § 62-8)
- Ch 63 — Unsafe Structures
- Ch 64 — Utility Pole Space, Condemnation of (§ 64-1 – § 64-12)
- Ch 64A — Double Utility Poles, Removal of (§ 64A-1 – § 64A-11)
- Ch 64B — Utility Pole Hazardous Chemical Warning (§ 64B-1 – § 64B-9)
- Ch 65 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 65-1 – § 65-8)
- Ch 65A — Vehicles, All-Terrain (§ 65A-1 – § 65A-10)
- Ch 65B — Failure to Stop for School Buses (§ 65B-1 – § 65B-11)
- Ch 66 — Skateboards, In-Line Skates and Similar Devices (§ 66-1 – § 66-7)
- Ch 67 — Bamboo (§ 67-1 – § 67-7)
- Ch 69 — Waterways and Regulation of Boats (§ 69-1 – § 69-31)
- Ch 70 — Zoning (§ 70-1 – § 70-242)
- Ch 75 — Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (§ 75-1 – § 75-10)
- Ch 76 — Temporary Moratorium on Battery Energy Storage System Facilities (§ 76-1 – § 76-5)
- Ch 80 — Locker Rental Fees For Town Beaches
- Ch 81 — Fallout Shelter Rules and Regulations
- Ch 99 — Miscellaneous Laws (§ 99-1 – § 99-3)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)
- Ch TCI — Street Index (§ TCI-1)