Every town writes its own rules, and Southport's live in its municipal code — 53 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 – § 1-16)
- Ch 7 — Appearance Tickets (§ 7-1 – § 7-3)
- Ch 15 — Boards (§ 15-1 – § 15-11)
- Ch 28 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 28-1 – § 28-2)
- Ch 39 — Empire Zones (§ 39-1 – § 39-4)
- Ch 46 — Ethics, Code of (§ 46-1 – § 46-6)
- Ch 72 — Investment Policy (§ 72-1 – § 72-11)
- Ch 124 — Personnel Policies (§ 124-1)
- Ch 130 — Procurement Policy (§ 130-1 – § 130-18)
- Ch 143 — Records Retention and Disposition (§ 143-1 – § 143-2)
- Ch 148 — Residency Requirements (§ 148-1 – § 148-7)
- Ch 152 — Retirement (§ 152-1 – § 152-2)
- Ch 161 — Terms of Office (§ 161-1 – § 161-7)
- Ch 185 — Air Pollution (§ 185-1 – § 185-8)
- Ch 192 — Animals (§ 192-1 – § 192-17)
- Ch 200 — Assemblies, Mass (§ 200-1 – § 200-13)
- Ch 213 — Bicycles (§ 213-1 – § 213-4)
- Ch 219 — Bingo (§ 219-1 – § 219-5)
- Ch 227 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 227-1 – § 227-9)
- Ch 234 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 234-1 – § 234-13)
- Ch 239 — Burning, Open (§ 239-1 – § 239-5)
- Ch 242 — Cannabis (§ 242-1 – § 242-5)
- Ch 245 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 245-1 – § 245-35)
- Ch 284 — Farming (§ 284-1 – § 284-5)
- Ch 291 — Fire Lanes (§ 291-1 – § 291-5)
- Ch 298 — Fireworks (§ 298-1)
- Ch 307 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 307-1 – § 307-17)
- Ch 314 — Games of Chance (§ 314-1 – § 314-8)
- Ch 352 — Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks (§ 352-1 – § 352-15)
- Ch 369 — Notification of Defects (§ 369-1 – § 369-5)
- Ch 380 — Parks and Recreation Areas (§ 380-1 – § 380-10)
- Ch 396 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 396-1 – § 396-17)
- Ch 402 — Property Maintenance (§ 402-1 – § 402-7)
- Ch 408 — Records, Public Access to
- Ch 413 — Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 413-1 – § 413-3)
- Ch 431 — Site Plan Review (§ 431-1 – § 431-33)
- Ch 439 — Snowmobiles (§ 439-1 – § 439-8)
- Ch 442 — Solar Energy Systems (§ 442-1 – § 442-12)
- Ch 444 — Solid Waste (§ 444-1 – § 444-10)
- Ch 450 — Storm Sewers (§ 450-1 – § 450-20)
- Ch 452 — Stormwater Management; Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 452-1 – § 452-14)
- Ch 459 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 459-1 – § 459-22)
- Ch 464 — Subdivision of Land (§ 464-1 – § 464-35)
- Ch 468 — Swimming Pools (§ 468-1 – § 468-7)
- Ch 476 — Taxation (§ 476-1 – § 476-26)
- Ch 483 — Timber Harvesting (§ 483-1 – § 483-4)
- Ch 497 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 497-1 – § 497-28)
- Ch 506 — Waterways (§ 506-1 – § 506-3)
- Ch 525 — Zoning (§ 525-1 – § 525-159)
- Ch A534 — Highway Specifications (§ A534-1 – § A534-17)
- Ch A535 — Supplemental Specifications for Installing Portland Cement or Asphaltic Concrete Sidewalks (§ A535-1 – § A535-9)
- Ch DT — Derivation Table
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)