Every town writes its own rules, and Tonawanda's live in its municipal code — 73 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 3 — Appearance Tickets (§ 3-1 – § 3-5)
- Ch 5 — Clerk, Deputy (§ 5-1 – § 5-3)
- Ch 6 — Economic Development Zone (§ 6-1 – § 6-4)
- Ch 6A — Empire Zone (§ 6A-1 – § 6A-5)
- Ch 7 — Employee Suggestion Program (§ 7-1 – § 7-5)
- Ch 8 — Environmental Conservation Commission (§ 8-1 – § 8-9)
- Ch 10 — Ethics, Code of (§ 10-1 – § 10-13)
- Ch 14 — Industrial and Commercial Incentive Board (§ 14-1 – § 14-4)
- Ch 16 — Local Laws, Adoption of (§ 16-1 – § 16-5)
- Ch 22 — Officers and Employees (§ 22-1 – § 22-10)
- Ch 24 — Ordinances, Publication of (§ 24-1 – § 24-2)
- Ch 28 — Purchasing (§ 28-1 – § 28-6)
- Ch 29 — Receiver of Taxes and Assessments (§ 29-1 – § 29-4)
- Ch 32 — Town Board (§ 32-1 – § 32-7)
- Ch 33 — Traffic Violations Bureau (§ 33-1 – § 33-8)
- Ch 39 — Alarms (§ 39-1 – § 39-8)
- Ch 41 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 41-1 – § 41-6)
- Ch 43 — Amusements (§ 43-1 – § 43-12)
- Ch 50 — Bingo (§ 50-1 – § 50-13)
- Ch 54 — Building Code Administration (§ 54-1 – § 54-24)
- Ch 58 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 58-1 – § 58-4)
- Ch 59 — Cannabis (§ 59-1 – § 59-4)
- Ch 60 — Cats (§ 60-1 – § 60-6)
- Ch 63 — Christmas Tree Sales (§ 63-1 – § 63-10)
- Ch 65 — Contractors, Licensing of (§ 65-1 – § 65-10)
- Ch 67 — Dance Halls (§ 67-1 – § 67-10)
- Ch 68 — Defects, Notification of (§ 68-1 – § 68-5)
- Ch 71 — Dogs (§ 71-1 – § 71-12)
- Ch 73 — Stormwater Management (§ 73-1 – § 73-11)
- Ch 75 — Electricians, Licensing of (§ 75-1 – § 75-7)
- Ch 76 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 76-1 – § 76-16)
- Ch 77 — Excavations (§ 77-1 – § 77-2)
- Ch 83 — Firearms (§ 83-1 – § 83-2)
- Ch 85 — Fire Hazards; Open Burning (§ 85-1 – § 85-8)
- Ch 89 — Fireworks; Explosives (§ 89-1 – § 89-7)
- Ch 92 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 92-1 – § 92-6)
- Ch 95 — Games of Chance (§ 95-1 – § 95-9)
- Ch 97 — Gaming Devices (§ 97-1 – § 97-4)
- Ch 105 — Golf Courses (§ 105-1 – § 105-2)
- Ch 108 — Grass, Weeds and Plant Growth (§ 108-1 – § 108-10)
- Ch 115 — Information Bureaus (§ 115-1 – § 115-11)
- Ch 117 — Inventory, Outdoor Storage of (§ 117-1 – § 117-7)
- Ch 121 — Junk, Sale of (§ 121-1 – § 121-11)
- Ch 127 — Littering (§ 127-1 – § 127-7)
- Ch 129 — Local Waterfront Revitalization (§ 129-1 – § 129-10)
- Ch 133 — Noise (§ 133-1 – § 133-10)
- Ch 138 — Parades and Public Assemblages (§ 138-1 – § 138-2)
- Ch 140 — Parking Areas, Off-Street (§ 140-1 – § 140-21)
- Ch 142 — Parks (§ 142-1 – § 142-13)
- Ch 146 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 146-1 – § 146-17)
- Ch 150 — Plumbers, Licensing of (§ 150-1 – § 150-7)
- Ch 157 — Refrigerators, Discarded or Unused (§ 157-1 – § 157-3)
- Ch 161 — Riding Academies (§ 161-1 – § 161-2)
- Ch 165 — Sewers (§ 165-1 – § 165-56)
- Ch 168 — Sex Offenders (§ 168-1 – § 168-4)
- Ch 173 — Smoke and Air Pollution (§ 173-1 – § 173-18)
- Ch 174 — Smoke Detectors (§ 174-1 – § 174-8)
- Ch 177 — Snowplowing (§ 177-1 – § 177-4)
- Ch 179 — Excavation, Removal and Storage of Materials (§ 179-1 – § 179-12)
- Ch 181 — Solid Waste Management (§ 181-1 – § 181-22)
- Ch 183 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 183-1 – § 183-29)
- Ch 185 — Subdivision of Land (§ 185-1 – § 185-55)
- Ch 189 — Taxation (§ 189-1 – § 189-44)
- Ch 195 — Mobile Home Parks (§ 195-1 – § 195-17)
- Ch 197 — Trees and Shrubs (§ 197-1 – § 197-11)
- Ch 199 — Trespassing (§ 199-1 – § 199-6)
- Ch 203 — Vehicles, Abandoned or Junked, Outdoor Storage of (§ 203-1 – § 203-7)
- Ch 205 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 205-1 – § 205-25)
- Ch 207 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 207-1)
- Ch 212 — Water (§ 212-1 – § 212-48)
- Ch 215 — Zoning (§ 215-10.1 – § 215-46.2)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)