Every town writes its own rules, and Walpole's live in its municipal code — 88 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 C — Charter (Section 1-1 – Section 8-8)
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-7)
- Ch 5 — Animal Control Officer (§ 5-1 – § 5-7)
- Ch 13 — Bonds (§ 13-1)
- Ch 17 — Building Committee, Permanent (§ 17-1 – § 17-2)
- Ch 34 — Compensation, Additional (§ 34-1)
- Ch 39 — Contracts and Purchasing (§ 39-1 – § 39-5)
- Ch 45 — Counsel, Town (§ 45-1 – § 45-2)
- Ch 88 — Finance Committee (§ 88-1 – § 88-6)
- Ch 93 — Fiscal Year (§ 93-1)
- Ch 125 — Meetings of Town Boards (§ 125-1)
- Ch 177 — Records and Reports (§ 177-1 – § 177-3)
- Ch 182 — Recreation Committee (§ 182-1 – § 182-3)
- Ch 187 — Revolving Funds (§ 187-1 – § 187-2)
- Ch 195 — Select Board (§ 195-1 – § 195-2)
- Ch 202 — Surplus, Disposal of (§ 202-1)
- Ch 210 — Town Collector (§ 210-1)
- Ch 219 — Town Meetings (§ 219-1 – § 219-6)
- Ch 230 — Personnel (§ 101 – § 702)
- Ch 241 — Alarm Systems (§ 241-1 – § 241-5)
- Ch 246 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 246-1 – § 246-2)
- Ch 252 — Animals (§ 252-1 – § 252-12)
- Ch 277 — Charges and Bills, Payment of (§ 277-1)
- Ch 289 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 289-1 – § 289-2)
- Ch 295 — Enforcement; Noncriminal Disposition (§ 295-1 – § 295-4)
- Ch 308 — Fees (§ 308-1)
- Ch 312 — Fertilizers (§ 312-1)
- Ch 318 — Firearms and Weapons (§ 318-1 – § 318-4)
- Ch 323 — Fire Equipment (§ 323-1 – § 323-2)
- Ch 327 — Fire Prevention (§ 327-1 – § 327-2)
- Ch 336 — Graffiti (§ 336-1 – § 336-2)
- Ch 349 — Historic Structures (§ 349-1 – § 349-10)
- Ch 361 — Junk Dealers and Collectors (§ 361-1 – § 361-2)
- Ch 378 — Licenses and Permits (§ 378-1 – § 378-8)
- Ch 382 — Loitering (§ 382-1)
- Ch 386 — Marijuana, Public Use of (§ 386-1 – § 386-2)
- Ch 393 — Motels (§ 393-1 – § 393-3)
- Ch 404 — Noise (§ 404-1 – § 404-4)
- Ch 410 — Nuisances (§ 410-1)
- Ch 433 — Private Ways, Repair of (§ 433-1 – § 433-4)
- Ch 435 — Property Maintenance (§ 435-1 – § 435-12)
- Ch 448 — Safety Equipment (§ 448-1 – § 448-2)
- Ch 452 — Scenic Roads (§ 452-1 – § 452-4)
- Ch 459 — Secondhand Vehicle Dealers (§ 459-1 – § 459-15)
- Ch 465 — Sewer Bylaws (§ 465-1 – § 465-4)
- Ch 468 — Social Host Responsibility (§ 468-1 – § 468-8)
- Ch 476 — Soliciting and Canvassing (§ 476-1 – § 476-11)
- Ch 480 — Solid Waste (§ 480-1 – § 480-9)
- Ch 487 — Stink Bombs and Other Vapor-Emitting Goods (§ 487-1 – § 487-3)
- Ch 492 — Storage Tanks (§ 492-1 – § 492-4)
- Ch 499 — Stormwater Management (§ 499-1 – § 499-30)
- Ch 505 — Street Names and Numbers (§ 505-1 – § 505-2)
- Ch 510 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 510-1 – § 510-7)
- Ch 516 — Taxation (§ 516-1 – § 516-3)
- Ch 523 — Town Property (§ 523-1 – § 523-5)
- Ch 537 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 537-1 – § 537-7)
- Ch 542 — Vehicles, Off-Road (§ 542-1 – § 542-3)
- Ch 548 — Vehicles, Storage of (§ 548-1 – § 548-2)
- Ch 554 — Water Use Restrictions (§ 554-1 – § 554-10)
- Ch 561 — Wetlands Protection (§ 561-1 – § 561-14)
- Ch 575 — Zoning
- Ch 581 — Adoption of Codified Regulations
- Ch 587 — Animal Control (§ 587-1 – § 587-15)
- Ch 598 — Body Art Establishments (§ 598-1 – § 598-16)
- Ch 603 — Body Piercing (§ 603-1 – § 603-10)
- Ch 639 — Fees (§ 639-1 – § 639-7)
- Ch 644 — Floor Drains (§ 644-1 – § 644-8)
- Ch 650 — Food Service Establishments (§ 650-1 – § 650-4)
- Ch 661 — Groundwater Monitoring Programs (§ 661-1 – § 661-3)
- Ch 665 — Groundwater Protection (§ 665-1 – § 665-7)
- Ch 672 — Hazardous Waste Cleanup (§ 672-1 – § 672-13)
- Ch 691 — Lifeguards (§ 691-1 – § 691-2)
- Ch 703 — Massage Establishments (§ 703-1 – § 703-5)
- Ch 711 — Mercury Disposal (§ 711-1 – § 711-7)
- Ch 760 — Recombinant Dna; Biosafety Level 3 Materials (§ 760-1 – § 760-23)
- Ch 767 — Septic Systems (§ 767-1 – § 767-4)
- Ch 774 — Smoking (§ 774-1 – § 774-12)
- Ch 779 — Solid Waste (§ 779-1 – § 779-15)
- Ch 786 — Stink Bombs, Sale of (§ 786-1 – § 786-2)
- Ch 793 — Tobacco Control (§ 793-1 – § 793-23)
- Ch 795 — Tobacco Sales (§ 795-1 – § 795-23)
- Ch 799 — Toxic and Hazardous Materials Control (§ 799-1 – § 799-9)
- Ch 804 — Underground Storage of Fuel and Chemicals (§ 804-1 – § 804-11)
- Ch 816 — Wells, Private (§ 816-1 – § 816-9)
- Ch 825 — Rules Applying to the Conduct of Representative Town Meetings (§ 825-1 – § 825-15)
- Ch A999 — Acceptances of General Laws (§ A999-1)
- Ch DT — Derivation Table (§ DT-1)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)