Every town writes its own rules, and Hopewell's live in its municipal code — 36 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 – § 1-15)
- Ch 42 — Pensions (§ 42-1 – § 42-6)
- Ch 58 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 58-1 – § 58-7)
- Ch 75 — Animals
- Ch 82 — Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 89 — Building Permits (§ 89-1 – § 89-11)
- Ch 103 — Burning
- Ch 117 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 117-1 – § 117-8)
- Ch 121 — Driveways (§ 121-1 – § 121-15)
- Ch 126 — Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 129 — Firearms (§ 129-1 – § 129-8)
- Ch 133 — Floodplain Management (§ 133-1 – § 133-36)
- Ch 140 — Grading and Excavation (§ 140-1 – § 140-25)
- Ch 149 — Junk Storage; Junk Dealers
- Ch 157 — Licensing of Businesses
- Ch 164 — Littering
- Ch 180 — Neighborhood Blight
- Ch 187 — Noise (§ 187-1 – § 187-9)
- Ch 194 — Nuisances
- Ch 215 — Outdoor Wood-Burning Furnaces
- Ch 222 — Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 229 — Peddling and Soliciting; Transient Merchants
- Ch 236 — Property Maintenance (§ 236-1 – § 236-20)
- Ch 245 — Rental Property
- Ch 254 — Sewers and Waste Disposal (§ 254-1 – § 254-55)
- Ch 268 — Solid Waste (§ 268-1 – § 268-9)
- Ch 275 — Stormwater Management (§ 275-1 – § 275-52)
- Ch 279 — Structures, Unsafe (§ 279-1 – § 279-12)
- Ch 282 — Subdivision and Land Development (§ 282-101 – § 282-704)
- Ch 285 — Taxation (§ 285-1 – § 285-47)
- Ch 294 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 294-1 – § 294-36)
- Ch 301 — Vehicles, Junked (§ 301-1 – § 301-7)
- Ch 306 — Water (§ 306-1 – § 306-8)
- Ch 310 — Wind Energy Facilities (§ 310-1 – § 310-18)
- Ch 320 — Zoning (§ 320-101 – § 320-1208)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)