Every town writes its own rules, and Groton's live in its municipal code — 51 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 – § 1-14)
- Ch 5 — Accounting Procedures (§ 5-1 – § 5-3)
- Ch 8 — Clerk-Treasurer/Administrator (§ 8-1 – § 8-6)
- Ch 9 — Code Correction Rehabilitation Program (§ 9-1 – § 9-6)
- Ch 13 — Elections, Runoff (§ 13-1 – § 13-4)
- Ch 17 — Employee Policies (§ 17-1 – § 17-8)
- Ch 21 — Ethics, Code of (§ 21-1 – § 21-6)
- Ch 27 — Housing Authority
- Ch 33 — Investment Policy (§ 33-1 – § 33-14)
- Ch 39 — Local Laws, Adoption of (§ 39-1 – § 39-5)
- Ch 47 — Police (§ 47-1 – § 47-13)
- Ch 50 — Residency Requirements (§ 50-1 – § 50-10)
- Ch 63 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 63-1 – § 63-5)
- Ch 65 — Auctions (§ 65-1 – § 65-10)
- Ch 67 — Bingo (§ 67-1 – § 67-10)
- Ch 71 — Buildings and Land, Unsafe (§ 71-1 – § 71-18)
- Ch 75 — Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 78 — Cannabis (§ 78-1 – § 78-5)
- Ch 81 — Curfew (§ 81-1 – § 81-3)
- Ch 87 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 87-1 – § 87-15)
- Ch 93 — Fair Housing (§ 93-1 – § 93-10)
- Ch 95 — Festivals and Special Events (§ 95-1 – § 95-14)
- Ch 97 — Firearms and Hunting (§ 97-1 – § 97-5)
- Ch 101 — Fire Prevention & Building Code Administration & Enforcement (§ 101-1 – § 101-18)
- Ch 105 — Fireworks (§ 105-1 – § 105-4)
- Ch 109 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 109-1 – § 109-22)
- Ch 112 — Freestyle Sports Facility (§ 112-1 – § 112-7)
- Ch 115 — Games of Chance (§ 115-1 – § 115-10)
- Ch 119 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 119-1 – § 119-12)
- Ch 127 — Manufactured Housing Parks (§ 127-1 – § 127-47)
- Ch 131 — Noise (§ 131-1 – § 131-4)
- Ch 133 — Notification of Defects (§ 133-1 – § 133-3)
- Ch 139 — Parades (§ 139-1 – § 139-8)
- Ch 145 — Parks and Swimming Pools, Municipal (§ 145-1 – § 145-6)
- Ch 149 — Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants (§ 149-1 – § 149-18)
- Ch 151 — Planning Board (§ 151-1 – § 151-7)
- Ch 152 — Property and Building Nuisances (§ 152-1 – § 152-14)
- Ch 153 — Property Maintenance (§ 153-1 – § 153-8)
- Ch 159 — Records, Public Access to (§ 159-1 – § 159-9)
- Ch 165 — Sewers (§ 165-1 – § 165-8)
- Ch 167 — Smoking (§ 167-1 – § 167-10)
- Ch 173 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 173-1 – § 173-8)
- Ch 177 — Subdivision of Land (§ 177-1 – § 177-26)
- Ch 181 — Taxation (§ 181-1 – § 181-34)
- Ch 187 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 187-1 – § 187-30)
- Ch 193 — Water (§ 193-1 – § 193-15)
- Ch 200 — Zoning (§ 200-1 – § 200-87)
- Ch A205 — Annexation of Territory (§ A205-1)
- Ch A206 — Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A207 — Concurrence Filing for Electric Service (§ A207-1 – § A207-6)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)