Every town writes its own rules, and Homer'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 – § 1-19)
- Ch 4 — Administration of Government (§ 4-1 – § 4-9)
- Ch 8 — Assessments (§ 8-1 – § 8-5)
- Ch 12 — Commissions (§ 12-1 – § 12-2)
- Ch 16 — Defense and Indemnification (§ 16-1 – § 16-3)
- Ch 20 — Departments (§ 20-1 – § 20-4)
- Ch 21 — Department of Law; Code Enforcement (§ 21-1 – § 21-4)
- Ch 24 — Ethics, Code of (§ 24-1 – § 24-7)
- Ch 28 — Fire Department (§ 28-1 – § 28-7)
- Ch 34 — Local Laws, Adoption of (§ 34-1)
- Ch 38 — Newspaper, Official (§ 38-1)
- Ch 40 — Police Department (§ 40-1 – § 40-6)
- Ch 43 — Records
- Ch 45 — Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 56 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 56-1 – § 56-6)
- Ch 66 — Bingo (§ 66-1)
- Ch 70 — Boats and Recreational Vehicles (§ 70-1 – § 70-7)
- Ch 74 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 74-1 – § 74-4)
- Ch 78 — Buildings, Dangerous (§ 78-1 – § 78-10)
- Ch 79 — Buildings, Vacant (§ 79-1 – § 79-11)
- Ch 82 — Cannabis (§ 82-1 – § 82-4)
- Ch 90 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 90-1 – § 90-16)
- Ch 94 — Driveways (§ 94-1 – § 94-4)
- Ch 102 — Excavations and Foundations, Abandoned (§ 102-1 – § 102-5)
- Ch 107 — Fences, Walls and Hedges (§ 107-1 – § 107-7)
- Ch 110 — Firearms (§ 110-1 – § 110-2)
- Ch 113 — Fire Permit Regulations (§ 113-1 – § 113-8)
- Ch 114 — Fire Prevention and Building Construction (§ 114-1 – § 114-17)
- Ch 118 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 118-1 – § 118-22)
- Ch 123 — Freshwater Wetlands (§ 123-1 – § 123-4)
- Ch 126 — Games of Chance (§ 126-1 – § 126-4)
- Ch 128 — Garage Sales (§ 128-1 – § 128-6)
- Ch 131 — Garbage, Rubbish, Refuse and Recyclables (§ 131-1 – § 131-21)
- Ch 137 — Housing (§ 137-1 – § 137-44)
- Ch 143 — Junkyards and Storage of Junk (§ 143-1 – § 143-13)
- Ch 151 — Noise (§ 151-1 – § 151-2)
- Ch 154 — Notices, Posting of (§ 154-1 – § 154-4)
- Ch 157 — Nuisances, Public (§ 157-1 – § 157-8)
- Ch 161 — Parades and Assemblies (§ 161-1 – § 161-4)
- Ch 165 — Parks and Recreation (§ 165-1 – § 165-21)
- Ch 169 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 169-1 – § 169-17)
- Ch 176 — Records, Public Access to (§ 176-1 – § 176-3)
- Ch 186 — Skateboarding (§ 186-1 – § 186-3)
- Ch 194 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 194-1 – § 194-9)
- Ch 198 — Subdivision of Land (§ 198-1 – § 198-28)
- Ch 202 — Taxation (§ 202-1 – § 202-16)
- Ch 210 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 210-1 – § 210-55)
- Ch 212 — Vehicles, All-Terrain (§ 212-1 – § 212-8)
- Ch 214 — Vehicles, Clinging to (§ 214-1 – § 214-2)
- Ch 216 — Vehicles, Commercial (§ 216-1 – § 216-5)
- Ch 221 — Water and Sewers (§ 221-1 – § 221-66)
- Ch 228 — Zoning (§ 228-1 – § 228-79)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)