Every town writes its own rules, and Lancaster's live in its municipal code — 66 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 – § 1-27)
- Ch 5 — Assessment (§ 5-1 – § 5-7)
- Ch 14 — Ethics, Code of (§ 14-1 – § 14-10)
- Ch 29 — Local Laws (§ 29-1 – § 29-3)
- Ch 36 — Newspaper (§ 36-1)
- Ch 42 — Officers and Employees (§ 42-1 – § 42-8)
- Ch 47 — Planning Commission (§ 47-1 – § 47-5)
- Ch 51 — Police Department (§ 51-1)
- Ch 55 — Purchasing, Best Value Contracts (§ 55-1 – § 55-6)
- Ch 60 — Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 68 — Traffic Violations Bureau (§ 68-1 – § 68-10)
- Ch 72 — Trustees, Board of (§ 72-1 – § 72-5)
- Ch 89 — Amusement Arcades (§ 89-1 – § 89-13)
- Ch 93 — Animals (§ 93-1 – § 93-17)
- Ch 95 — Battery Energy Storage Systems (§ 95-1 – § 95-11)
- Ch 100 — Blasting (§ 100-1 – § 100-5)
- Ch 104 — Building Construction (§ 104-1 – § 104-40)
- Ch 108 — Buildings, Moving of (§ 108-1 – § 108-2)
- Ch 111 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 111-1 – § 111-5)
- Ch 115 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 115-1 – § 115-14)
- Ch 120 — Communications Facilities (§ 120-1 – § 120-6)
- Ch 126 — Dumpsters (§ 126-1 – § 126-9)
- Ch 131 — Electrical Standards (§ 131-1 – § 131-7)
- Ch 135 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 135-1 – § 135-13)
- Ch 139 — Excavations (§ 139-1 – § 139-8)
- Ch 144 — Fees (§ 144-1 – § 144-10)
- Ch 148 — Fences (§ 148-1 – § 148-15)
- Ch 152 — Firearms (§ 152-1 – § 152-5)
- Ch 156 — Fire Prevention (§ 156-1 – § 156-18)
- Ch 160 — Flood Damage Prevention (§ 160-1 – § 160-20)
- Ch 167 — Garage Sales (§ 167-1 – § 167-9)
- Ch 170 — Gasoline Stations (§ 170-1 – § 170-8)
- Ch 173 — Gas Wells (§ 173-1 – § 173-11)
- Ch 178 — Graffiti (§ 178-1 – § 178-2)
- Ch 184 — Historic Districts and Landmarks (§ 184-1 – § 184-27)
- Ch 205 — Littering (§ 205-1 – § 205-9)
- Ch 209 — Mobile Food Vending (§ 209-1 – § 209-10)
- Ch 216 — Notification of Defects (§ 216-1 – § 216-2)
- Ch 221 — Nuisances (§ 221-1 – § 221-8)
- Ch 225 — Parks (§ 225-1 – § 225-4)
- Ch 230 — Peace and Good Order (§ 230-1 – § 230-3)
- Ch 234 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 234-1 – § 234-8)
- Ch 238 — Picketing of Residential Homes and Dwellings (§ 238-1 – § 238-3)
- Ch 249 — Poles and Wires (§ 249-1 – § 249-3)
- Ch 257 — Records (§ 257-1 – § 257-10)
- Ch 263 — Sewers (§ 263-1 – § 263-74)
- Ch 267 — Sex Offenders (§ 267-1 – § 267-3)
- Ch 275 — Smoking (§ 275-1 – § 275-3)
- Ch 279 — Snowplowing (§ 279-1 – § 279-7)
- Ch 283 — Solid Waste (§ 283-1 – § 283-9)
- Ch 285 — Special Events (§ 285-1 – § 285-3)
- Ch 288 — Storage Containers (§ 288-1 – § 288-5)
- Ch 292 — Stormwater Management (§ 292-1 – § 292-30)
- Ch 297 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 297-1 – § 297-31)
- Ch 301 — Subdivision of Land (§ 301-1 – § 301-14)
- Ch 305 — Taxation (§ 305-1 – § 305-36)
- Ch 310 — Trees (§ 310-1 – § 310-20)
- Ch 317 — Vacant Lots (§ 317-1 – § 317-5)
- Ch 321 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 321-1 – § 321-6)
- Ch 325 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 325-1 – § 325-77)
- Ch 329 — Vehicles: Storage and Parking of Recreational Vehicles and Trailers (§ 329-1 – § 329-6)
- Ch 350 — Zoning (§ 350-1 – § 350-102)
- Ch A360 — Equipment, Village-Owned (§ A360-1 – § A360-6)
- Ch A361 — Seal (§ A361-1 – § A361-6)
- Ch DT — Derivation Table (§ DT-1)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)