Every town writes its own rules, and New Paltz'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 – § 1-16)
- Ch 5 — Assessment (§ 5-1 – § 5-8)
- Ch 9 — Boards, Councils and Commissions (§ 9-1 – § 9-48)
- Ch 16 — Continuity of Government (§ 16-1 – § 16-8)
- Ch 24 — Ethics, Code of (§ 24-1 – § 24-8)
- Ch 28 — Meetings (§ 28-1 – § 28-8)
- Ch 31 — Officers and Employees (§ 31-1 – § 31-7)
- Ch 39 — Police (§ 39-1 – § 39-2)
- Ch 46 — Salaries (§ 46-1)
- Ch 50 — Terms of Office of Elected Officials (§ 50-1 – § 50-4)
- Ch 55 — Zoning Laws, Adoption of (§ 55-1)
- Ch 60 — Air Pollution (§ 60-1 – § 60-8)
- Ch 63 — Alarms, False (§ 63-1 – § 63-5)
- Ch 66 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 66-1 – § 66-7)
- Ch 70 — Animals (§ 70-1 – § 70-18)
- Ch 74 — Assemblies, Mass Public (§ 74-1 – § 74-6)
- Ch 77 — Best Value Pricing (§ 77-1 – § 77-3)
- Ch 79 — Bingo (§ 79-1 – § 79-19)
- Ch 82 — Blasting and Explosives (§ 82-1 – § 82-11)
- Ch 86 — Building Construction (§ 86-1 – § 86-32)
- Ch 90 — Buildings, Unsafe (§ 90-1 – § 90-11)
- Ch 95 — Electrical Inspector (§ 95-1 – § 95-6)
- Ch 97 — Community Choice Aggregation (Energy) Program (§ 97-1 – § 97-7)
- Ch 98 — Curfew (§ 98-1 – § 98-6)
- Ch 105 — Environmental Quality Review (§ 105-1 – § 105-10)
- Ch 106 — Environmental Protection (§ 106-1)
- Ch 110 — Firearms (§ 110-1 – § 110-2)
- Ch 113 — Fire Prevention (§ 113-1 – § 113-11)
- Ch 116 — Fireworks (§ 116-1 – § 116-2)
- Ch 120 — Games of Chance (§ 120-1 – § 120-6)
- Ch 124 — Grass, Rubbish and Trash (§ 124-1 – § 124-8)
- Ch 129 — Housing Standards (§ 129-1 – § 129-32)
- Ch 132 — Housing, Affordable (§ 132-1 – § 132-15)
- Ch 135 — Littering (§ 135-1 – § 135-21)
- Ch 138 — Loitering (§ 138-1 – § 138-2)
- Ch 143 — Noise (§ 143-1 – § 143-10)
- Ch 146 — Notification of Defects (§ 146-1 – § 146-7)
- Ch 152 — Peace and Good Order (§ 152-1 – § 152-4)
- Ch 155 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 155-1 – § 155-13)
- Ch 160 — Retail Checkout Bags (§ 160-1 – § 160-6)
- Ch 163 — Sewers (§ 163-1 – § 163-47)
- Ch 165 — Storm Sewers and Stormwater Management (§ 165-1 – § 165-43)
- Ch 166 — Shopping Carts (§ 166-1 – § 166-9)
- Ch 171 — Solid Waste, Collection of (§ 171-1 – § 171-9)
- Ch 175 — Streets and Public Places (§ 175-1 – § 175-25)
- Ch 178 — Subdivision of Land (§ 178-1 – § 178-39)
- Ch 182 — Taxation (§ 182-1 – § 182-39)
- Ch 191 — Trees (§ 191-1 – § 191-8)
- Ch 195 — Vehicles, Abandoned (§ 195-1 – § 195-6)
- Ch 198 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 198-1 – § 198-32)
- Ch 207 — Water (§ 207-1 – § 207-32)
- Ch 212 — Zoning (§ 212-1 – § 212-72)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)