Every town writes its own rules, and Wicomico County's live in its municipal code — 91 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 C — County Charter (Section 101 – Section 1205)
- Ch DC — Delmar Charter (§ DC1-1 – § DC13-9)
- Ch FC — Fruitland Charter (§ FC1-1 – § FC18-3)
- Ch HC — Hebron Charter (§ HC1-1 – § HC10-6)
- Ch MC — Mardela Springs Charter (§ MC1-1 – § MC3-8)
- Ch PC — Pittsville Charter (§ PC-1 – § PC-96)
- Ch SC — Salisbury Charter (§ SC1-1 – § SC23-1)
- Ch SHC — Sharptown Charter (§ SHC1-1 – § SHC10-8)
- Ch WC — Willards Charter (§ WC-1 – § WC-93)
- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-15)
- Ch 5 — Aviation (§ 5-1 – § 5-12)
- Ch 7 — Board of Appeals (§ 7-1 – § 7-6)
- Ch 9 — Bridges (§ 9-1 – § 9-5)
- Ch 13 — County Internal Auditor (§ 13-1 – § 13-3)
- Ch 15 — Emergency Management (§ 15-1 – § 15-13)
- Ch 18 — Compensation and Allowance Commission (§ 18-1 – § 18-3)
- Ch 19 — Contracts and Purchasing (§ 19-1)
- Ch 20 — Correction, Department of (§ 20-1 – § 20-5)
- Ch 22 — County Property (§ 22-1)
- Ch 27 — Deeds (§ 27-1)
- Ch 29 — Finance (§ 29-1 – § 29-26)
- Ch 30 — Clean Energy Loan Program (§ 30-1 – § 30-7)
- Ch 31 — Election Districts (§ 31-1 – § 31-19)
- Ch 33 — Elections (§ 33-1 – § 33-3)
- Ch 36 — Environment, Commission on (§ 36-1 – § 36-2)
- Ch 37 — Ethics Law (§ 37-1 – § 37-28)
- Ch 39 — Fire and Ambulance Companies and Rescue Squads (§ 39-1)
- Ch 41 — Fire Protection (§ 41-1)
- Ch 44 — Housing Authority (§ 44-1 – § 44-4)
- Ch 46 — Law Enforcement Review Board (§ 46-1 – § 46-24)
- Ch 47 — Library System (§ 47-1 – § 47-5)
- Ch 59 — Personnel Rules (§ 59-1 – § 59-23)
- Ch 62 — Planning and Zoning Commission (§ 62-1 – § 62-7)
- Ch 64 — Planning Organization, Areawide (§ 64-1 – § 64-5)
- Ch 68 — Pocomoke River (§ 68-1 – § 68-7)
- Ch 70 — Recreation, Parks and Tourism (§ 70-1 – § 70-11)
- Ch 72 — Register of Wills (§ 72-1 – § 72-2)
- Ch 77 — Roads and Improvements (§ 77-1)
- Ch 83 — Seal (§ 83-1 – § 83-2)
- Ch 86 — Sheriff (§ 86-1 – § 86-2)
- Ch 87 — Special Benefit Districts (§ 87-1 – § 87-7)
- Ch 88 — Substance Abuse Policy (§ 88-1 – § 88-3)
- Ch 90 — Tax Exemptions (§ 90-1 – § 90-9)
- Ch 97 — Urban Service Districts (§ 97-1 – § 97-30)
- Ch 99 — Vehicles, County (§ 99-1 – § 99-6)
- Ch 104 — Agricultural Land Preservation (§ 104-1 – § 104-18)
- Ch 105 — Alarms (§ 105-1 – § 105-9)
- Ch 110 — Assemblies, Mass Public (§ 110-1 – § 110-6)
- Ch 117 — Building Construction (§ 117-1 – § 117-15)
- Ch 119 — Cable Television Franchise (§ 119-1 – § 119-42)
- Ch 125 — Critical Area Resource Protection (§ 125-1 – § 125-49)
- Ch 126 — Forest Conservation (§ 126-1 – § 126-33)
- Ch 133 — Animal Control (§ 133-1 – § 133-37)
- Ch 135 — Drugs and Tobacco Products (§ 135-1 – § 135-12)
- Ch 138 — Electrical Standards (§ 138-1 – § 138-25)
- Ch 140 — Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 140-1 – § 140-23)
- Ch 141 — Fees (§ 141-1 – § 141-5)
- Ch 144 — Fire Prevention (§ 144-1 – § 144-12)
- Ch 146 — Fires (§ 146-1 – § 146-7)
- Ch 148 — Flood Hazard Areas (§ 148-1 – § 148-3)
- Ch 149 — Floodplain Management (§ 149-1 – § 149-51)
- Ch 151 — Fortune-Telling (§ 151-1 – § 151-13)
- Ch 153 — Foxes (§ 153-1 – § 153-3)
- Ch 156 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 156-1 – § 156-13)
- Ch 158 — Hazardous Materials (§ 158-1 – § 158-8)
- Ch 160 — Housing Standards (§ 160-1 – § 160-99)
- Ch 163 — Invasive Bamboo Control (§ 163-1 – § 163-3)
- Ch 169 — Mobile Home Parks (§ 169-1 – § 169-22)
- Ch 170 — Motels and Places of Amusements (§ 170-1 – § 170-16)
- Ch 174 — Nuisances (§ 174-1 – § 174-17)
- Ch 179 — Parks, Recreational Facilities and Areas (§ 179-1 – § 179-14)
- Ch 180 — Peddlers (§ 180-1)
- Ch 183 — Plumbing (§ 183-1 – § 183-39)
- Ch 186 — Right to Farm (§ 186-1 – § 186-10)
- Ch 196 — Stormwater Management (§ 196-1 – § 196-35)
- Ch 197 — Streets and Addressing System (§ 197-1 – § 197-36)
- Ch 200 — Subdivision of Land (§ 200-1 – § 200-28)
- Ch 203 — Taxation (§ 203-1 – § 203-25)
- Ch 205 — Taxicabs (§ 205-1 – § 205-15)
- Ch 211 — Trailer Camps (§ 211-1 – § 211-9)
- Ch 213 — Transient Merchants (§ 213-1 – § 213-6)
- Ch 216 — Trespass (§ 216-1)
- Ch 218 — Vagrants (§ 218-1 – § 218-2)
- Ch 221 — Violations and Penalties (§ 221-1 – § 221-13)
- Ch 225 — Zoning (§ 225-1 – § 225-159)
- Ch A228 — Acts Appearing as Footnotes in 1965 Code (§ A228-1 – § A228-3)
- Ch A229 — Acts Not Elsewhere Referred to (§ A229-1)
- Ch A230 — Comparative Table of Sections (§ A230-1)
- Ch A231 — Derivation Table (§ A231-1)
- Ch A232 — Disposition Lists (§ A232-1 – § A232-3)
- Ch A233 — Rules of Legislative Procedure (§ A233-1 – § A233-6)