[HISTORY: Article I adopted by the Township
Committee of the Township of Galloway as indicated in article history.
Subsequent articles adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Galloway as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 1-18-1971 by Ord. No. 393]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, there is hereby
adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Galloway a revision
and codification of its ordinances known as "The Code of the Township
of Galloway, County of Atlantic and State of New Jersey," of which
not less than one copy has been made and is now filed in the office
of the Clerk of the township, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated
as fully as if set out herein, and, from the date this ordinance shall
take effect, the provisions shall be controlling. The copy of the
revision and codification of the ordinances of the Township of Galloway
above referred to as being filed in the office of the Clerk of the
township shall remain in said office for the use and examination of
the public until final action is taken upon this ordinance and thereafter
while the same shall be in effect.
The provisions of this Code, so far as they
are the same in substance as those of heretofore existing ordinances,
shall be considered continuations of such ordinances and not new enactments.
All provisions of the Code of the Township of
Galloway, County of Atlantic and State of New Jersey shall be in full
force and effect on and after the effective date of this ordinance.
A.
Terms used in this Code, unless otherwise specifically
defined, have the meanings prescribed by the Revised Statutes of New
Jersey for the same terms.
B.
COUNCIL
COUNTY
ORDINANCES
PERSON
STATE
TOWNSHIP
Terms used in this Code have the following meanings:
[Amended 6-28-2005 by Ord. No. 1609]
The Township Council of the Township of Galloway.
County of Atlantic.
The ordinances of the Township of Galloway and all amendments
thereto.
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association
or corporation. Whenever the word "person" is used in any section
of this Code prescribing a penalty or fine, as applied to partnerships
or associations, the word includes the partners or members thereof,
and, as applied to corporations, includes officers, agents or employees
thereof who are responsible for any violations of the section. The
singular includes the plural. The masculine gender includes the feminine
and neuter genders.
State of New Jersey.
The Township of Galloway, County of Atlantic, New Jersey.
All ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted by (1) the governing body of the Township of Galloway or (2) the Board of Health of the Township of Galloway prior to the first day of January 1971, and not contained in the Code of the Township of Galloway, Atlantic County, New Jersey, are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance, except as hereinafter provided in § 1-6, and excepting all ordinances adopted since January 1, 1971, which such ordinances shall be included in this Code as replacement pages as a part of the Code.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-5 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A.
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred
under any legislative provisions of the Township of Galloway prior
to the effective date of this ordinance or any action or proceeding
brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
B.
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective
date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision of
the Township of Galloway, or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture
which may result therefrom.
C.
Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other
proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective
date of this ordinance brought pursuant to any legislative provision
of the Township of Galloway.
D.
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred by the Township Committee.
E.
Any ordinance of the Township of Galloway providing
for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening,
establishing grade, changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation
of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, park or other
public place within the Township of Galloway.
F.
Any ordinance or resolution of the Township of Galloway
appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing
the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any
bond of the Township of Galloway or other instruments or evidence
of the township's indebtedness.
G.
Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or
transfer of property or any lawful contract or obligation.
H.
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
I.
Any ordinance authorizing local improvements.
J.
The resolutions of the Township Committee not in conflict
or inconsistent with the provisions of this Code.
K.
Any provision of an ordinance or resolution of the
governing body of the township creating employments, positions or
offices and fixing duties therefor which are not provided for in the
Code of the Township of Galloway, Atlantic County, New Jersey, and
which are not in conflict or inconsistent therewith.
L.
Any provision of an ordinance or resolution of the
governing body of the township fixing the compensation or salaries
of township officials and employees or the pay and compensation of
positions and clerical employments insofar as same are applicable
to any official or employee who is receiving a higher salary than
the maximum established for such position or employment.
M.
Any ordinance or provision of any ordinance establishing
or creating any office or position in the Township of Galloway, or
establishing or creating any fees or providing for the general fines
or penalties.
N.
Any ordinance or resolution not of a general or permanent
nature and not incorporated in the Code.
[Amended 6-28-2005 by Ord. No. 1609]
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements
to the Code of the Township of Galloway, County of Atlantic, State
of New Jersey, when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate
the intention of the Township Council to be a part thereof, shall
be deemed to be incorporated into such Code, so that reference to
"The Code of the Township of Galloway, County of Atlantic, State of
New Jersey" shall be understood and intended to include such additions
and amendments. Whenever such additions, amendments, or supplements
to the Code of the Township of Galloway, County of Atlantic, State
of New Jersey shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and,
as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing
the said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
[Amended 6-28-2005 by Ord. No. 1609]
It shall be the duty of the Township Clerk or
someone authorized and directed by the Township Council to keep up-to-date
the certified copy of the book containing the Code of the Township
of Galloway, County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey, required to
be filed in the office of the Township Clerk for the use of the public.
All changes in said Code, and all ordinances adopted by the Township
Committee and/or Township Council subsequent to the first day of January
1971 which the Township Committee and/or Township Council shall adopt,
shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until
such changes or new ordinances are printed as supplements to said
Code book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
[Amended 6-28-2005 by Ord. No. 1609]
Copies of the Code book containing the Code
of the Township of Galloway, County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey,
may be purchased from the Clerk of the Township of Galloway upon the
payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Township Council,
who may also arrange, by resolution, for procedures for the periodic
supplementation thereof.
Each section of the Code and every part of each
section is an independent section or part of a section, and the holding
of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective
for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality
of any other section or part thereof.
Each section of this ordinance is an independent
section, and the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional,
void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the
validity or constitutionality of any other section or part thereof.
The captions of the several sections of the
Code of the Township of Galloway, County of Atlantic, State of New
Jersey, printed in boldface type, are intended as mere catchwords
to indicate the content of the sections and shall not be deemed or
taken to be titles of such sections or as any part of such sections,
nor shall they be deemed to be such when any of such sections, including
the captions, are amended or reenacted unless expressly so provided
in the amendment or reenactment.
Only general ordinances adopted by the Township
of Galloway and the Board of Health of the Township of Galloway are
meant to be included in the revision and codification and not ordinances
covering bond issues, finances, assessments, franchises, annexations
and similarly specific ordinances which are limited in scope and application.
A.
Whenever, in the revision and codification, or in
any other ordinance of the Township, or rule, regulation or order
promulgated by any officer or agency of the Township under authority
duly vested in him or it, any act is prohibited or is made or declared
to be unlawful or an offense, or the doing of any act is required,
or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no
specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provisions
of the revision and codification or of any other ordinance of the
Township, or any rule, regulation or order, as aforesaid, shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment for not
more than 90 days and/or a period of community service for not more
than 90 days; provided, however, that where the penalty for any particular
offense is limited by state statute, then such limitation shall be
applicable to the provisions of the revision and codification and
other ordinances of the Township or rule, order or regulation, as
aforesaid, notwithstanding the provisions of this section.
[Amended 6-28-2005 by Ord. No. 1609; 10-9-2012 by Ord. No.
1856]
B.
Each day any violation of the revision or codification
or of any other ordinance of the township, or any rule, regulation
or order, as aforesaid, shall continue, shall constitute a separate
offense.
C.
Whenever any such fine be imposed upon any corporation,
such fine and costs and charges incident thereto may be collected
in an action of debt or in such other manner as may be provided by
law.
[Amended 6-28-2005 by Ord. No. 1609]
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly
change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion thereof,
or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which
will cause the law of the Township of Galloway, County of Atlantic,
State of New Jersey to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating
this section of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction,
to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than
90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge imposing the same.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately
after final adoption and publication according to law.
[Adopted 10-9-2001 by Ord. No. 1487]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, Parts I, II and III of the 1971 Code of the Township of Galloway, as adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Galloway on January 18, 1971, and subsequent ordinances of the Township of Galloway of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and as renumbered to consist of Chapters 1 through 363, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Galloway," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
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Township of Galloway
Derivation Table of 1971 Code to 2001
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Chapter/Title from 1971 Code
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PART I ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
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1. General Provisions
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Article I Adoption of Code by
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Township Committee
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Article I Adoption of Code by Board of Health
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2. Administrative Code
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Ch. 5
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3. Equal Opportunity
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Ch. 37
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4. Civil Defense Agency
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Ch. 11
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4A. Claims, Payment of
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Ch. 15
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5. Conservation Commission
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Ch. 19
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5A. Drug-Free School Zone Map
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Ch. 170
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5B. Environmental Commission
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Ch. 33
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6. Ethics, Code of
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Ch. 41
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6A. Fees
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Ch. 189
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7. Fire Department
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Ch. 47
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8. Defense and Indemnification of Officers and
Employees
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Ch. 27
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9. Insurance Fund
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Ch. 51, Art. I
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10. Land Use Procedures
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Ch. 59
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12. Municipal Court
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Ch. 23
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13. Municipal Officers and Employees
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Article I Deputy Township Clerk
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Article II Senior and Junior Clerks in
Tax Assessor's Office
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Article III Senior and Junior Clerks in
Tax Collector's Office
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Article IV Police-Fire Radio Communications
Operators
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Article V Zoning Officer
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Article VI Municipal Prosecutor
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Article VII Junior Clerk in Township
Clerk's Office
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Article VIII Township Treasurer
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Article IX Senior and Junior Clerks
in Police Department
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Article X Municipal Manager
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Article XI Assistant Treasurer
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Article XII Executive Secretary,
Office of the Manager
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14. Personnel Policies
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Ch. 73
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15. Planning Board
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Ch. 75
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17. Police Department
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Article I Composition and Organization
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Article II Contracted Off-Duty Employment
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Article III Special Police
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19. Salaries
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Ch. 85
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PART II GENERAL LEGISLATION
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23. Alarm Systems
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Ch. 95
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24. Alcoholic Beverages
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Article I Licenses and Fees
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Article II Consumption on Unlicensed Commercial Premises
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Ch. 99, Art. II
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Article III Purchase by Minors
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Article IV Public Consumption
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Article V Penalties
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Article VI Underage Consumption
on Private Property
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25. Animals at Large
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26. Amusement Devices
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Ch. 103
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28. Boarding- and Rooming Houses
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Ch. 115
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29. Brush and Hedges Near Roadways
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Ch. 119
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31. Buildings
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Ch. 181
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32. Buildings or Structures, Dangerous
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Ch. 123
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33. Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation
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Ch. 129
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34. Buses
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Ch. 133
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35. Campgrounds, Private
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Ch. 137
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36. Canvassers and Door-to-Door Salesmen
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Ch. 141
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37. Construction Codes, Uniform
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Ch. 153
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38. Curfew
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Ch. 161
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40. Dogs
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Article I Dogs Running at Large
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Article II Licensing of Dogs
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Article III K-9 Dogs
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Article IV Enforcement
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41. Drug Paraphernalia
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Ch. 173
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43. Excavations and Gravel Pits
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Article I Excavations in Roads
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Ch. 185, Art. II
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Article II Sand and Gravel Pits
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Ch. 185, Art. I
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44. Festivals and Mass Assemblies
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Ch. 193
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46. Fire Prevention
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Ch. 199
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47. Flood Hazard Areas
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Ch. 203
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48. Games of Chance on Sunday
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Ch. 211
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49. Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
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Ch. 291
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50. Gypsy Moth Spraying Program
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Ch. 221
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53. Junkyards
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Ch. 229
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54. Land Management
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Ch. 233
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55. Licensed Occupations
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Article I General Regulations
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Ch. 241
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Article II Garage, Lawn, Attic,
Rummage, Flea Market and Other Casual Sales
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Ch. 215
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Article III Construction Contractors
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Ch. 157
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56. Loitering
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Ch. 245
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56A. Maximum Occupancy Requirements
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Ch. 177
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57. Mobile Retail Food Establishments
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Ch. 207
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58. Noise
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Ch. 253
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58A. Obscene Materials
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Ch. 257
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59. Parks and Recreation Areas
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Ch. 261
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59A. Police Department
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Article I Enforcement of Laws Within
Condominium Common Areas
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60. Property Maintenance
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Ch. 267
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60A. Recycling
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Ch. 273
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61. Sewers
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Ch. 281
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62. Streets and Sidewalks
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Ch. 295
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67. Taxicabs, Autocabs and Limousines
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Ch. 301
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67A. Tobacco Products
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Ch. 305
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68. Towing Companies
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Ch. 309
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69. Trailer Courts
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Ch. 313
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71. Vehicles and Traffic
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Article I Adoption
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Article II Charitable Roadway Solicitations
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73. Vehicles, Motor-Driven
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Ch. 323
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75. Water
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Ch. 329
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PART III BOARD OF HEALTH LEGISLATION
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77. Boarding Homes for Children
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Ch. 341
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80. Food and Beverage Vending Machines
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Ch. 347
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82. Health Nuisances
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Ch. 353
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87. Retail Food Establishments
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Ch. 349
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89. Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
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Ch. 357
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91. Swimming Pools
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Ch. 361
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92. Swine
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Ch. 363
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APPENDIX
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A100. Cable Television Franchise
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Ch. A367
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A101. Police Department Rules and Regulations
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Ch. A368
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