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A (Top) |
N (Top) |
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| Abandoned shopping carts | Naming of streets | |
| Abandoned property | Natural preserve | |
| Accessory apartments | Nepotism | |
| Adopt-A-Road/Lot | Newsracks and drop boxes | |
| Adult uses | Noise | |
| - Adult bookstores | - General restrictions | |
| - Adult entertainment |
- Specific restrictions, including decibel level meters |
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| - Obscene publications | - Stereo in cars | |
| Advertising materials | Nuclear facilities | |
| Affordable housing | Nuisances | |
| Air pollution | - Abandoned property | |
| Airport Zoning | - Construction site maintenance | |
| Alarm systems and devices | - Graffiti | |
| Alarms, false | - Outdoor lighting | |
| Alcoholic beverages | - Overcrowding and illegal occupancies | |
| - Licensing and regulation of establishments |
O (Top) |
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| - Minors | Obscene materials | |
| - Open containers |
Occupancies, illegal |
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| - Teen Nights | Odors | |
| Alcohol Without Liquid machines | Off-leash dog parks | |
| Alternative-fuel vehicles | Outdoor festivals | |
| Ambulance services and rescue squads | Outdoor furnaces | |
| - Incentive programs |
Outdoor storage and use of upholstered furniture |
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| - Tax exemptions (NY) |
Overcrowding and illegal occupancies |
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| Americans with disabilities |
P (Top) |
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| Amusements |
Paint, lead-based |
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| - Coin-operated amusement devices | Paintball guns | |
| - Places of amusement | Panhandling | |
| Animals | Parades | |
| - Feeding of migratory waterfowl | Parental responsibility | |
| - Off-leash dog parks | Parking | |
| Animal cruelty | - Commercial and recreational vehicles | |
| - Cats | - Handicapped Parking | |
| - Dog licensing; impoundment | - Seasonal parking | |
| - Control of dogs | - Storage of vehicle | |
| - Curbing of dogs | Parking lots | |
| - Vicious dogs | - Licensing of parking lot businesses | |
| - Wild and exotic animals | - Municipal parking lots | |
| Antennas | Parks and recreational areas | |
| Appearance tickets | - Municipal skate parks | |
| Auctions and auctioneers | - Off-leash dog parks | |
B (Top) |
Pawnbrokers | |
| Bags, recycling of |
Peace and good order |
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| Bazaars | Peddling and soliciting | |
| Beaches | - Licensing and regulation | |
| - Conduct at beaches | - Ice cream vendors | |
| - Shoreline protection | - Transient merchants | |
| Bed and breakfast establishments | Pensions | |
| Begging | - Employee pension fund (PA) | |
| - Panhandling and aggressive public solicitation | - Police pension fund | |
| Bicycles | Personnel policies | |
| Bingoe | - Military leave for employees | |
| Birds, see Animals | - Nepotism | |
| Blasting | Pesticides | |
| Block Parties | Picketing | |
| Blood-borne pathogens | Plastic bag recycling | |
| Boardinghouses | Plumbing | |
| Boards and Commissions | Police Department | |
| - Architectural Review Boards | Political activity | |
| - Board of Health | Political fund-raising | |
| - Conservation Commissions | Pool halls | |
| - Environmental Commissions | Precious metals and gems | |
| - Historic Commissions | Privacy from electronic imaging devices | |
| - Industrial Commissions | Property | |
| - Planning Board or Commission | - Eminent Domain | |
| - Recreation Boards and Commissions | - Overcrowding and illegal occupancies | |
| - Shade Tree Commission or Advisory Board | Property, abandoned | |
| - Zoning Board of Adjustment or Appeals | Property maintenance | |
| Boats and boating | - BOCA codes adopted by reference | |
| - Jet Skis | - Construction site maintenance | |
| - Mooring | - Standards | |
| - Operational Regulations | Purchasing and procurement procedures | |
| BOCA Codes | Publics Markets | |
| Body art establishments | Public Meetings, conduct at | |
| Body piercing establishments | Public solicitation, aggressive | |
| Brush, grass and weeds |
R (Top) |
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| Building construction | Racetracks | |
| - BOCA Codes adopted by reference | Rapid entry | |
| - Construction site maintenance | Real estate registry | |
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- Enforcement and administration of New York| State Uniform Fire |
Records | |
| - Prevention and Building Code | - Public access to records | |
| - Uniform Construction Codes (NJ) | - Records management | |
| Buildings | - Records retention | |
| - Demolition | Recreation areas | |
| - Moving of buildings | Recycling | |
| - Numbering of buildings | - Plastic bag recycling | |
| - Unsafe or unfit buildings | Refrigerators | |
| Burning, Outdoor | Rental property | |
| Businesses | - Absentee landlords | |
C (Top) |
- Overcrowding and illegal occupancies | |
| Cable communications | - Rent control | |
| Cafes, sidewalk | - Seasonal dwellings | |
| Carbon monoxide detectors | Rescue Organizations | |
| Carnivals, shows and circuses | - Incentive programs | |
| Cemeteries | Residency requirements | |
| Certificates of occupancy/compliance | Restaurants | |
| Charitable donations | - Sidewalk cafes | |
| - Donation Bins | Rewards | |
| Checks, fraudulent or returned | Rodent Control | |
| Claims approval | Roller-skating rinks | |
| Code of Conduct for Youth Sports Events | Rooming houses | |
| Conduct during emergencies |
S (Top) |
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| Commercial service delivery boxes | Sales | |
| Communications facilities | - Christmas tree sales | |
| Compost Piles | - Garage yard sales | |
| Conduct at Public Meetings | - Going-out-of-business sales | |
| Conflicts of Interest | - Sidewalk sales | |
| Computer use policy |
Satellite dish antennas |
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| Concerts, outdoor | Scenic preservation | |
| Construction site maintenance | Scenic roads | |
| Contractors, licensing of | Scooters | |
| Convenience stores dispensing fuel |
Scooters, motorized |
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| Crime properties | Seasonal dwellings | |
| Critical areas | Security gates | |
| Cruelty to animals | Security guards and shopping malls | |
| Cruising in vehicles | Segways | |
| Curfew | Self-storage facilities | |
D (Top) |
Sewers and sewage disposal |
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| Dance halls and cabarets | - Individual sewage disposal systems | |
| Decks and patios | - Sewer connections | |
| Decorum at Public Meetings | - Sewer rents | |
| Defense and indemnification of officers and employees | - Sewer use regulations | |
| Disasters, conduct during | Sex offenders registration | |
| Discrimination | Sexual harassment | |
| Disease control | Shellfish | |
| Disorderly conduct | Shopping carts | |
| Dogs, see Animals | Sidewalks | |
| Domestic partnerships | - Maintenance and repair of sidewalks | |
| Donation bins | - Notification of defects | |
| Driveways | - Sidewalk cafes | |
| Drugs | - Sidewalk construction | |
| - Drug-free school zones | - Snow and ice removal | |
| - Drug-free workplaces | - Visual obstructions | |
| - Drug paraphernalia | Signs | |
| - Drug-related nuisances | - General regulations | |
| Dumpsters | Silly string | |
E (Top) |
Site plan review (general) | |
Elections |
Skateboards, roller skates and in-line skates | |
| Electrical standards | - Municipal state parks | |
| Electronic payments | Smoke bombs | |
| Electronic imaging devices, privacy from | Smoke detectors | |
| Electronic submission of data | Smoking | |
| Elevators | Snow and ice removal | |
| Emergencies, conduct during | Snowmobiles | |
| Emergency preparedness and management | Soil removal | |
| Eminent Domain | Solicitation, aggressive public | |
| Employee Suggestion Program | Solid waste | |
| EMS volunteers, incentives for | - Collection | |
| Energy sources, wind | - Licensing of contractors | |
| Environmental quality review | Speed-timing devices | |
| Ephedra, sale of | Sporting events, code of conduct at | |
| Erosion and sediment control | Sprinkler systems | |
| Ethics | Steep slopes | |
| - Board of Ethics | Stereos in cars | |
| - Code of Ethics | Storage of materials | |
| - Financial Disclosure | Storage units, temporary | |
| Evacuation plans | Stormwater management | |
| Excavations | Street festivals | |
| - Excavations in streets | Streets | |
| - Soil Removal | - Construction standards | |
F (Top) |
- Honorary street names | |
| False alarms | - Notification of defects | |
Farmers Market |
- Private streets | |
| Farming | - Renaming streets | |
| - Right to farm | - Snow and ice removal | |
| Fees | - Street obstructions | |
| Fences | - Street openings | |
| Festivals, outdoor | Subdivision of land | |
| Filling and grading | Swimming pools | |
| Filming | - Private | |
| Firearms and weapons | - Public | |
| Fire drills |
T (Top) |
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| Fire Departments | Tattooing and tattoo parlors | |
| - Incentive programs | Taxation | |
| - Membership and organization | - Alternative veterans tax exemption (NY) | |
| - Mutual aid agreements | - Amusement device tax (PA) | |
| - Tax exemptions (NY) | - Business investment exemption (NY) | |
| Fire insurance claims | - Business privilege tax (PA) | |
| Fire prevention | - Cessation as assessing unit (NY) | |
| - BOCA Codes adopted by reference | - Earned income tax (PA) | |
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- Enforcement and administration of NYS Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code |
- Exemptions for members of volunteer agencies | |
| Firewood storage | - Firefighters and ambulance workers exemption (NY) | |
| Fireworks | - Improvements for the disabled (NY) | |
| Fishing, ice | - Nonissuance of permits and licenses for delinquent taxes | |
| Flea markets | - Occupational privilege tax (PA) | |
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Flood damage prevention/Floodplain management |
- Per capita tax (PA) | |
| Florists, retail | - Realty transfer tax | |
| Food Establishments | - Senior citizens tax exemption (NY) | |
| - Sidewalk cafes | - Utility tax | |
| Food packaging | - Veterans tax exemption (NY) | |
| Food vending machines | Taxicabs | |
| Fortune-telling | Teen nights | |
| Fuel, alternative | Telecommunications towers | |
| Fuel storage | Telephones | |
| Furnaces, outdoor | - Outdoor pay telephones | |
| Furniture | Temporary storage units | |
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- Outdoor use and storage of upholstered furniture |
Terms of office | |
G (Top) |
Tobacco | |
| Games of chance | Towing | |
| Garage and yard sales | Tow trucks | |
| Gasoline stations | Traffic Violations Bureaus | |
| Graffiti | Trails | |
H (Top) |
Trees | |
| Halloween | Turbines, wind | |
Handbills and posters |
U (Top) |
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| Hazardous conditions, winter | Unclaimed property | |
| Hazardous materials/wastes | Underage drinking | |
| Heating |
V (Top) |
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| Helicopters | Vacant property | |
| Hiring practices | Vector control | |
| - Nepotism | Vehicle repair shops | |
| Historic districts and landmark preservation | Vehicles | |
| Home occupations | - Abandoned and junked | |
| Horse-drawn vehicles | - Alternative-fuel vehicles | |
| Housing | - Recreational vehicles | |
| - Overcrowding and illegal occupancies | - Stereos in cars | |
| Housing standards | - Storage | |
| Human Rights |
Vending machines Video devices, privacy from Visual obstructions |
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| Hunting | Volunteer Emergency Services | |
I (Top) |
- Incentive programs | |
| Ice hazards, removal of | - Tax exemption (NY) | |
| Illegal occupancies |
W (Top) |
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| Impact fees |
Warrantless arrests |
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| Infractions, Municipal | Water | |
| Internet and e-mail policies | - Service and use | |
J (Top) |
- Use restrictions during emergencies | |
Junk |
- Backflow prevention devices | |
| Junk dealers and dealers in secondhand goods | Waterfowl, feeding of | |
Junkyards |
Waterways | |
L (Top) |
Weapons, imitation | |
| Landlords, absentee | Wells | |
| Landscaping | Wetlands | |
| Laser pointers | Windmills (Wind energy conversion systems) | |
| Leaves of absence | Window guards | |
| Library | Winter hazards, removal of | |
Licenses and permits |
Woodburning stoves | |
| Lighting, exterior |
Y (Top) |
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| Littering | Youth sports events Code of Conduct | |
| Locksmiths | ||
Loitering |
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| Lots, vacant | ||
M (Top) |
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Mass gatherings |
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Massage therapy |
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Mechanical standards |
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| Meetings, decorum at | ||
| Migratory waterfowl, feeding of | ||
| Mining | ||
Minors |
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| - Sale of ephedra | ||
Mobile homes |
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- Individual mobile homes |
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| - Mobile home parks | ||
| Moratorium | ||
| Mosquitoes | ||
| Motorized Scooters and Segways | ||
| Multiple dwellings | ||
| Municipal skate parks | ||
| Music, outdoor |
