Ever wonder what happens when someone decides to file a lawsuit against the city and, by extension, you the taxpayer? Or who works to make sure that people follow city laws and ordinances covering everything from housing rules to traffic, loud stereos and other regulations designed to protect us all?
The City has a legal staff of eight that each year handles THOUSANDS of cases covering a wide range of topics. Think about it. Every time someone violates the law or a city ordinance one of our attorneys has to be involved to ensure that our community is protected and that we all follow the rules. And in a city of more than 75,000 residents that means that they keep pretty busy.
City Code
- Chapter 1 – Compilation and Interpretation
- Chapter 2 – Corporate Seal
- Chapter 3 – City Datum
- Chapter 4 – Fiscal Year and Municipal Year
- Chapter 5 – Official Time
- Chapter 6 – City Council
- Chapter 7 – Officers and Employees Generally
- Chapter 8 – Ethics
- Chapter 9 – Transportation Services Department
- Chapter 10 – City Manager
- Chapter 11 – Economic and Community Development Department
- Chapter 12 – Human Resources Department
- Chapter 13 – Police Department
- Chapter 14 – Fire Department
- Chapter 15 – Legal Department
- Chapter 16 – Public Works Department
- Chapter 17 – Information Technology Department
- Chapter 18 – Finance Department
- Chapter 18.1 – Budget
- Chapter 19 – Foreign Fire Insurance Board
- Chapter 20 – Board of Local Improvements
- Chapter 21 – Public Library
- Chapter 22 – City Plan Commission
- Chapter 23 – Disabled Transit Passenger Appeals Board
- Chapter 24 – Neighborhood Improvements Commission
- Chapter 25 – Electrical Commission, Electrical Contractors and Licensed Electricians
- Chapter 26 – Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Commission and Contractors
- Chapter 27 – Construction and Housing Board of Appeals
- Chapter 28 – Unlawful Discrimination
- Chapter 29 – Administrative Adjudication of Offenses
- Chapter 30 – Historical and Architectural Sites Commission
- Chapter 31 – Landmarks and Historic Districts
- Chapter 32 – Neighborhood Services Department
- Chapter 33 – Acquisition, Disposition and Control of Property
- Chapter 34 – Traffic and Parking
- Chapter 34.1 – Overweight and/or Overdimension Vehicles
- Chapter 35 – Numbering Houses
- Chapter 36 – Trees and Shrubs
- Chapter 37 – Construction and Excavation in Streets
- Chapter 38 – Storm Water
- Chapter 39 – Sub-Sidewalk Space
- Chapter 40 – Care of Streets
- Chapter 41 – Miscellaneous Street Regulations
- Chapter 41.1 – Standards for the Construction of Facilities in Public Rights-of-Way
- Chapter 41.2 – Small Wireless Facilities
- Chapter 41.3 – Downtown Parks
- Chapter 42 – Cable Service and Competitive Video Service
- Chapter 43 – Firearms
- Chapter 44 – Fire Prevention and Hazardous Materials Control
- Chapter 44.1 – Fire Rescue and Response Advisory Board
- Chapter 45 – Alarm Systems
- Chapter 46 – Emergencies and Disasters
- Chapter 47 – Control of Animals, Fowl and Dogs
- Chapter 48 – Nuisances
- Chapter 49 – Removal of Garbage, Junk, Rubbish or Trash
- Chapter 49.1 – Blight or Conservation Areas
- Chapter 50 – Licenses
- Chapter 50.1 – Transient Merchants
- Chapter 50.2 – Home Kitchen Operations
- Chapter 51 – Sales Tax
- Chapter 51.1 – Home Rule Municipal Retailers’ and Service Occupation Tax
- Chapter 51.2 – Food and Beverage Tax
- Chapter 51.3 – Utility Taxes
- Chapter 51.4 – Local Motor Fuel Tax
- Chapter 51.5 – Hotel Use Tax
- Chapter 52 – Alcoholic Liquor
- Chapter 52.1 – Places of Amusement
- Chapter 52.2 – Cannabis Business Establishments Prohibited
- Chapter 52.3 – Cannabis Dispensing Organizations Prohibited
- Chapter 53 – Ambulance Service
- Chapter 54 – Amusement Devices
- Chapter 54.1 – Video Gaming License
- Chapter 55 – Drive-In Restaurants
- Chapter 55.1 – Mobile Food Units, Temporary Vendor Stands and Food and Beverage Carts
- Chapter 56 – Refuse and Recyclables Removal
- Chapter 56.1 – Recyclable Materials
- Chapter 56.2 – Curbside Leaf Vacuuming
- Chapter 57 – House Moving
- Chapter 58 – Secondhand Stores, Auction Houses and Rummage Rooms
- Chapter 59 – Sign Hangers
- Chapter 60 – Vehicles for Hire
- Chapter 61 – Livery Vehicles
- Chapter 62 – Raffles
- Chapter 63 – Mobile Home Parks
- Chapter 64 – Water Service
- Chapter 65 – Watermain Connection Charges
- Chapter 66 – Regulation of Lake Decatur
- Chapter 66.1 – Regulation of Lake Decatur Boating
- Chapter 66.2 – Regulation of Lake Decatur Docks
- Chapter 67 – Building Code
- Chapter 67.1 – Floodplain Protection Provisions
- Chapter 67.2 – Residential Building Code
- Chapter 68 – Mechanical Code
- Chapter 69 – Electrical Code
- Chapter 70 – Property Maintenance Code
- Chapter 70.1 – Plumbing Code
- Chapter 70.2 Registration of At-Risk Properties
- Chapter 71 – Telecommunications Infrastructure Maintenance Fee
- Chapter 71.1 – Taxpayers’ Rights
- Chapter 72 – Sewer User Charge
- Chapter 73 – Offenses
- Chapter 73.1 – Curfew Hours for Minors
- Chapter 74 – Sanitary Sewer System
- Chapter 75 – Water Services and Connections
- Chapter 76 – Adoption