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City of Northampton, MA
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
[Below is a table identifying the chapters, articles and some sections of the 1977 Code and their location in the 2006 Code.]
Key:
NCM = Not Code material (legislation is not general or permanent in nature).
REP = Repealed effective with adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, Art. I.
 
Chapter/Title From 1977 Code
Location in 2006 Code
Part I
Charter and Related Laws
Subpart A — Charter
Charter, Article I
Subpart B — Related Laws
Charter, Article II
Part II
Code of Ordinances
Chapter 1 — General Provisions
§ 1-3, Construction and Definitions
Ch. 1, Art. II
§§ 1-8 and 1-9, General Penalty; Disposition of Fines and Penalties
Ch. 1, Art. III
Chapter 2 — Administration
Article I — In General
Ch. 5
Article II — Mayor
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article III — City Auditor
Repealed 12-4-2014
   §§ 2-26 and 2-27 — Finance Director
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article IV — City Clerk
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article V — City Solicitor
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article VI — City Treasurer
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article VII — Assessors of Taxes
Repealed 12-4-2014
   § 2-117. Engineer to maintain maps and records.
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article VIII — Collector of Taxes
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article IX — Veterans' Agent
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article X — Fence Viewers
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XI — Inspector of Weights and Measures
Repealed 6-30-1994
Article XII — Measurers of Wood and Bark, Weighers of Coal, Surveyors of Lumber
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XIII — Council Committees
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XIV — Contracts, Claims and Finance Generally
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XV — Board of Health
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XVI — Citizens Advisory Commission
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XVII — City Planning Board
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XVIII — Conservation Commission
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XIX — Consumer Advisory Commission
Repealed 5-15-2008
Article XX — Historical Commission
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XXI — Capital Improvement Program Committee
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XXII — Council on Aging
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XXIII — Personnel
   Division 1 — Personnel
Repealed 12-4-2014
   Division 2 — Affirmative Action Advisory Committee
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XXIV — Data Processing Department
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XXV — Arts/Lottery Advisory Council
Repealed 12-4-2014
§§ 2-484 through 2-487
Repealed 10-3-2013
Article XXVI — Energy Conservation Officer
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XXVII — Energy Resources Commission
Repealed 6-19-2008
Article XXVIII — Waterways Committee
Ch. 329
Article XXIX — Committee for Handicapped Services
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XXX — Design Review Committee
Repealed 7-18-2002
Article XXXI — Child Care Committee
Repealed 5-15-2008
Article XXXII — Town Crier
Ch. 105
Article XXXIII — Mosquito Control Task Force
Repealed 5-15-2008
Article XXXIV — Youth Services Council
Repealed 5-15-2008
Article XXXV — Northampton Parking Commission
Repealed 12-18-2003
Article XXXVI — Emergency Medical Service Commission
REP
Article XXXVI — Northampton Housing Partnership
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XXXVII — Personnel Advisory Committee
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XXXVIII — Department of City Property/Central Services
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XXXIX — (Reserved)
Omitted
Article XL — (Reserved)
Omitted
Article XLI — (Reserved)
Omitted
Article XLII — Human Rights Commission
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XLIII — Affordable Housing Trust
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XLIV — City Council-Board of Public Works Conference Committee
Repealed 11-20-2003
Article XLV — Northampton Transportation and Parking Commission
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XLVI — Youth Commission
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article XLVII — Northampton Tree Committee
Repealed 12-4-2014
§§ 2-700 — 2-707 — Agriculture
Ch. 111
Chapter 3 — Advertising
Ch. 264
Chapter 4 — Amusements
Article I — In General
Ch. 124, Art. I
Article II — Pool Halls and Bowling Alleys
Ch. 124, Art. II
Article III — Miniature Golf Courses and Golf Driving Courses
Ch. 124, Art. III
Article IV — Automatic Amusement Devices
Ch. 124, Art. IV
Article V — Fireworks Displays
Ch. 187
Article VI — Temporary Events
Ch. 303
Article VII — Banners
Repealed 12-4-2014
Chapter 5 — Animals and Fowl
Ch. 128
Chapter 6 — Auctions and Auctioneers
REP
Chapter 7 — Buildings and Building Regulations
Ch. 145
Chapter 8 — Cemeteries
Ch. 153
Chapter 9 — Civil Defense
Repealed 12-4-2014
Chapter 10 — Elections
Article I — Generally
Ch. 33
Article II — Registrars of Voters
Repealed 12-4-2014
Chapter 11 — Fire Prevention and Protection
Article I — In General
Ch. 183, Art. I
Article II — Fire Department
Ch. 48
Article III — Superintendent of Fire Alarms
Repealed 8-18-1983
Article IV — Regulations and Installation of Smoke Detectors and Fire Warning Devices in Certain Residential Buildings
Ch. 183, Art. II
Article V — Life Safety Alarm Systems
Ch. 116, Art. I
Chapter 12 — Garbage and Rubbish
Ch. 272, Art. I
Chapter 13 — Junk and Secondhand Article Dealers and Collectors
Ch. 202
Chapter 14 — Miscellaneous Provisions and Offenses
§ 14-1 — Loitering
REP
§ 14-2 — Maintenance of abutting passageways
Ch. 241
§ 14-3 — Posting advertising
Ch. 241
§ 14-4 — Unauthorized sale of damages or decayed food products or bringing such into City prohibited
REP
§ 14-5 — Nude bathing in public prohibited
Ch. 241
§ 14-6 — Obscene or profane language in streets prohibited
Ch. 241
§ 14-7 — Reserved
NCM
§ 14-8 — Swimming pools to be fenced
REP
§ 14-9 — Leaving swimming pools unattended
REP
§ 14-10 — Unauthorized blasting prohibited
REP
§ 14-11 — Use of buildings for noxious or offensive trades
REP
§ 14-12 — Drainage to be through permitted drain
REP
§ 14-13 — Maintenance of privies, etc.
REP
§ 14-14 — To provide water closets, privies
REP
§ 14-15 — Entering property to commit certain acts prohibited
Ch. 241
§ 14-16 — Drinking on public property
Ch. 120
§ 14-17 — Use of playgrounds, parks and recreation areas
Ch. 233
§ 14-18 — Erection, maintenance of fences
REP
§ 14-19 — Maintenance department — schools
Repealed 12-4-2014
§ 14-20 — False intrusion alarms
Ch. 116, Art. II
§ 14-21 — Failure to pay municipal taxes or charges as grounds for denial, suspension, revocation of license or permit
Ch. 208, Art. I
§ 14-22 — Regulation of earth removal actions
Ch. 168
Chapter 15 — Pawnbrokers
Ch. 237
Chapter 16 — Peddlers, Hawkers and Solicitors
Ch. 245
Chapter 17 — Police
Repealed 12-4-2014
Chapter 18 — Recreation
Repealed 12-4-2014
Chapter 19 — Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Property
Article I — In General
Ch. 285
§ 19-8 — Parades and Processions
Ch. 229
§ 19-33 — Alarms Connections to City System
REP
Article II — Laying Out, Altering and Discontinuing
Ch. 285
Article III — Numbering of Buildings
Ch. 149, Art. I
Article IV — Identifying Living Units
Ch. 149, Art. II
Chapter 20 — Traffic and Motor Vehicles
Chapter 312
Chapter 21 — Vehicles for Hire
Ch. 316
Chapter 22 — Water and Sewers
Article I — Water
Ch. 325
Article II — Sewers
   §§ 22-19 to 22-31
Ch. 256
   §§ 22-41 to 22-52 
Ch. 260
Article III — Integrated Solid Waste Management
Ch. 272, Art. II
Article IV — Claims
Repealed 12-4-2014
Article V — Stormwater Management
Ch. 281
Article VI — Illicit Connections and Discharges to the Municipal Storm Drain System
Ch. 278
Chapter 23 — Miscellaneous Fees
Ch. 174
Chapter 24 — Wetlands Protection
Ch. 337
Chapter 25 — Enforcement
Ch. 40
Chapter 26 — Elm Street Historic District
Ch. 195
Chapter 27 — Central Business Architecture
Ch. 156
Chapter 28 — Demolition Review
Ch. 161
Appendix
Appendix A — Zoning Ordinance
Ch. 350
Appendix B — Special Acts Relating to Northampton
Ch. A355
Appendix C — General and Special Laws Accepted or Rejected by Northampton
Ch. A360