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Finding Tools
American Law Sources On-line
www.lawsource.com/also/
Compilation of free-of-charge online sources of American law, including local laws.
County Codes and Ordinances
www.naco.org/Content/Navigation
Menu/About_Counties/Codes_and_
Ordinances/Codes_and_Ordinances.htm
A service of the National Association of Counties, this Web site provides access to county codes and ordinances arranged by subject, state and county. Visitors can browse through the listings or retrieve documents by searching for keywords. NACo solicits the codes and ordinances to post as examples for drafters.
Cyburbia: The Urban Planning Portal
www.cyburbia.org
Planning resource directory contains links to local zoning codes and ordinances; architectural design review guidelines and regulations; and landscaping regulations.
First Source Building Code Library
www.reedfirstsource.com/codes/index.asp
Provides detailed information on local building codes and amendments, plus contact information for local building authorities and public utilities. The site, which requires free registration, covers major cities nationwide, with some links to full-text codes.
FLO – Florida Law Online
www.floridalawonline.net
Use this Web site to access the local codes and ordinances for more than 100 Florida counties, cities and towns.
Internet Law Library
www.priweb.com/internetlawlib/1.htm
U.S. State & Territorial Laws provides links to local ordinances and regulations, organized by state, U.S. territory, U.S. trust territory, Indian tribe.
Municipal Codes Online
www.spl.org/default.asp
?pageID=collection_municodes
A service of the Seattle Public Library, this Web site provides links to codes and ordinances for municipalities and counties in nearly all 50 states.
Municipal Codes Web Library
www.ordlink.com
Provides free access to full text of local ordinances in more than 30 states.
Ordinance.com
www.ordinance.com
Subscribers can search zoning ordinances database by state, county and town (coverage area includes New Jersey, California, Washington State, New York City Metro, Philadelphia Metro, DC Metro, Chicago Metro, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts) to view and print zoning ordinances, applications and instructions, submission checklists, fees and applications for variance. Can use images of the zoning regulation charts and tables, construction details from ordinances or design guides, area maps, zoning maps, environmental maps directly on the Web site or download them. A small number of local government codes and documents can be viewed free of charge. Registered users can view free demo.
Smart Growth Online
www.smartgrowth.org
Resources includes municipal land development ordinances, codes, statutes, fact sheets, guidebooks and other documents.
Washington: Municipal Research and Services Center
www.mrsc.org/codes.aspx
Can access Washington State municipal and county codes by jurisdiction name.
Code Publishers
American Legal Publishing
www.amlegal.com/library/
American Legal Publishing provides this Web site, which includes city and county codes for 26 states. A search engine allows users to search all codes simultaneously by keyword.
Conway
Greene Municipal Code Sites
www.conwaygreene.com/Municipal-Codes.htm
Links to municipal ordinances of a number of Ohio cities.
General Code Publishers
www.generalcode.com
This site provides easy access to more than 170 city, township, village and borough codes from 19 states in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and West. Includes sample ordinances archive to assist in drafting.
LexisNexis
municipalcodes.lexisnexis.com/
Provides free access to municipal and county codes of ordinances from more than 33 states. Codes are organized by state, then alphabetically by municipality or county. Tables of contents are displayed, with links to code sections; also can word-search. Gives date of latest update.
Municipal Code Corporation
www.municode.com
This functional and comprehensive Web site provides the full text of county, municipal and local codes from 47 states. A variety of search features, including a unique multi-code query, make this site particularly user-friendly.
Nfoweb.com
www.thefiengroup.com/nfoweb.html
This collection of Folio infobases, covering a variety of government, public affairs and general interest topics, allows users to search individual or multiple local codes from across the country using simple queries. Pro Code has become a partner in providing access to local codes on this site.
Sterling Codifiers
www.sterlingcodifiers.com
Provides full access to a number of city and county codes in 14 states through a searchable Infobase. Provides information on how to perform searches and how the Infobase works.
California
California Local Codes and Charters
www.igs.berkeley.edu/library/calcodes.html
Lists ordinances and charters of California cities and counties. Provides link if code is available online; call number at Institute of Government Studies at University of California, Berkeley if not available online.
City of Los Angeles
www.amlegal.com/los_angeles_ca/
Provides access to Administrative Code, Municipal Code, Election Code and Charter.
Los Angeles City Codes
www.ci.la.ca.us/lacity102.htm
Provides city charter, administrative codes, municipal codes, interactive fire code, rules, policies and directives.
District of Columbia
government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=DCC-1000
Provides full text of the Code, organized by chapter.
www.michie.com/
A service of Lexis Law Publishing, this Web site provides access to the District of Columbia Code and allows browsing and word-searching.
os.dc.gov/os/cwp/view,a,1206,q,
522357,osNav,%7C31374%7C.asp
Provides online access to the DC Municipal Regulations and the DC Register. Includes information on fee-based, premium access to DCMR.
www.abfa.com/dcdocs/
This unofficial Web site provides information on the availability and contents of D.C.'s municipal regulations, register, statutes at large and other district documents. Includes explanation of DC's system of statutes and regulations; advice on researching regulations; archive on amendments to the DC Municipal Regulations.
New York
Erie County Charter and Erie County Administrative Code
www.erie.gov/laws/
Erie County provides this Web site with the full text of its Charter and Administrative Code. Search for "code" in the site's search engine. Visitors may browse through a table of contents, run a query on the code or charter or download the documents in pdf format.
New York City Law, Center for
www.citylaw.org
Contains a library of decisions by New York City agencies; selected archives of CityLaw and CityRegs publications, with subscription information.
New York City Ordinances and Regulations
public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi
Click on "Laws of New York" and, once on that page, scroll to bottom of lower screen. Choose New York City Charter or New York City Administrative to view table of contents, which can be viewed or used to reach full text of a particular law.
New York City Council
www.nyccouncil.info/
Issues and Legislation includes local ordinances enacted and bills introduced since 1990, searchable by keyword and year; can view current year's bills and ordinances.
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