Detroit City Code of Ordinances

What are City Codes of Ordinances?

City codes of ordinances are a set of regulations that govern public safety, health, and general welfare in a city. An ordinance must advance a public purpose and relate to local matters, not to matters of statewide concern. 

Get to Know Your Ordinances

The City of Detroit has hundreds of ordinances and it wouldn't be practical to learn each and every one of them, but as a courtesy to you Regent Park Community Association has compiled a few important ordinances and their associated fines.

Chapter 42. Solid Waste and Illegal Dumping

Chapter 1. General Provisions


Chapter 2. Administration


Chapter 3. Administrative Hearings and Enforcement, and Administrative Appeals


Chapter 4. Advertising


Chapter 5. Amusements and Entertainments


Chapter 6. Animal Care, Control, and Regulation


Chapter 7. Aviation


Chapter 8. Building Construction and Property Maintenance


Chapter 9. Car Washes


Chapter 10. Casinos


Chapter 11. Cigarettes


Chapter 12. Community Development


Chapter 13. Elections


Chapter 14. Emergency Management


Chapter 15. Eminent Domain


Chapter 16. Environment


Chapter 17. Finance


Chapter 18. Fire Prevention and Protection


Chapter 19. Food


Chapter 20. Health


Chapter 21. History


Chapter 22. Housing


Chapter 23. Human Rights


Chapter 24. Land Division and Subdivision


Chapter 25. Laundering


Chapter 26. Law Enforcement


Chapter 27. Library


Chapter 28. Licenses


Chapter 29. Minors


Chapter 30. Moving and Storage


Chapter 31. Offenses


Chapter 32. Off-Street Parking


Chapter 33. Parks and Recreation


Chapter 34. Peddlers, Solicitors, and Vendors


Chapter 35. Personnel


Chapter 36. Public Lodging


Chapter 37. Public Markets


Chapter 38. Rental Halls and Banquet Facilities


Chapter 39. Retirement Systems


Chapter 40. Sales


Chapter 41. Secondhand Goods


Chapter 42. Solid Waste and Illegal Dumping


Chapter 43. Streets, Sidewalks, and Public Places


Chapter 44. Taxation


Chapter 45. Telecommunications


Chapter 46. Traffic and Vehicles


Chapter 47. Transportation for Hire


Chapter 48. Utilities


Chapter 49. Waterways and Marine Safety


Chapter 50. Zoning