How to View Municipal Codes on the Internet

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OVERVIEW...
The municipal codes can be accessed at www.walterdrane.com. Select Quick Link to view the online municipal ordinances codified and published by The Walter H. Drane Company.

The codified ordinance screen is divided into three sections...

bulletThe LEFT frame is an expandable table of contents. Select any underlined text to view. A plus sign to the left of the text indicates there are hidden subtopics - simply click to expand.
bulletThe RIGHT frame is the main text of the municipal code. The scroll bar on the right will display more text.
bulletThe BOTTOM frame is the search section. Type words in the search box and select the "search" button.

GETTING STARTED...
There are two primary methods to navigate the codified ordinances...
1) SEARCH
Type your search (a word or phrase) in the search box located at the bottom of the screen and then select the Search button. You will likely find multiple documents when searching - use the Previous Hit and Next Hit buttons to scroll through your search results.

HINTS...

>> Question Marks - Searches for one character. For example, ca? would find "cat" and "car."

>> Asterisks - Searches for multiple characters. For example, car* would find "car" and anything that begins with car (carpool, carp, carpet, etc.).

>> Phrases - To find more than one word together, surround the phrase in quotation marks. For example, "traffic code" or "fire prevention.

2) BROWSE

Use the Table of Contents on the left side of the screen. The Table of Contents section will expand to show all parts of the Code. Click on a Plus Sign next to each topic to view subtopics. Simply click on any title, chapter or section in the code to view in the right frame of the screen. Select a Minus Sign to collapse a subtopic.

There are next page and previous page buttons at the top. These may be used to scroll through the code section-by-section.

 

PRINTING...
It is not possible to print an entire municipal code at once. You may only print the portion of the code that is in view in the right frame.

TO PRINT...

  1. Click anywhere in the right frame of the section you want to print.
  2. Select the Print button in your browser, or select File and Print.

QUESTIONS...
If you have further questions, please contact the Walter H. Drane Company. 

  The Walter H. Drane Company

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