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## Code Book
The Code Book includes all town codes and ordinances pertaining to everything from loitering, building codes, grass & weeds, water, sewer, etc. As ordinances are updated, the online code is updated, however, it is recommended that you call town hall to verify a code or an ordinance.
### Table of Contents
In the absence of clearly defined boundaries, adjacent portions of what is now Delaware were presumed to be part of the grant given in 1632 to Charles Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, by Charles I. Therefore, it is not surprising to learn that the first white settlers in what is now south western Sussex County, Delaware, came from the Colony of Maryland which had its capital at St. Mary's on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay.
### Opening
DEFINITIONS NOTE: For the convenience of the Code user, all terms defined in this Code are included in the Index under the heading "Definitions."
### Index
The Code - Part 1
### Sections 1-25
Planning Commission, Salaries & Compensation, Voting, Animals, Brush, Grass, & Weeds, Building Construction, and Buildings Unsafe
### Sections 33-62
Cable Television
### Sections 66-80
Housing Standards
### Section 87
Licenses
### Sections 92-110
Code 112- 157
### Sections 112-157
Vehicles and Traffic
### Section 161
Vehicles, Inoperable
### Sections 165-181
Town of Laurel Utility Specifications
### Town of Laurel Utility Specifications
Approved Contractors List for infrastructure work in the Town of Laurel
### Approved Contractors List
Backflow Prevention and Cross Connection
### Back Flow Prevention and Cross Connection Policy