City Clerk's Office

City of Portsmouth Ordinances

*Please note that the documents listed below are for informational purposes only and should not be used as official documents. They were last updated on August 10, 2017.

Please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 610-7245 for information regarding the issuance of official copies of City Ordinances.

• Table of Contents



• Chapter One - Administrative Code



• Chapter Two - Seal, Deeds and Elections



• Chapter Three  – Public Health



• Chapter Four – Food Licensing and Regulations



• Chapter Five – Fire Department and Prevention Regulations



• Chapter Six – Licenses



• Chapter Seven – Vehicles, Traffic and Parking



• Chapter Eight - Encumbrances and Injurious Practices in Streets



• Chapter Nine - Miscellaneous Public Welfare



• Chapter Ten – Zoning (Land Use Regulations)



• Chapter Eleven - Sidewalks, Sewers, Layout of Streets, Subdivision of Land



• Chapter Twelve - International Building Code, 2006



• Chapter Thirteen – Mobile Home Ordinance



• Chapter Fourteen – Housing Code



• Chapter Fifteen – International Plumbing Code, 2006



• Chapter Sixteen - Utilities