The tools
City hall software that feels like it was made this decade.
Every Townly site ships with all four tools — no add-ons, no modules to buy later.
🪪 City Licenses
Applications and renewals, minus the counter line.
Residents and businesses apply online, pay online, and get reminded automatically. Your clerk approves from one queue.
Business, pet, contractor & event licenses
Auto-renewal reminders by email & text
Online payments with next-day deposits
License queue
4 pending
Maple St Bakery
Business license · renewal
Paid
D. Alvarez
Dog license · new
Review
Hilltop Roofing LLC
Contractor license · new
Review
Fairview Farmers Mkt
Event permit · renewal
Approved
New announcement
Boil water advisory lifted for all addresses east of Route 9. Thanks for your patience, Fairview! 💧
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Publish everywhere → 2,318 residents
📣 City Messaging
Write once. Reach everyone.
One announcement goes to your site banner, text alerts, email newsletter, and social — in a single click. Perfect for snow days, road work, and everything in between.
Emergency alerts with priority delivery
Residents self-subscribe by topic
Schedule posts ahead of time
📜 Ordinances
Your entire code, searchable in seconds.
Stop emailing PDFs. Publish ordinances the moment they pass, keep a full amendment history, and let residents search in plain English.
Plain-language search residents understand
Version history for every amendment
We migrate your existing code for you
“can I keep chickens”Search
§ 6-14 · Keeping of fowl
Up to six hens permitted on residential lots over 0.25 acres; roosters prohibited. Amended 2024.
§ 6-02 · Animal enclosures
Coops must sit 20 ft from any neighboring dwelling and be kept in sanitary condition.
§ 10-31 · Nuisance noise
Persistent animal noise between 10pm and 6am is a citable nuisance after first warning.
Who does what
JM
Janet Morrow
City Clerk
RT
Ray Torres
Public Works Dir.
AL
Ann Liu
Treasurer
PW
Parks & Rec
Dept · Mon–Fri 8–4
🏛 Directory
Every department, contact, and hour — always current.
Staff, departments, boards, and local businesses in one living directory. Update a phone number once and it changes everywhere on your site.
Departments, staff, boards & committees
Optional local business listings
Holiday hours & closures in one click