[HISTORY: Adopted 11-4-1975; revised 11-8-1977; 11-6-1979; 11-3-1981; 11-3-1987; 11-2-1993; 11-8-2005; 11-6-2007; 11-6-2012; 11-4-2014. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art I Incorporation and General Powers
- § C1-1 Incorporation.
- § C1-2 Rights and obligations.
- § C1-3 General grant of powers.
- Ch C Art II Elections
- § C2-1 General provisions.
- § C2-2 Eligibility for election.
- § C2-3 Nomination of candidates.
- § C2-4 Minority representation.
- § C2-5 Breaking a tie.
- § C2-6 Vacancies in elective offices.
- § C2-7 Voting districts.
- § C2-8 Board for Admissions of Electors.
- Ch C Art III Elected Officers, Elected Boards and Commissions
- § C3-1 General powers and procedures; records; compensation.
- § C3-2 Elected Town officers, boards and commissions.
- § C3-3 Elected state officers; terms.
- § C3-4 Transition of elected or appointed officers, boards and commissions.
- Ch C Art IV Board of Selectmen
- § C4-1 Composition.
- § C4-2 General powers and duties.
- § C4-3 Organization.
- § C4-4 Procedure for conducting business.
- § C4-5 Public hearings and adoption of ordinances.
- § C4-6 Emergency ordinances.
- § C4-7 Petition for overrule of action of Selectmen.
- § C4-8 Referendum on ordinances and resolutions.
- § C4-9 Power of initiative.
- § C4-10 Repeal of ordinances.
- § C4-11 Investigations, removals and suspensions.
- § C4-12 Appointments.
- § C4-13 Compensation.
- Ch C Art V First Selectman
- § C5-1 Chief Executive and Administrative Officer.
- § C5-2 Powers and duties.
- § C5-3 Employees.
- § C5-4 Succession to office.
- § C5-5 Compensation.
- Ch C Art VI Appointed Officers
- § C6-1 Appointed officers, general.
- § C6-2 Certification requirements.
- § C6-3 Powers and duties.
- § C6-4 Assistants.
- § C6-5 Appointment.
- § C6-6 Terms of office.
- § C6-7 Director, Department of Health.
- § C6-8 Director, Department of Public Works.
- § C6-9 Chief of Police.
- § C6-10 Town Attorney.
- Ch C Art VII Appointed Boards, Commissions, Committees and Authorities
- § C7-1 General powers and procedures; records; compensation.
- § C7-2 Transition.
- § C7-3 Eligibility.
- § C7-4 Appointments and vacancies.
- § C7-5 Minority representation.
- § C7-6 Appointed boards and commissions.
- § C7-7 Creation and discontinuance of offices, boards, commissions and committees.
- Ch C Art VIII Finance and Taxation
- § C8-1 Fiscal year; accounting; auditing.
- § C8-2 Preparation of budget.
- § C8-3 Adoption of budget.
- § C8-4 Laying and collection of taxes.
- § C8-5 Special appropriations and transfers of appropriations.
- § C8-6 Emergency appropriations.
- § C8-7 Purchases.
- § C8-8 Borrowing.
- Ch C Art IX Town Meetings
- § C9-1 Annual and Special Town Meetings.
- § C9-2 Procedure.
- § C9-3 Modifications at Annual Town Meeting.
- § C9-4 Actions requiring Town Meeting.
- § C9-5 Town Meetings by petition.
- § C9-6 Submission of matters to voters.
- Ch C Art X Code of Ethics; conflict of interest
- § C10-1 Ethical standards and general powers of Board of Ethics.
- § C10-2 Code of Ethics.
- § C10-3 Conflicts of interest.
- § C10-4 Scope of responsibility.
- Ch C Art XI Transition and Miscellaneous Provisions
- § C11-1 Transfer of powers.
- § C11-2 Transfer of records and property.
- § C11-3 Status of employees and employee rights and privileges.
- § C11-4 Legal proceedings.
- § C11-5 Continuation of appropriations and Town funds.
- § C11-6 Existing laws and ordinances.
- § C11-7 Review and amendment of Charter.
- § C11-8 Rules of construction; severability.
- § C11-9 Word usage.
- § C11-10 Reference to the CT General Statutes.
- § C11-11 When effective.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Aging, Commission on
- Ch 5 Aquifer Protection Agency
- Ch 6 Arts Commission
- Ch 7 Assessor
- Ch 11 Building Code Board of Appeals
- Ch 13 Building Committee, Municipal
- Ch 15 Conservation Commission
- Ch 16 Controller
- Ch 19 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 20 Emergencies
- Ch 20A Energy Advisory Board
- Ch 21 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 24 Gurski Homestead Commission
- Ch 26 Historic District
- Ch 29 Housatonic Valley Region Council
- Ch 31 Housing Authority
- Ch 32 Housing Partnership Task Force
- Ch 34 Inland Wetlands Commission
- Ch 35 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 38 Lake Authorities
- Ch 42 Library Board of Trustees
- Ch 46 Park and Recreation Commission
- Ch 51 Planning and Zoning Commissions
- Ch 54 Police Department
- Ch 56 Regional Resources Recovery Authority
- Ch 57 Retirement
- Ch 59 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 62 Seal
- Ch 71 Water Pollution Control Authority
- Ch 72 Youth Commission
- Ch 74 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 78 Adult-Oriented Businesses
- Ch 82 Alarm Systems
- Ch 82A Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 83 Blighted Buildings and Properties
- Ch 84 Citations
- Ch 89 Beaches
- Ch 96 Building Construction
- Ch 99 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 115 Dogs
- Ch 119 Driveways
- Ch 122 Emergency Services
- Ch 127 Fees
- Ch 131 Fire Lanes
- Ch 134 Food Establishments
- Ch 135 Loitering
- Ch 159 Noise
- Ch 162 Off-Track Betting Branch Facilities
- Ch 164 Open Space Use
- Ch 166 Paint, Lead-Based and Deteriorated
- Ch 168 Parking
- Ch 171 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 174 Pools
- Ch 178 Salons and Spas
- Ch 179 Scenic Roads
- Ch 182 Sewage Disposal Systems, On-Site
- Ch 184 Sewers
- Ch 186 Sex Offenders
- Ch 188 Solid Waste
- Ch 192 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 197 Taxation
- Ch 201 Trees
- Ch 207 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 210 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 215 Water
- Ch 216 Waterways
- Ch 220 Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 221 Wetlands Penalties
- Part III: Planning and Zoning Regulations
- Ch 234 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 242 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch 246 Listing of Special Acts Pertaining to the Town
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
Public Documents
