City of Chicopee, MA
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2023-04-04
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art I Municipal Government
- § 1 City of Chicopee.
- § 2 Administration of Municipal Affairs.
- § 3 Nine wards.
- Ch C Art II Elections and Meetings
- § 4 Meetings of qualified voters.
- § 5 Municipal election and municipal year.
- § 6 Certain officers to be elected by ballot.
- § 7 Vacancies.
- § 8 General meeting of qualified voters.
- § 9 Ward meetings may be held in adjacent wards.
- Ch C Art III Legislative Department
- § 10 City Council; election, terms.
- § 11 Oath of office of Mayor and City Councilors.
- § 12 Organization of City Council.
- § 13 Meetings of City Council.
- § 14 To determine rules of its proceedings, be judge of election of its members.
- § 15 Certain officers to be entitled to seats with City Council.
- § 16 City Council to elect certain officers by ballot.
- § 17 Not to take part in employment of labor, making of contracts.
- § 18 Appropriations; expenditures.
- § 19 City ordinances; penalties.
- § 20 Fire Department.
- § 21 Fire limits may be established.
- § 22 Police Department.
- § 23 Streets; highways.
- § 24 Sidewalks.
- § 25 Majority vote of all members necessary for the passage of certain ordinances.
- § 26 Members of City Council not to hold other city office.
- § 27 Certain ordinances subject to approval of Mayor.
- Ch C Art IV Executive Department
- § 28 Executive power vested in Mayor.
- § 29 Appointment and removal of municipal officers.
- § 30 By whom duties may be performed in case of disability of Mayor.
- § 31 President of City Council to act in case of vacancy in office of Mayor.
- Ch C Art V School Department
- § 32 School Committee; election; terms.
- § 33 Vacancies on School Committee; organization; Mayor may be present at sessions; quorum.
- § 34 Superintendent of Schools; appointment.
- § 35 Powers and duties of School Committee; to submit an annual estimate of expenses.
- § 36 To be judge of necessity of additional accommodations.
- § 37 Repairs, purchase of supplies.
- Ch C Art VI Administrative Officers
- § 38 Administrative officers; appointment terms.
- Ch C Art VII Powers and Duties of Officers
- § 39 City Clerk; duties.
- § 40 City Collector; duties.
- § 41 Superintendent of Streets; powers and duties.
- § 42 Board of Health to appoint an agent.
- § 43 Trustees of Public Library.
- § 44 City Physician and Welfare Agent; appointment; duties.
- § 45 Superintendent of Water Department; appointment; duties.
- § 46 Commissioners of Fairview Cemetery; powers and duties.
- § 47 Commissioners of City Property; powers and duties.
- § 48 Administrative officers may appoint or remove clerks.
- Ch C Art VIII General Provisions
- § 49 Certain persons not eligible.
- § 50 Officers to be notified of appointment or election; oath of office.
- § 51 Certificate stating reason to be filed in case of removal of officers.
- § 52 Offices to become vacant under certain conditions.
- § 53 Filling of vacancies.
- § 54 Estimates of expenses.
- § 55 Appropriations; expenditures.
- § 56 Officers to give certain information upon request.
- § 57 Civil service.
- § 58 Certain contracts to be approved by Mayor.
- § 59 Mayor not to make certain contracts.
- § 60 Salaries of city officers.
- § 61 Certain authority not affected.
- § 62 Repeal.
- § 63 Certain acts not revived.
- § 64 Submission of questions of acceptance may be submitted a second time at state election in 1897.
- § 65 When to take effect.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 City Council
- Ch 5 Assessors
- Ch 8 Data Processing
- Ch 9 Emergency Management, Department of
- Ch 11 Clerk, City
- Ch 13 Collector
- Ch 16 Commissions, Committees, Councils and Authorities
- Ch 18 Community Development
- Ch 22 Department of Human Resources Administration
- Ch 24 Documents, Execution of
- Ch 26 Elections
- Ch 28 Engineer
- Ch 32 Finances
- Ch 34 Fire Department
- Ch 37 Flood Control Department
- Ch 39 Forestry Department
- Ch 46 Law Department
- Ch 48 Library Trust Account
- Ch 53 Maintenance Garage
- Ch 56 Mayor
- Ch 58 Meetings, Notices of
- Ch 61 Messenger, City
- Ch 64 Municipal Construction Contracts
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 69 Page Trust Fund
- Ch 75 Planning Department
- Ch 77 Police Department
- Ch 80 Public Works Department
- Ch 82 Purchasing
- Ch 87 Seal and Flag
- Ch 88 Display of Flags on City Hall Plaza
- Ch 89 Sealer of Weights and Measures
- Ch 95 Vehicles, City
- Ch 97 Veterans' Services, Department of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 109 Alcoholic Beverages and Amusement Devices
- Ch 110 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption of
- Ch 122 Building Construction
- Ch 129 Cemeteries
- Ch 132 Code Enforcement
- Ch 136 Community Standards
- Ch 139 Curfews
- Ch 142 Dike System
- Ch 144 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 146 Drive-In Restaurants
- Ch 151 Electrical Standards
- Ch 157 Fees
- Ch 160 Fire Prevention
- Ch 169 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 172 Golf Course, Municipal
- Ch 185 Laser Devices
- Ch 186 Drones; Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Ch 188 Licenses
- Ch 189 License and Permit Revocation or Suspension
- Ch 190 Motorized Scooters
- Ch 195 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 198 Motor Vehicles on City Property
- Ch 200 Noise
- Ch 206 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 211 Pornography
- Ch 217 Radioactive Waste, Storage or Disposal of
- Ch 223 Recycling
- Ch 230 Sewers
- Ch 231 Stormwater Management
- Ch 238 Graffiti
- Ch 239 Spray Paint and Indelible Markers
- Ch 243 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 244 Tag Sales/Yard Sales
- Ch 250 Taxicabs
- Ch 256 Tobacco Vending Machines
- Ch 257 Trees
- Ch 260 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 262 Vehicles, Unregistered and Abandoned
- Ch 266 Wastewater Treatment
- Ch 269 Water
- Ch 272 Wetlands
- Ch 275 Zoning
- Ch 276 Telecommunications Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 277 Wireless Facilities
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Accepted by the voters at state election 11-6-1897 as Chapter 239, Acts
of 1897.[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This charter was approved 4-6-1897
and rejected by voters at a special election 6-1-1897. Chapter 512,
Acts of 2008, provided that the term “Board of Aldermen”
be changed to "City Council" throughout this Charter. In addition,
the term "Board" when referring to the Board of Alderman was changed
to "Council," and the term "Alderman" was changed to "Councilor" or
"City Councilor."
