City of Milford, CT
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2022-01-03
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Part I: Charter
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Chapter CH Charter
- Adopting Ordinance
- Ch AO Adopting Ordinance
- Part I: Charter
- Ch CH Charter
- Ch CH Art I POWERS GENERALLY; VOTING DISTRICTS; ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS; CODE OF ETHICS
- § CH-I-1 Name of City; continuing powers; powers generally.
- § CH-I-2 Voting districts generally.
- § CH-I-3 Acquisition of property or buildings.
- § CH-I-4 Assessment of property owners for public improvement benefits; damages or compensation to owners for property taken.
- § CH-I-5 Power to contract with United States or state; implied and incidental powers generally.
- § CH-I-6 Adoption of code of ethics required.
- § CH-I-7 Gender reference.
- Ch CH Art II ELECTIONS AND ELECTED OFFICERS GENERALLY
- § CH-II-1 Elected officials enumerated; terms of office generally.
- § CH-II-2 Meeting of City electors; election and terms of office of members of board of education.
- § CH-II-3 Elected officers and appointments to boards and commissions, etc.; membership in political parties, etc.
- § CH-II-4 Election laws; voting districts; power of Board of Aldermen to alter or add voting districts, etc.
- § CH-II-5 Elected officers to be electors of City.
- § CH-II-6 Vacancies in elected offices; appointment by Board of Aldermen; political party to be same; resignation upon taking office of Mayor.
- § CH-II-7 Elected officials not to hold other public offices, etc.
- § CH-II-8 Special elections generally.
- § CH-II-9 Regulations as to elections; registration; applicability of state law; authority of Board of Aldermen.
- Ch CH Art III MAYOR; BOARD OF ALDERMEN; ORDINANCES; CITY CLERK: SELECTMEN; BOARD OF EDUCATION; CONSTABLES; TAX COLLECTOR; REGISTRARS OF VOTERS; PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
- § CH-III-1 Mayor—Office staff.
- § CH-III-2 Same—Chief executive officer of City; duties and powers generally.
- § CH-III-3 Board of Aldermen—Membership.
- § CH-III-4 Same—Organization generally; chairman as acting Mayor in absence of same.
- § CH-III-5 Same—Meetings; quorum.
- § CH-III-6 Same—Powers generally.
- § CH-III-7 Ordinances; recording and indexing; hearing and notice; emergency measures; force and effect of old ordinances.
- § CH-III-8 Investigation of departments, etc; power of Board of Aldermen.
- § CH-III-9 Rules of procedure of Board of Aldermen; journal of activities.
- § CH-III-10 City Clerk; powers and duties; compensation, etc.
- § CH-III-11 Board for Admission of Electors; powers and duties.
- § CH-III-12 Board of Education; membership; powers and duties.
- § CH-III-13 Constables; number; powers and duties.
- § CH-III-14 Tax Collector; powers and duties.
- § CH-III-15 Registrars of Voters; powers and duties.
- § CH-III-16 All elected Planning and Zoning Board.
- Ch CH Art IV CITY ATTORNEY; POLITICAL PARTIES; CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT; APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS GENERALLY
- § CH-IV-1 Certified public accountant; appointment by Mayor; duties and powers.
- § CH-IV-2 Appointive boards and commissions enumerated; appointment; terms of office; powers and duties generally; party membership; removal of members.
- § CH-IV-3 Beginning of terms of office of appointive boards and commission, etc.
- § CH-IV-4 Board of Tax Review; membership and appointment; powers and duties.
- § CH-IV-5 Pension and Retirement Board; membership and appointment; powers and duties.
- § CH-IV-6 Planning and Zoning Board; membership and appointment; powers and duties.
- § CH-IV-7 Zoning Board of Appeals; membership and appointment; powers and duties.
- § CH-IV-8 Board of Finance; membership; appointment and terms of office; powers and duties; meetings; size of vote by Board of Aldermen required to approve matters receiving negative recommendation.
- § CH-IV-9 Sewer Commission; membership, appointment and terms of office; powers and duties.
- § CH-IV-10 Civil Service Commission; appointment, membership and terms of office; powers and duties; employees covered, etc.
- § CH-IV-11 Board of Police Commissioners; membership; powers and duties.
- § CH-IV-12 Board of Fire Commissioners; membership; duties and responsibilities.
- § CH-IV-13 Park, Beach and Recreation Commission; membership, terms of office and appointment; powers and duties; Director as executive secretary of same.
- § CH-IV-14 Continuance of old boards and commissions not inconsistent with this charter; Board of Health.
- § CH-IV-15 Board of Public Library.
- Ch CH Art V DEPARTMENTS GENERALLY
- § CH-V-1 Enumerated.
- § CH-V-2 Directors as executive heads of departments; appointment by Mayor.
- § CH-V-3 Director of Finance; Purchasing Agent; City Treasurer; Assessor; Tax Collector and Assessor to be subordinate to Director of Finance.
- § CH-V-4 Department of Public Works; Director; jurors and powers and duties.
- § CH-V-5 Health Department, Department of Welfare, Department of Recreation; powers and duties.
- § CH-V-6 Law Department; City Attorney.
- Ch CH Art VI FINANCE, BUDGET, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
- § CH-VI-1 Budget message by Mayor to Director of Finance — Information required; recommendations.
- § CH-VI-2 Same — Public hearings by Board of Finance; proposed fiscal budget to be submitted to Board of Aldermen.
- § CH-VI-3 Adoption of budget by Board of Aldermen; reductions or deletions.
- § CH-VI-4 Fiscal year of City.
- § CH-VI-5 Special elections; tie votes.
- § CH-VI-6 Recall of elective officers; referendum and procedure, etc.
- § CH-VI-7 Introduction of legislation to Board of Aldermen by electors; petition, etc.
- § CH-VI-8 Overrule by electors of actions of Board of Aldermen.
- Ch CH Art VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- § CH-VII-1 Effect of charter relative to special acts concerning chartered associations.
- § CH-VII-2 Contributions by City to private organizations.
- § CH-VII-3 Certain City officers to give bonds.
- § CH-VII-4 Filing of nonparty candidates in elections; petition, etc.
- Ch CH Art VIII SPECIAL ACTS REPEALED AND ADOPTION OF CHARTER
- § CH-VIII-1 Certain special acts and all such acts inconsistent with charter repealed; certain vested right protected.
- § CH-VIII-2 Adoption of charter; petition forms, etc.
- Part II: Code of Ordinances
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration
- Ch 2.3 Adult-Oriented Establishments
- Ch 2.5 Alarm Systems
- Ch 3 Amusements
- Ch 4 Animals and Fowl
- Ch 5 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 6 Buildings and Building Regulations
- Ch 7 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 8 Food and Food Establishments
- Ch 9 Garbage, Trash and Refuse
- Ch 9A Graffiti, Restoration, Spray Paint and Markers
- Ch 10 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 11 Housing
- Ch 12 Oil and Gas Exploration
- Ch 13 Licenses and Miscellaneous Business Regulations
- Ch 13.5 Massage Parlors
- Ch 14 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 15 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions
- Ch 16 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 16.1 City of Milford Harbor Management Plan Rules and Regulations
- Ch 17 Peddlers, Solicitors, Itinerant Vendors and Managing Itinerant Vendors
- Ch 17.1 Pension Plan for City Employees
- Ch 18 Planning
- Ch 19 Employment Conditions and Benefits
- Ch 20 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 20.5 Taxation
- Ch 21 Trailers
- Ch 22 Public Pay Telephones
- Ch 23 Water, Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Appendices
- Apx A Subdivision of Land
- Apx B Zoning
- Code Comparative Table
- Ch CCT Code Comparative Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[An Act Concerning a Charter for the City of Milford, 1959;
Special Act No. 139]
ATTACHMENTS
Charter Comparative Table
[1]
Editor's Note: The arrangement, and format of the Charter
have been retained, except that article and section catchlines have
been added where necessary. Material enclosed in brackets has been
added to the text where necessary to correct obvious errors or to
clarify the meaning where the same is ambiguous.
