Town of Charlestown, RI
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2024-03-25
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Pt 1 Establishment of Town; Effect of Charter
- Ch C Pt 1 Art I Incorporation
- Ch C Pt 1 Art II Council-Administrator Government
- Ch C Pt 1 Art III Powers of Town
- Ch C Pt 1 Art IV Effect of Charter
- Ch C Pt 1 Art V Real and Personal Property Held By Town
- Ch C Pt 2 Town Council
- Ch C Pt 2 Art VI Organization and Election
- Ch C Pt 2 Art VII Meetings
- Ch C Pt 2 Art VIII Powers
- Ch C Pt 2 Art IX Ordinances
- Ch C Pt 3 Administrator
- Ch C Pt 3 Art X Appointment and Qualifications
- Ch C Pt 3 Art XI Powers and Duties
- Ch C Pt 3 Art XII Orders and Inquiries By Council
- Ch C Pt 3 Art XIII Removal
- Ch C Pt 3 Art XIV Acting Administrator
- Ch C Pt 4 Elections
- Ch C Pt 4 Art XV State Law Governing
- Ch C Pt 4 Art XVI Board of Canvassers
- Ch C Pt 5 (Reserved)
- Ch C Pt 5 Art XVII (Reserved)
- Ch C Pt 5 Art XVIII Clerk and Deputy Clerk
- Ch C Pt 5 Art XIX Duties of Clerk
- Ch C Pt 6 Finance
- Ch C Pt 6 Art XX Department of Finance
- Ch C Pt 6 Art XXI Treasurer
- Ch C Pt 6 Art XXII Tax Collector
- Ch C Pt 6 Art XXIII Tax Assessment
- Ch C Pt 6 Art XXIV General Financial Provisions
- Ch C Pt 6 Art XXV Budgeting
- Ch C Pt 6 Art XXVI Financial Referendum
- Ch C Pt 6 Art XXVII Purchasing
- Ch C Pt 7 Department of Public Works
- Ch C Pt 7 Art XXVIII Establishment and Organization
- Ch C Pt 7 Art XXIX Powers and Duties
- Ch C Pt 7 Art XXX Engineer
- Ch C Pt 8 Inspectors
- Ch C Pt 8 Art XXXI Building Inspector/Zoning Official
- Ch C Pt 8 Art XXXII Function of Building Inspector/Zoning Official
- Ch C Pt 8 Art XXXIII Education Department
- Ch C Pt 9 Police Department
- Ch C Pt 9 Art XXXIV Organization; Duties
- Ch C Pt 9 Art XXXV Department of Parks and Recreation
- Ch C Pt 10 Planning
- Ch C Pt 10 Art XXXVI Department of Planning
- Ch C Pt 10 Art XXXVII (Reserved)
- Ch C Pt 11 Solicitor
- Ch C Pt 11 Art XXXVIII Establishment and Qualifications
- Ch C Pt 11 Art XXXIX Powers and Duties
- Ch C Pt 12 Probate Court
- Ch C Pt 12 Art XL Establishment
- Ch C Pt 12 Art XLI Powers and Duties
- Ch C Pt 13 Officers and Departments
- Ch C Pt 13 Art XLII Animal Control Officer
- Ch C Pt 13 Art XLIII Department of Emergency Management
- Ch C Pt 13 Art XLIV Department of Public Assistance
- Ch C Pt 13 Art XLV Wastewater Management Commission
- Ch C Pt 13 Art XLVI Moderator
- Ch C Pt 13 Art XLVII Sergeant
- Ch C Pt 13 Art XLVIII Additional Officers
- Ch C Pt 14 Commissions and Boards
- Ch C Pt 14 Art XLIX Meetings
- Ch C Pt 14 Art L Conservation Commission
- Ch C Pt 14 Art LI Commissions, Board and Committees
- Ch C Pt 14 Art LII Building Commission
- Ch C Pt 14 Art LIII Planning Commission
- Ch C Pt 14 Art LIV Senior Citizens Commission
- Ch C Pt 14 Art LV Zoning Board of Review
- Ch C Pt 15 General Personnel Provisions
- Ch C Pt 15 Art LVI Personnel System; Bonding
- Ch C Pt 15 Art LVII Compensation
- Ch C Pt 15 Art LVIII Dual Office Holding
- Ch C Pt 15 Art LIX Ethics/Personal Financial Interest
- Ch C Pt 15 Art LX Removal From Elected Office
- Ch C Pt 15 Art LXI Residence of Officers
- Ch C Pt 16 General Provisions
- Ch C Pt 16 Art LXII Voter Qualifications, Public Records and Word Usage
- Ch C Pt 16 Art LXIII Payments Received
- Ch C Pt 16 Art LXIV Validity
- Ch C Pt 16 Art LXV Publication
- Ch C Pt 16 Art LXVI Availability of Public Documents
- Ch C Pt 17 Inauguration; Succession and Amendment of Charter
- Ch C Pt 17 Art LXVII Inauguration of Charter Government
- Ch C Pt 17 Art LXVIII Succession of Government
- Ch C Pt 17 Art LXIX Amendments
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Affordable Housing Commission
- Ch 4 Agriculture
- Ch 6 Charter Revision Advisory Committee
- Ch 11 Conservation Commission
- Ch 12 Climate Resiliency Commission
- Ch 15 Council, Town
- Ch 20 Economic Improvement Commission
- Ch 26 Juvenile Hearing Board
- Ch 27 Municipal Court
- Ch 30 Officers and Employees
- Ch 34 Ordinances
- Ch 36 Parks and Recreation Department
- Ch 37 Personnel
- Ch 40 Planning Commission
- Ch 44 Police Department
- Ch 51 Public Hearings
- Ch 54 Surplus Property
- Ch 58 Tax Assessment Review
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 71 Alarm Systems
- Ch 74 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 75 Cannabis
- Ch 78 Amusement Devices
- Ch 86 Boats and Waterways
- Ch 91 Building Construction
- Ch 93 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 96 Coastal Ponds and Mooring
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 108 Entertainments
- Ch 111 Firearms
- Ch 114 Flea Markets
- Ch 117 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 128 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 129 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 133 Iceboxes and Refrigerators
- Ch 138 Junkyards
- Ch 143 Land, Sale of
- Ch 147 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 152 Noise
- Ch 155 Nuisances
- Ch 158 Parks, Beaches and Recreation Areas
- Ch 162 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 163 Public Trees
- Ch 165 Residential Collection Center
- Ch 167 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 172 Sanitary Facilities, Temporary
- Ch 174 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Snowmobiles
- Ch 181 (Reserved)
- Ch 184 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 188 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 192 Taxation
- Ch 197 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 203 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 206 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 210 Wastewater Management District
- Ch 213 Yard Sales
- Ch 218 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Electors of the
Town of Charlestown 11-4-1980. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Charter Revision Advisory Committee — See Ch. 6.
Town Council — See Ch. 15.
Ordinances — See Ch. 34.
Public hearings — See Ch. 51.
PREAMBLE
We the people of the Town of Charlestown, in
order to secure for ourselves the right of self-government in all
local matters, pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, do adopt and establish
this Charter.
ATTACHMENTS
Ca Appendix A Public Laws
