Town of Hampstead, MD
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2024-03-12
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art I Corporate Powers; Corporate Limits
- § C1-1 Corporate name.
- § C1-2 Definitions.
- § C1-3 General corporate powers.
- § C1-4 Copies to be kept on file.
- § C1-5 through § C1-20. (Reserved)
- Ch C Art II Council
- § C2-1 Number of Council members; election; term.
- § C2-2 Qualifications.
- § C2-3 Salary.
- § C2-4 Meetings.
- § C2-5 Judge of election and qualifications of members.
- § C2-6 President and Vice President.
- § C2-7 Quorum.
- § C2-8 Procedure.
- § C2-9 Vacancies.
- § C2-10 Passage of ordinances; public notice; effective date.
- § C2-11 Referendum on ordinances.
- § C2-12 (Reserved)
- § C2-13 Filing of ordinances.
- § C2-14 Resolutions.
- Ch C Art III Mayor
- § C3-1 Election; term.
- § C3-2 Qualifications.
- § C3-3 Salary.
- § C3-4 Powers and duties.
- Ch C Art IV Powers
- § C4-1 Enumeration.
- § C4-2 Exercise of powers.
- § C4-3 Penalties for violations of ordinances.
- Ch C Art V Registration, Nominations and Elections
- § C5-1 Qualifications of voters.
- § C5-2 Board of Supervisors of Elections; members; terms; vacancies.
- § C5-3 Removal of members of Board of Supervisors of Elections.
- § C5-4 Duties of Board of Supervisors of Elections.
- § C5-5 Notice of elections.
- § C5-6 Registration of voters.
- § C5-7 Appeals.
- § C5-8 Nominations; dual offices.
- § C5-9 (Reserved)
- § C5-10 Election date.
- § C5-11 Voting machines; ballot boxes; hours of polls.
- § C5-12 Conduct of special town elections.
- § C5-13 Counting of votes.
- § C5-14 Preservation of ballots.
- § C5-15 Vacancies in office of Council or Mayor.
- § C5-16 Other control of elections.
- § C5-17 (Reserved)
- § C5-18 Penalties.
- Ch C Art VI Town Manager
- § C6-1 Creation of office; salary.
- § C6-2 Powers and duties.
- § C6-3 Surety bond.
- Ch C Art VII Finance
- § C7-1 Fiscal year.
- § C7-2 Budget.
- § C7-3 Budget hearing; adoption.
- § C7-4 Appropriations.
- § C7-5 Transfer of funds.
- § C7-6 Over expenditures; contracts.
- § C7-7 Lapse of appropriations.
- § C7-8 Issuance and signing of checks.
- § C7-9 Property subject to taxation.
- § C7-10 Budget-authorized levy.
- § C7-11 Notice of levy; tax bills.
- § C7-12 When taxes are overdue.
- § C7-13 Tax sales.
- § C7-14 Fees received by town officers and employees.
- § C7-15 Audits.
- § C7-16 Tax anticipation borrowing.
- § C7-17 Payment of indebtedness; alternate provisions for borrowing.
- § C7-18 Prior bonds.
- § C7-19 Purchases and contracts.
- Ch C Art VIII Personnel
- § C8-1 Clerk to Council.
- § C8-2 Attorney.
- § C8-3 Employees.
- § C8-4 Retirement or pension system.
- § C8-5 Salaries and compensation.
- § C8-6 Employee benefit programs.
- Ch C Art IX Public Ways and Sidewalks
- § C9-1 Definition.
- § C9-2 Control by town authorized.
- § C9-3 Powers with respect to public ways.
- § C9-4 Powers with respect to sidewalks.
- Ch C Art X Water and Sewers
- § C10-1 Powers.
- § C10-2 Plan approval required for construction in public ways.
- § C10-3 Removal of obstructions required.
- § C10-4 Power of town to enter public ways.
- § C10-5 Connection to mains; privies; wells.
- § C10-6 Charges for connection.
- § C10-7 Prevention of leakage or waste.
- § C10-8 Private systems.
- § C10-9 Extension beyond corporate limits.
- § C10-10 Right of entry.
- § C10-11 Pollution of water supply.
- § C10-12 Contracts for service.
- § C10-13 Charges for service.
- § C10-14 Exceptions.
- Ch C Art XI Special Assessments
- § C11-1 Power to levy taxes for special benefits.
- § C11-2 Procedure.
- Ch C Art XII Town Property
- § C12-1 Acquisition, possession and disposal; vesting of prior possessions.
- § C12-2 Condemnation.
- § C12-3 Buildings for town government purposes.
- § C12-4 Protection.
- Ch C Art XIII General Provisions
- § C13-1 Oath of office.
- § C13-2 Surety bonds.
- § C13-3 Prior rights and obligations.
- § C13-4 Misdemeanors and municipal infractions.
- § C13-5 Severability.
- The Code
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 9 Elections
- Ch 13 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 25 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 28 (Reserved)
- Ch 30 Administrative Procedures for Enforcement of Town Code
- Ch 32 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 35 Salaries and Compensation
- General Legislation
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 47 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 49 Floodplain Management
- Ch 58 (Reserved)
- Ch 65 Firearms and Explosives
- Ch 68 Noise
- Ch 70 Prohibited Substances
- Ch 73 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 76 Go-Carts, Motorized Scooters and All-Terrain Vehicles
- Ch 79 Hawking and Peddling
- Ch 80 Rental Housing
- Ch 82 (Reserved)
- Ch 88 Littering
- Ch 90 Loitering
- Ch 95 Nuisances
- Ch 100 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 103 Public Gatherings
- Ch 113 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 (Reserved)
- Ch 116 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 119 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 120 Site Plans
- Ch 121 Open Space
- Ch 122 Taxation
- Ch 124 Trees
- Ch 127 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 132 Water
- Ch 134 Development Impact Fees
- Ch 135 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Town of Hampstead 6-13-1983; amended in its entirety 9-10-2002 by Res. No. 2002-02. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
