Town of West Hartford, CT
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2024-05-28
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Ch I Incorporation and General Powers
- Section 1 Incorporation
- Section 2 Rights and obligations
- Section 3 General grant of powers
- Ch C Ch II Elections
- Section 1 General
- Section 2 Elective officers.
- Section 3 Independent candidates for board of education
- Section 4 Terms of elective officers
- Section 5 Minority representation
- Section 6 Voting districts
- Section 7 Vacancies
- Section 8 Eligibility
- Section 9 Duties of the town clerk
- Ch C Ch III The Town Council
- Section 1 General
- Section 2 Procedure
- Section 3 Powers and duties
- Section 4 Ordinances, when required
- Section 5 Form of ordinance and effective date
- Section 6 Procedure for passage of ordinances
- Section 7 Emergency ordinances
- Section 8 State of emergency
- Section 9 Record, publication and codification of ordinances
- Section 10 Relations to administrative service
- Section 11 Annual audit
- Ch C Ch IV Officers, Boards and Commissions Appointed by the Council
- Section 1 Corporation counsel
- Section 2 Board of assessment appeals
- Section 3 Library board.
- Section 4 Personnel board
- Section 5 (Reserved)
- Section 6 Board of assessors.
- Section 7 Board of special assessments
- Section 8 (Reserved)
- Section 9 Constables.
- Section 10 Town plan and zoning commission, appointment
- Section 11 Zoning board of appeals
- Ch C Ch V The Town Manager
- Section 1 Appointment and removal
- Section 2 Duties
- Section 3 Appointments
- Section 4 Absence of town manager
- Ch C Ch VI Offices and Departments
- Section 1 Administrative departments
- Section 2 Department of financial services.
- Ch C Ch VII Finance and Taxation
- Section 1 General form of budget presentation
- Section 2 Departmental estimates
- Section 3 Duties of the manager on the budget.
- Section 4 Duties of the council on the budget
- Section 5 Emergency appropriations
- Section 6 Assessment and collection of taxes
- Section 7 Expenditures and accounting
- Section 8 Borrowing
- Section 9 Contributions
- Section 10 Fiscal year
- Section 11 Referendum on the budget
- Ch C Ch VIII Merit System and Classified Service
- Section 1 General
- Section 2 The classified service
- Section 3 Retirement of municipal employees
- Ch C Ch IX Special Assessments and Condemnation
- Section 1 Power of condemnation and special assessment
- Section 2 Payment of assessments
- Section 3 Limitation on assessment
- Section 4 Appeals
- Section 5 Collection and enforcement of assessments
- Section 6 Effect of insufficient or excessive assessment
- Ch C Ch X Board of Education
- Section 1 Powers and duties
- Ch C Ch XI Initiative and Referendum
- Section 1 Initiative, power and scope
- Section 2 Initiative, petition procedure
- Section 3 Initiative, vote required, not subject to council action
- Section 4 Referendum, power and scope
- Section 5 Referendum, petition procedures, suspension of ordinance
- Section 6 Referendum, vote required, effect
- Section 7 Initiative and referendum
- Section 8 Form of question
- Section 9 Determination of sufficiency of petitions
- Ch C Ch XII Zoning
- Section 1 Zoning authority
- Section 2 Disqualification of members of council when acting as zoning authority and disclosure of interest by applicants
- Section 3 Regulations
- Section 4 Enforcement of regulations: Public hearings; changes
- Section 5 Zoning ordinance procedure
- Section 6 Procedure when regulations are violated
- Section 7 Appeals from council zoning actions
- Section 8 Regulations and boundaries adopted prior to effective date of this charter
- Section 9 Zoning board of appeals
- Section 10 Powers and duties of zoning board of appeals
- Section 11 Appeals to board
- Section 12 Appeals from board to court
- Ch C Ch XIII Planning
- Section 1 Planning commission
- Section 2 Commission established
- Section 3 Disqualification of members in matters before planning authority
- Section 4 Planning authority
- Section 5 Plan of development
- Section 6 Municipal improvements
- Section 7 Filing of maps and plans; notice of hearing; assessments
- Section 8 Appeals from actions of the commission
- Section 9 Subdivision of land
- Section 10 Approval of subdivision plan
- Section 11 Appeals
- Section 12 Building on unaccepted streets or unapproved subdivision
- Ch C Ch XIV General Provisions
- Section 1 Personal interest
- Section 2 Restrictions concerning dual salaries
- Section 3 Term limitation on boards
- Section 4 Minority representation on boards and commissions
- Section 5 Dual appointment and service on boards and commissions prohibited
- Section 6 Removal from office of appointive officials and board and commission members
- Section 7 Terms of board and commission members
- Section 8 Investigation of public officers
- Ch C Ch XV Succession in Government
- Section 1 Present ordinances, rules and special acts
- Section 2 Board and commission members to serve term for which appointed
- Section 3 Elective officers to continue in office
- Section 4 Legal proceedings
- Section 5 Amendment of charter
- Section 6 Saving clause
- Section 7 Effective date
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Auditorium Use
- Ch 3 Authorities
- Ch 5 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 7 Claims
- Ch 10 Constables
- Ch 12 Departments
- Ch 16 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 18 Finances
- Ch 20 Housing Partnership
- Ch 22 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 25 Land Use and Planning
- Ch 30 Personnel
- Ch 34 Rules and Regulations
- Ch 40 Town Vehicles
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 43 Adult Day-Care Facilities
- Ch 44 Alarm Systems
- Ch 45 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 47 Amusement Devices
- Ch 53 Bicycles, Skateboards, Roller Skates, Roller Blades and Pedal Cabs
- Ch 55 Bingo, Bazaars and Raffles
- Ch 58 Building Construction
- Ch 62 Burglary Security
- Ch 64 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 67 Cemeteries
- Ch 75 Entertainment Licenses and Public Safety Police Details
- Ch 81 Fair Rent
- Ch 83 Fences
- Ch 87 Fire Prevention
- Ch 91 Food Establishments
- Ch 94 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 95 Geographic Information System
- Ch 98 Group-Care Facilities
- Ch 101 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 103 Historic Districts and Historic Properties
- Ch 105 Housing and Property Maintenance
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Key Boxes
- Ch 111 (Reserved)
- Ch 113 Lighting, Exterior
- Ch 115 Litter and Community Appearance Standards
- Ch 117 Massage Establishments
- Ch 120 Minors
- Ch 123 Noise
- Ch 125 Obscene Materials
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- Ch 128 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 130 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 132 Personal Property, Lost
- Ch 134 Precious Metals and Stones, Dealers in
- Ch 138 Residences, Ownership of
- Ch 141 Rooming Houses
- Ch 143 Sales, Special
- Ch 145 Salons
- Ch 147 Sewers
- Ch 148 Stormwater Management
- Ch 153 Building Safety Equipment
- Ch 155 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 159 Swimming Pools
- Ch 161 Taxation
- Ch 168 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 174 Weapons
- Ch 177 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A181 Code Comparative Table
- Ch A182 Legislative History
- Ch A184 Subdivision Regulations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted 11-3-1970; amended in its entirety 11-5-1996. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
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Ca Charter and Spec Acts Disp Tabl
