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Town of West Hartford, CT
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Chapter C Charter
Chapter C
Charter
[HISTORY: Adopted
11-3-1970
; amended in its entirety
11-5-1996
. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Ca Charter and Spec Acts Disp Tabl
CHAPTER I
Incorporation and General Powers
Section 1
Incorporation
Section 2
Rights and obligations
Section 3
General grant of powers
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER V
The Town Manager
Section 1
Appointment and removal
Section 2
Duties
Section 3
Appointments
Section 4
Absence of town manager
CHAPTER VI
Offices and Departments
Section 1
Administrative departments
Section 2
Department of financial services.
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER VIII
Merit System and Classified Service
Section 1
General
Section 2
The classified service
Section 3
Retirement of municipal employees
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER X
Board of Education
Section 1
Powers and duties
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
