Town of Falmouth, MA
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2023-11-14
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The Charter
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Chapter C Falmouth Home Rule Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Falmouth Home Rule Charter
- Ch C Art I Incorporation, Form of Government and Powers
- § C1-1 Incorporation.
- § C1-2 Scope of Town powers.
- § C1-3 Form of government.
- § C1-4 Construction of Charter.
- § C1-5 Intergovernmental relations.
- § C1-6 Definitions.
- Ch C Art II The Representative Town Meeting
- § C2-1 Composition, membership and eligibility.
- § C2-2 Powers.
- § C2-3 Procedures.
- § C2-4 Attendance records.
- § C2-5 Voting.
- § C2-6 Moderator.
- § C2-7 Division of Town into precincts.
- § C2-8 Rights of nonmembers.
- § C2-9 Compulsory attendance.
- § C2-10 Attendance of Town Meeting members.
- § C2-11 Vacancy.
- § C2-12 Town Meeting governmental bodies.
- § C2-13 Town Clerk.
- § C2-14 Watcher of the Warrant.
- § C2-15 Finance Committee.
- Ch C Art III The Select Board
- § C3-1 Composition and terms.
- § C3-2 General powers.
- § C3-3 Policy leadership.
- § C3-4 (Reserved)
- § C3-5 Powers of investigation.
- § C3-6 Powers of appointment.
- § C3-7 Specific powers, administrative duties and responsibilities.
- § C3-8 Prohibitions.
- Ch C Art IV Other Elected Town Boards and Officers
- § C4-1 General provisions.
- § C4-2 Moderator.
- § C4-3 Town Clerk.
- § C4-4 School Committee.
- § C4-5 Board of Library Trustees.
- § C4-6 Planning Board.
- § C4-7 Housing Authority.
- Ch C Art V The Town Manager
- § C5-1 Appointment.
- § C5-2 Qualifications.
- § C5-3 Powers and duties.
- § C5-4 Responsibility for appointments.
- § C5-5 Responsibilities in personnel administration.
- § C5-6 Administrative organization.
- § C5-7 Responsibilities for administrative reorganization.
- § C5-8 Responsibilities for disbursements.
- § C5-9 Evaluation.
- § C5-10 Removal.
- § C5-11 Resignation.
- § C5-12 Filling vacancy.
- § C5-13 Acting or Interim Town Manager.
- Ch C Art VI Citizen Participation: Elections and Recall
- § C6-1 Initiative.
- § C6-2 (Reserved)
- § C6-3 (Reserved)
- § C6-4 Town elections.
- § C6-5 Town elections to be nonpartisan.
- § C6-6 Eligibility of Town voters.
- § C6-7 Ballot position.
- § C6-8 Time of taking office.
- § C6-9 Referendum.
- § C6-10 Recall of elective officeholders.
- Ch C Art VII Appointed Town Governmental Bodies
- § C7-1 Appointing Authority: General.
- § C7-2 General provisions.
- § C7-3 (Reserved)
- § C7-4 Appointive authority; term.
- § C7-5 Board of Assessors.
- § C7-6 Conservation Commission.
- § C7-7 Board of Health.
- § C7-8 Council on Aging.
- § C7-9 (Reserved)
- § C7-10 (Reserved)
- § C7-11 (Reserved)
- § C7-12 (Reserved)
- § C7-13 (Reserved)
- § C7-14 Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § C7-15 Falmouth Historical Commission.
- § C7-16 Community Preservation Committee.
- § C7-17 Economic Development and Industrial Corporation.
- Ch C Art VIII Financial Provisions and Procedures
- § C8-1 Financial planning.
- § C8-2 (Reserved)
- § C8-3 Submission of budget and budget message.
- § C8-4 Action on proposed budget.
- § C8-5 Budget adoption.
- § C8-6 Capital Improvements Plan.
- § C8-7 Notice of public hearing on Capital Improvements Plan.
- § C8-8 Collections.
- § C8-9 Lapse of appropriations.
- § C8-10 Public records.
- Ch C Art IX General and Transitional Provisions
- § C9-1 Enforcement.
- § C9-2 Continuation of existing laws.
- § C9-3 Continuation of government.
- § C9-4 Continuation of personnel.
- § C9-5 Transfer of records and property.
- § C9-6 Board of Assessors.
- § C9-7 Board of Health.
- § C9-8 Governmental bodies made appointive.
- § C9-9 Revision of bylaws.
- § C9-10 Charter amendment.
- § C9-11 Board discontinued.
- § C9-12 (Reserved)
- § C9-13 Review of Charter.
- The Code
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Assessors
- Ch 13 Auditing
- Ch 21 Boards
- Ch 25 Cemeteries
- Ch 27 Code Book
- Ch 29 Committees and Commissions
- Ch 35 Elections
- Ch 36 Falmouth Historic District
- Ch 38 Finance, Department of
- Ch 42 Housing Authority
- Ch 49 Meetings, Town
- Ch 53 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Personnel
- Ch 60 Security Posted in Connection With Licenses, Permits and Approvals
- Ch 65 Selectmen, Board of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Alarm Systems
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 83 Animals
- Ch 87 Beaches
- Ch 91 Boats and Boating
- Ch 95 Building Construction
- Ch 99 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 103 Camping and Tenting
- Ch 105 Collection Containers
- Ch 107 Demolition
- Ch 110 Disaster and Emergency Management
- Ch 119 Fees
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 135 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 136 Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Collectors
- Ch 137 Revolving Funds
- Ch 140 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 144 Loitering
- Ch 150 Noise
- Ch 156 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 160 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 164 Property, Damage to
- Ch 168 Public Records, Access to
- Ch 172 Rental Property
- Ch 174 Right to Farm
- Ch 176 Sales, Special
- Ch 178 Scenic Roads
- Ch 180 Sewers and Septic Systems
- Ch 184 Signs
- Ch 191 Solid Waste
- Ch 195 Smoking
- Ch 199 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 201 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 203 Swimming Pools
- Ch 207 Town Property, Use of
- Ch 208 Trailers
- Ch 213 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 219 Vending Machines
- Ch 223 Water
- Ch 227 Watershed Protection
- Ch 231 Waterways
- Ch 235 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 237 Nitrogen Control
- Ch 240 Zoning
- Division 2: Board of Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 248 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 251 EEO/Affirmative Action
- Ch 255 Ambulance Service
- Ch 268 Mobile Food Servers
- Ch 269 Mooring Regulations
- Ch 275 Shellfish and Herring
- Ch 277 Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations
- Ch 280 Vehicles for Hire
- Division 3: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 300 Special Permits and Site Plan Reviews
- Ch 305 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 310 Zoning Board of Appeals Procedural Rules
- Ch 311 Zoning Board of Appeals Comprehensive Permit Rules
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch FHR Falmouth Health Regulations
- Ch FPWR Falmouth Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch FWR Wetlands Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch A320 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by a majority of the votes cast on Question
No. 3 at the 1990 Annual Town Election held 5-15-1990, effective 1-1-1991; ATM 4-3-1991; Art. 60, approved
ATE 5-19-1992, Question No. 4; AFTM 11-17-1992, Arts. 17, 18, 19, 20; approved ATE 5-18-1993, Questions 1 through 4; AFTM 11-17-1997, Arts. 84
through 91, approved ATE 5-19-1998, Questions 4 through 11; ATM 4-5-2006, Arts. 46 through 52, 54, 56,
and 58, approved ATE 5-15-2007, Questions 4 through 13; AFTM 11-13-2012, Arts. 8 through 22, approved ATE 5-21-2013, Questions 3 through 17; AFTM 11-12-2019, Arts. 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, approved ATE 5-19-2020, Questions 3, 4, 6 through
12; AFTM 11-14-2019, Art. 26,
approved ATE 5-19-2020, Question
5; ATM 1-25-2021, Arts. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
approved ATE 5-18-2021, Questions 2 through 6; AFTM 11-15-2021, Arts. 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, approved ATE 5-17-2022, Questions 4 through 8]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Administrative legislation — See Part I of Division
1 of the Code.
HOME RULE CHARTER
Preamble
We, the people of the Town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, in order
to reaffirm the customary and traditional liberties of the people
with respect to the conduct of our local government and to take the
fullest advantages inherent in the home rule amendments of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth, do hereby adopt the following Home Rule Charter
for this Town.
