Town of Manchester, MD
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2023-09-12
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art I Corporate Name; Terms; Privileges
- § C1-1 Corporate name.
- § C1-2 Construal of terms.
- § C1-3 General powers.
- Ch C Art II Corporate Limits
- § C2-1 Corporate limits and annexations.
- Ch C Art III The Council
- § C3-1 Number; selection; terms of office.
- § C3-2 Qualification of Council Members.
- § C3-3 Powers of Council.
- § C3-4 Salary.
- § C3-5 Meetings.
- § C3-6 Judge of election and qualification of its members.
- § C3-7 President and Vice President.
- § C3-8 Quorum.
- § C3-9 Vacancies.
- § C3-10 Ordinances; publication; effective date.
- § C3-11 Approval or disapproval of ordinances by Mayor.
- § C3-12 Request for Referendum on Ordinances.
- § C3-13 Filing of ordinances; availability for inspections.
- Ch C Art IV The Mayor
- § C4-1 Selection; term.
- § C4-2 Qualifications; removal.
- § C4-3 Salary.
- § C4-4 Powers and duties.
- Ch C Art V Registration, Nominations and Elections
- § C5-1 Qualification of Voters.
- § C5-2 Board of Supervisors of Elections.
- § C5-3 Removal of members of Board.
- § C5-4 Duties of Board of Supervisors.
- § C5-5 Notice of registration days and elections.
- § C5-6 Registration.
- § C5-7 Appeal from action of Board.
- § C5-8 Certificate of nomination, floor nomination, municipal meeting, certification of candidates.
- § C5-9 Conduct of elections.
- § C5-10 Special elections.
- § C5-11 Vote count.
- § C5-12 Preservation of ballots.
- § C5-13 Vacancies.
- § C5-14 Regulation and control by Council.
- § C5-15 Penalties.
- § C5-16 Tie Votes.
- § C5-17 Electioneering.
- § C5-18 Poll Watchers and Challenger.
- § C5-19 Voter Assistance.
- § C5-20 Political Campaign Signs.
- § C5-21 Media Area.
- Ch C Art VI Finance
- § C6-1 Director of Finance.
- § C6-2 Powers and duties of Director of Finance.
- § C6-3 Bond of Director of Finance.
- § C6-4 Fiscal year.
- § C6-5 Budget.
- § C6-6 Adoption of budget.
- § C6-7 Appropriations.
- § C6-8 Transfer of funds.
- § C6-9 Overexpenditures forbidden.
- § C6-10 Appropriations lapse.
- § C6-11 Checks.
- § C6-12 Taxable property.
- § C6-13 Budget authorizes levy.
- § C6-14 Notice of tax levy.
- § C6-15 When taxes are overdue.
- § C6-16 Tax sales.
- § C6-17 Fees.
- § C6-18 Audits.
- § C6-19 Tax anticipation borrowing.
- § C6-20 Payment of indebtedness.
- § C6-21 Prior bond issues.
- § C6-22 Purchases and contracts.
- Ch C Art VII Personnel
- § C7-1 Clerk to Council.
- § C7-2 Town Attorney.
- § C7-3 Authority to employ personnel.
- § C7-4 Merit system authorized.
- § C7-5 Unclassified and classified service.
- § C7-6 Prohibitions and penalties.
- § C7-7 Retirement system.
- § C7-8 Employee benefit programs.
- Ch C Art VIII Public Ways and Sidewalks
- § C8-1 Term defined.
- § C8-2 Control of public ways.
- § C8-3 Powers of Town as to public ways.
- Ch C Art IX Water and Sewers
- § C9-1 Powers of town.
- § C9-2 Placing structures in public ways.
- § C9-3 Obstructions.
- § C9-4 Entering on county public ways.
- § C9-5 Connections.
- § C9-6 Connection charges.
- § C9-7 Waste or improper use.
- § C9-8 Private systems.
- § C9-9 Extension beyond boundaries.
- § C9-10 Right of entry.
- § C9-11 Pollution of water supply.
- § C9-12 Contracts for water or sewers.
- § C9-13 Charges.
- Ch C Art X Special Assessments
- § C10-1 Power to levy.
- § C10-2 Procedure.
- Ch C Art XI Town Property
- § C11-1 Acquisition, possession and disposal.
- § C11-2 Condemnation.
- § C11-3 Town buildings.
- § C11-4 Protection of town property.
- Ch C Art XII General Provisions
- § C12-1 Oath of office.
- § C12-2 Prior rights and obligations.
- § C12-3 Misdemeanors.
- § C12-4 Effect of Charter on existing ordinances.
- § C12-5 Separability.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Floodplain Management
- Ch 7 County Legislation
- Ch 12 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 23 Infractions and Misdemeanors, Municipal
- Ch 34 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 60 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 65 Animals
- Ch 77 Curfew; Truancy
- Ch 81 Disorderly House Nuisances
- Ch 88 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 94 Gasoline Storage
- Ch 111 Littering
- Ch 118 Noise
- Ch 122 Nuisances
- Ch 130 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 135 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 139 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 142 Prohibited Substances
- Ch 147 Property Maintenance
- Ch 161 Rental Housing
- Ch 173 Sewers
- Ch 182 Snow and Ice
- Ch 188 Solid Waste
- Ch 196 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 200 Subdivision and Development of Land
- Ch 207 Taxation
- Ch 212 Trees
- Ch 220 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 226 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 233 Vehicles, Unlicensed; Private Sales
- Ch 241 Water
- Ch 250 Zoning
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Town of Manchester 11-12-1957 by Res. No. 1, 1957;
revised and renumbered 10-10-1972 by Res. No. 1-72; repealed and reenacted 2-8-2000 by Res. No.
4-2000. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
