Town of Ashland, MA
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2023-05-09
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Division 1: The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
- Act of Incorporation
- Ch Act Act of Incorporation
- Division 1: The Charter
- Ch CI Introduction
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Pt 1 Incorporation and Authority
- § C-1-1 Incorporation Continued.
- § C-1-2 Short Title.
- § C-1-3 Division of Powers.
- § C-1-4 Powers of the Town.
- § C-1-5 Interpretation of Powers.
- § C-1-6 Intergovernmental Relations.
- Ch C Pt 2 Legislative Branch
- § C-2-1 Open Town Meeting.
- § C-2-2 Presiding Officer.
- § C-2-3 Annual Town Meeting.
- § C-2-4 Special Town Meetings.
- § C-2-5 Clerk of the Meeting.
- Ch C Pt 3 Elected Town Officers
- § C-3-1 Elected Town Officers, in General.
- § C-3-2 Select Board.
- § C-3-3 School Committee.
- § C-3-4 Town Moderator.
- § C-3-5 Board of Health.
- § C-3-6 Board of Assessors.
- § C-3-7 Planning Board.
- § C-3-8 Board of Library Trustees.
- § C-3-9 Housing Authority.
- § C-3-10 Holding Multiple Offices.
- Ch C Pt 4 Recall of Elected Officers
- § C-4-1 Application.
- § C-4-2 Recall Affidavit and Petition.
- § C-4-3 Recall Election.
- § C-4-4 Office Holder and Vacancy.
- § C-4-5 Ballot Proposition.
- § C-4-6 Repeat of Recall.
- § C-4-7 Office Holder Recalled.
- Ch C Pt 5 Town Manager
- § C-5-1 Appointment; Qualifications; Term of Office.
- § C-5-2 Vacancy in Office.
- § C-5-3 Temporary Absence.
- § C-5-4 Compensation.
- § C-5-5 Powers of Appointment.
- § C-5-6 Administrative Powers and Duties.
- § C-5-7 Removal of Town Manager.
- Ch C Pt 6 Administrative Organization
- § C-6-1 Organization of Town Departments.
- Ch C Pt 7 Financial Provisions
- § C-7-1 Budget Process.
- § C-7-2 Finance Committee Action.
- § C-7-3 Capital Improvements Program.
- § C-7-4 Approval of Warrants for Payments.
- § C-7-5 Financial Reporting.
- Ch C Pt 8 Appointments and Vacancies
- § C-8-1 Appointments.
- § C-8-2 Resignations and Removals.
- § C-8-3 Loss of Office, Excessive Absenteeism.
- § C-8-4 Filling Vacancies.
- § C-8-5 Failure to Fill Vacancies.
- Ch C Pt 9 General Provisions
- § C-9-1 Charter Revision or Amendment.
- § C-9-2 Periodic Charter Review.
- § C-9-3 Severability.
- § C-9-4 Rules of Interpretation.
- § C-9-5 Definitions.
- § C-9-6 Continuation of Existing Laws.
- § C-9-7 Precedence of Charter.
- § C-9-8 Code of Conduct.
- Division 2: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Affordable Housing Trust
- Ch 4 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 11 Emergency Management
- Ch 15 Collective Bargaining
- Ch 23 Finance Committee
- Ch 24 Finance, Department of
- Ch 26 Finances
- Ch 29 Health, Board of
- Ch 31 Historical Commission
- Ch 35 Legal Affairs
- Ch 42 Capital Improvement Committee
- Ch 52 (Reserved)
- Ch 54 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 63 Town Meetings
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 77 Alarm Systems
- Ch 80 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 81 Marijuana
- Ch 84 Amusement Devices
- Ch 87 Animal Control
- Ch 94 Boats: Regulation of Motor Boats, Etc.
- Ch 98 Building Construction
- Ch 102 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 106 Businesses
- Ch 125 Demolition Delay Bylaw for Historically or Architecturally Significant Buildings
- Ch 126 Donation Collection Bins
- Ch 132 Electrical Standards
- Ch 137 Explosives
- Ch 141 Fees
- Ch 145 Firearms
- Ch 148 Fire Lanes
- Ch 150 Fire Prevention
- Ch 153 Forest
- Ch 157 Gas
- Ch 164 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 178 Licensing
- Ch 181 Loitering
- Ch 183 Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 187 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption of
- Ch 204 Nuisance Noise
- Ch 215 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 218 Plumbing
- Ch 227 Retail Establishments
- Ch 230 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 235 Sewer Betterment Assessment
- Ch 242 Soil Removal
- Ch 245 Solid Waste
- Ch 247 Stormwater Management and Illicit Discharges and Connections
- Ch 249 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 252 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 256 Taxation
- Ch 260 Trapping
- Ch 265 Vehicles, Abandoned, Junked and Unregistered
- Ch 270 Water Use Restrictions
- Ch 280 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 281 Wild Mammals, Feeding or Baiting of
- Ch 281A (Reserved)
- Ch 281B Youth Athletic Activities
- Ch 282 Zoning
- Division 3: Select Board Regulations
- Ch 286 Regulation of Multi-Channel Service Providers
- Ch 293 Vehicles and Traffic
- Division 4: Board of Health
- Ch 295 Body Art
- Ch 296 Food Managers Certification
- Ch 297 Massage
- Ch 300 Septic Systems and Wells
- Ch 303 Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 304 Smoking
- Ch 305 Tobacco and Nicotine Delivery Product Sales
- Ch 306 Tobacco Sales Regulations
- Ch 307 Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Ch 312 Water Supplies, Private and Semipublic
- Ch 315 Fats, Oils and Grease
- Ch 316 Groundwater Use Restriction
- Division 5: Department of Public Works
- Ch 318 Cemeteries
- Ch 322 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 326 Sewers
- Ch 330 Street Excavations
- Ch 334 Water
- Ch 338 Sanitation
- Division 6: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 339 Forest
- Ch 339A Planning Department and Zoning Board of Appeals Fees
- Ch 340 (Reserved)
- Ch 343 Stormwater Management
- Ch 344 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 348 Wetlands Protection Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A351 Acceptance of General Laws and Special Acts
- Ch A352 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted 1-9-2019 as Ch. 409, Acts of 2018.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Finance Committee — See Ch. 23.
Legal affairs — See Ch. 35.
Department of Public Works — See Ch. 54.
Town Meetings — See Ch. 63.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Chapter 409 of the Acts of 2018 also
repealed the former Charter, adopted 12-18-2008 as Ch. 405, Acts of
2008.
