City of Meriden, CT
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2023-09-18
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The Code
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 3 Administration of Government
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Article III Law Department
- The Charter
- Ch C The Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 3 Art III Law Department
- § 3-4 Department established.
- § 3-5 Powers and duties.
- Ch 6 Boards, Commissions and Appointed Positions
- Ch 13 Claims Procedure
- Ch 19 Economic Development
- Ch 21 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 23 Finances
- Ch 25 Funds
- Ch 35 Pensions
- Ch 38 Personnel Classification and Compensation System
- Ch 41 Property Acquisition and Disposal
- Ch 43 Regional Planning Agency
- Ch 46 Transit District
- Ch 52 Voting Districts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 58 Air Pollution
- Ch 60 Alarms
- Ch 61 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 62 Ambulances
- Ch 65 Animals
- Ch 70 Barbershops, Hairdressing and Cosmetology Shops
- Ch 73 Bicycles
- Ch 75 Boating
- Ch 77 Building Construction
- Ch 86 Citation Process
- Ch 87 Civil Preparedness and Emergency Management
- Ch 91 Curfew
- Ch 99 Entertainment
- Ch 101 Equal Opportunities
- Ch 105 Fees
- Ch 107 Fire Prevention
- Ch 109 Flag Plaza
- Ch 110 Floodplain Management
- Ch 112 Food and Food Service Establishments
- Ch 120 Hazardous Waste
- Ch 122 Housing Discrimination
- Ch 125 Housing Standards
- Ch 129 Jewelry Auctions
- Ch 130 Laser Pointing Devices
- Ch 131 Living Wage
- Ch 133 Massage Establishments
- Ch 136 Meat
- Ch 139 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 141 Noise
- Ch 144 Nuisances, Health
- Ch 146 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 150 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 151 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 153 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 156 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 158 Police Alarms
- Ch 159 Property Maintenance
- Ch 165 Sales, Special
- Ch 170 Sewers
- Ch 174 Signs and Posters
- Ch 175 Silly String
- Ch 176 Solid Waste, Recycling and Littering
- Ch 177 Spray Paint and Markers
- Ch 180 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 185 Swimming Pools
- Ch 187 Taxation
- Ch 191 Tow Trucks and Towing
- Ch 194 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 196 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 198 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 199 Vehicles, Motorized Recreational
- Ch 200 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 207 Water
- Ch 213 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
In accordance with the Charter, there shall
be a Law Department, the head of which shall be the Corporation Counsel,
who shall be appointed biennially at the first Council meeting in
December, commencing with December 1979. The Corporation Counsel shall
have the power to appoint such number of assistants as shall be authorized
by Council.
In addition to such powers and duties as it
may be assigned by statute, the Charter, this chapter or other legislation,
the Law Department shall be responsible for the following:
A.
It may accept a release from a claimant who has given
legal notice to the City of his pending claim for compensation for
damage to his person or his property for a consideration to be paid
by the City not to exceed the sum of $3,000. Whenever the Corporation
Counsel recommends to the appropriate committee of Council the payment
of a sum in excess of $3,000 by the City in consideration for a release
to be given by a claimant who has filed notice of claim for injuries
to person or property against the City, the committee shall prepare
a written resolution recommending or denying such payment for presentation
to the Council in accordance with the usual practice of such committee
and the Council.
