[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Springfield
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 10 Assessors
- Ch 16 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 23 Deeds, Leases and Mortgages
- Ch 25 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 27 Departments
- Ch 27 Art I Department of Law
- ยงย 27-1 Authority.
- ยงย 27-2 Head of Department; appointment.
- ยงย 27-3 Qualifications of Solicitor.
- ยงย 27-4 Duties as to legal instruments.
- ยงย 27-5 Prosecution and defense of actions and suits.
- ยงย 27-6 Appearance of Solicitor before Legislature; legal opinions; other duties.
- ยงย 27-7 Annual report; certifying correctness of bills.
- ยงย 27-8 Docket, records and copies of opinions.
- ยงย 27-9 Approval of contracts.
- ยงย 27-10 Employment of special counsel, stenographer and experts.
- ยงย 27-11 Solicitor's traveling expenses.
- ยงย 27-12 Disposition of costs received.
- ยงย 27-13 Deputy City Solicitor; Associate City Solicitors; Labor Relations Director.
- ยงย 27-14 Assistant City Solicitors.
- Ch 27 Art II Department of Municipal Information Systems
- ยงย 27-15 Establishment.
- ยงย 27-16 Management and operation.
- ยงย 27-17 Data processing center.
- Ch 27 Art III Department of Elder Affairs
- ยงย 27-18 Establishment.
- ยงย 27-19 Powers and duties.
- ยงย 27-20 Supervision and control.
- ยงย 27-21 Grants manager.
- Ch 27 Art IV Police Department
- ยงย 27-22 Composition.
- ยงย 27-23 Rank and grade of members.
- ยงย 27-24 Number of Captains, Lieutenants and Sergeants.
- ยงย 27-25 Days of work for policemen.
- ยงย 27-26 Authority of Police Superintendent.
- ยงย 27-27 Preferring and investigating charges against members.
- ยงย 27-28 Penalizing members and employees.
- ยงย 27-29 Approval and certification of payrolls.
- ยงย 27-30 Order of precedence of members.
- ยงย 27-31 Bond of Chief and Deputies.
- ยงย 27-32 Appointment of employees.
- ยงย 27-33 Indemnification of police officers for damages.
- ยงย 27-34 Superintendent of Police Signal System.
- ยงย 27-35 Police training school not affected.
- ยงย 27-36 Enforcement of ordinances.
- ยงย 27-37 Training school.
- ยงย 27-38 Injury, illness and disability of members.
- Ch 27 Art V Department of Code Enforcement
- ยงย 27-39 Establishment; head of Department.
- ยงย 27-40 Commissioner of Code Enforcement.
- ยงย 27-41 Assistant Commissioner of Code Enforcement.
- ยงย 27-42 Housing Code Deputy Director; inspection of rental dwellings.
- ยงย 27-43 Sealer of Weights and Measures.
- ยงย 27-44 Supervision; permits and records.
- ยงย 27-45 Employees.
- ยงย 27-46 Restrictions on employees.
- ยงย 27-47 Housing Code restrictions on employees.
- Ch 27 Art VI Human Services Department
- ยงย 27-48 Establishment.
- ยงย 27-49 Human Services Director.
- ยงย 27-50 Powers and duties.
- ยงย 27-51 Human Services Board.
- Ch 27 Art VII Veterans Services Department
- ยงย 27-52 Establishment; powers and duties.
- ยงย 27-53 Director of Veterans' Services.
- ยงย 27-54 Salary of Director; office.
- ยงย 27-55 Vacancy in office of Director.
- ยงย 27-56 Clerk and assistant.
- ยงย 27-57 Supervisor of Graves.
- Ch 27 Art VIII Department of Public Works
- ยงย 27-58 Divisions and persons in charge thereof.
- ยงย 27-59 Director.
- ยงย 27-60 Authority of Traffic Engineer and Bureau of Traffic Engineering transferred to Director of Public Works.
- ยงย 27-61 Qualifications of Traffic Engineer.
- ยงย 27-62 Field assistants; materials and implements.
- ยงย 27-63 Notice of encroachments.
- ยงย 27-64 Account of expenditures; annual report.
- Ch 27 Art IX Department of Facilities Management
- ยงย 27-65 Divisions and persons in charge thereof.
- ยงย 27-66 Director.
- Ch 27 Art X Library Department and Board of Library Commissioners
- ยงย 27-67 Purpose.
- ยงย 27-68 Establishment; composition; appointment, term and number of Board members.
- ยงย 27-69 Qualifications for members.
- ยงย 27-70 Governing rules; Chairperson.
- ยงย 27-71 Management and control of library system.
- ยงย 27-72 Acquisition of property for libraries.
- ยงย 27-73 Annual report.
- ยงย 27-74 Composition of Department.
- ยงย 27-75 Seniority and tenure of employees transferring from Springfield Library and Museum Association.
- ยงย 27-76 Annual City appropriations; contracts for library services.
- Ch 27 Art XI Fire Department
- ยงย 27-77 Composition.
- ยงย 27-78 Appointment of members.
- ยงย 27-79 Qualifications of members.
- ยงย 27-80 Composition of companies; duties of officers.
- ยงย 27-81 Pay for working out of grade.
- ยงย 27-82 Duties of Fire Commissioner.
- ยงย 27-83 Officers to act during absence or disability of Fire Commissioner.
- ยงย 27-84 Captains and Lieutenants.
- ยงย 27-85 Records of members; new members.
- ยงย 27-86 Injury in performance of duty.
- ยงย 27-87 Injury not in performance of duty.
- ยงย 27-88 Disregarding failure to give notice of injury.
- ยงย 27-89 Suspension of officers and members.
- ยงย 27-90 Supervisor of the Fire Alarm.
- ยงย 27-91 Supervisor of Repairs.
- ยงย 27-92 Pensions and annuities.
- ยงย 27-93 Reimbursing members for damage to clothing.
- ยงย 27-94 Telephones in homes of officers and members.
- ยงย 27-95 Removing apparatus from City.
- ยงย 27-96 Exclusion of persons from streets designated for use of Department.
- ยงย 27-97 Tampering with fire alarm apparatus.
- ยงย 27-98 Obstructing fire hydrants.
- ยงย 27-99 Vehicles obstructing private ways furnishing access for fire apparatus.
- Ch 27 Art XII Labor Relations Department
- ยงย 27-100 Establishment; purpose.
- ยงย 27-101 Director of Labor Relations; appointment and removal, duties and oath.
- ยงย 27-102 Composition.
- ยงย 27-103 Powers and duties; violations and penalties.
- Ch 27 Art XIII Dispatch Department
- ยงย 27-104 Establishment.
- ยงย 27-105 Function.
- ยงย 27-106 Dispatch Director; Dispatch Advisory Committee.
- ยงย 27-107 Personnel.
- ยงย 27-108 Licenses.
- ยงย 27-109 Conflict with state law or authority of other officials.
- ยงย 27-110 Rules and regulations.
- ยงย 27-110.1 Language access.
- Ch 27 Art XIV CitiStat Department
- ยงย 27-111 Establishment.
- ยงย 27-112 Director.
- ยงย 27-113 Composition.
- ยงย 27-114 Powers and duties; cooperation of other departments required.
- ยงย 27-115 CitiStat Review Team.
- Ch 27 Art XV Department of Administration and Finance
- ยงย 27-116 Establishment; responsibilities.
- ยงย 27-117 Responsibilities and duties.
- ยงย 27-118 Financial information.
- ยงย 27-119 Appointment, term, qualifications and requirements of CAFO.
- ยงย 27-120 Selection of CAFO.
- ยงย 27-121 Powers and duties of CAFO; violations and penalties.
- ยงย 27-122 Requests for information from School Department.
- ยงย 27-123 Composition; appropriations; cooperation of other departments required.
- ยงย 27-124 Consolidation of financial activities.
- ยงย 27-125 Stabilization funds.
- ยงย 27-126 Expenditures in excess of appropriations; personal liability.
- Ch 32 Elections
- Ch 34 Emergency Services
- Ch 38 Ethics
- Ch 42 Finances
- Ch 49 Historic Districts
- Ch 61 Mayor and Council; School Committee
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 73 Personnel
- Ch 78 Planning
- Ch 82 Purchasing and Contracts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Alarms
- Ch 105 Amusements
- Ch 110 Animals
- Ch 115 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 118 Awnings, Canopies and Signs
- Ch 123 Biomedical Research
- Ch 131 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 140 Building Construction
- Ch 143 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 149 Buses
- Ch 154 Community Gardens
- Ch 157 Curfew
- Ch 165 Drugs and Drug Products
- Ch 172 Excavations
- Ch 173 Facial Recognition Surveillance Technology
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 178 Fire Prevention
- Ch 182 Foreclosures
- Ch 184 Fortunetellers
- Ch 190 Gang Activity
- Ch 201 Graffiti
- Ch 208 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 213 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 218 Historic Preservation
- Ch 229 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 235 Lodging and Rooming Houses
- Ch 238 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 240 Loitering
- Ch 245 Marijuana
- Ch 247 Massage Businesses
- Ch 248 Military Leave
- Ch 259 Noise
- Ch 265 Parking, Valet
- Ch 270 Pawnbrokers and Junk Dealers
- Ch 275 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 279 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 282 Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 285 Property Maintenance
- Ch 300 Sewers
- Ch 304 Sex Offenders
- Ch 311 Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 316 Smoking
- Ch 322 Snow and Ice
- Ch 327 Solid Waste
- Ch 334 Storm Drains
- Ch 336 Stormwater Management
- Ch 338 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 347 Swimming Pools
- Ch 351 Tag/Garage Sales
- Ch 355 Taxation
- Ch 362 Tobacco Products
- Ch 368 Tree Protection
- Ch 379 Vehicles, Abandoned and Unregistered
- Ch 385 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 390 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 401 Waste Hauling Services
- Ch 405 Water
- Ch 412 Weapons and Explosives
- Ch 417 Wetlands
- Appendix
- Ch A450 Special Acts and Resolves
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
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