Town of Franklin, MA
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2023-01-09
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Division 1: Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article SEVEN GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Division 1: Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art SEVEN GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § C-SEVEN-1 Charter amendment
- § C-SEVEN-2 Specific provisions to prevail
- § C-SEVEN-3 Severability of Charter
- § C-SEVEN-4 Town boards, commissions and committees
- § C-SEVEN-5 Counting of days
- § C-SEVEN-6 Phasing of terms
- Division 2: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 8 Aging, Council on
- Ch 16 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 18 Cultural District Committee
- Ch 25 Human Resource Management
- Ch 33 (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Town Properties
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 43 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 47 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 48 (Reserved)
- Ch 52 Amusement Devices
- Ch 56 Bazaars
- Ch 63 Buildings
- Ch 65 Collection Containers
- Ch 71 Demolition Delay
- Ch 73 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 75 Dogs
- Ch 82 Fees, Municipal Service
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 84 Fire Alarms
- Ch 85 Smoke Detectors, Installation of
- Ch 86 Fire Lanes
- Ch 91 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 104 Junk, Accumulation of
- Ch 105 Junk, Secondhand Goods, and Antique Dealers
- Ch 108 Library Board of Directors
- Ch 110 Licenses
- Ch 121 Pawnbroking
- Ch 125 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 128 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 130 Property Owner Public Safety Notification
- Ch 131 Public Way Access Permits
- Ch 132 Plastic Checkout Bags
- Ch 135 Poles and Wires
- Ch 139 Sewers
- Ch 143 (Reserved)
- Ch 147 (Reserved)
- Ch 151 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 153 Stormwater Management
- Ch 155 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 160 Taxpayers, Delinquent
- Ch 165 Transient Vendors
- Ch 168 Vacant Properties
- Ch 170 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 174 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 179 Water
- Ch 181 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 185 Zoning
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 193 Animals
- Ch 196 Bare Feet
- Ch 198 Biotechnology Regulations
- Ch 200 Blasting and Sanding, Abrasive
- Ch 202 Body Art
- Ch 205 Building Material Disposal
- Ch 207 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 209 Burying
- Ch 214 Dispensing Containers
- Ch 218 Dumpsters
- Ch 222 Floor Drains
- Ch 226 Food-Service Establishments
- Ch 230 Hazardous Materials Enclosures
- Ch 232 Infectious Waste Transport
- Ch 235 Laundromats
- Ch 238 Manicurist Establishments
- Ch 240 Massage Therapy/Facility
- Ch 244 Mobile Food Units
- Ch 246 Motor Oil Sellers
- Ch 250 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 254 Smoking
- Ch 255 Solid Waste Collection
- Ch 258 Stables
- Ch 260 Tanning Facilities
- Ch 261 Tobacco Products
- Ch 262 Tobacco Products and Smoking
- Ch 263 Water
- Ch 264 Violations and Penalties
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Rules and Regulations
- Ch 271 Conservation Commission Bylaws
- Ch 273 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 305 Taxis
- Appendix
- Ch A310 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
7-1-1
This Charter may be replaced, revised or amended in accordance with
the provisions of the Constitution of the Commonwealth and general
law.
7-2-1
To the extent that any specific provision of this Charter shall conflict
with any general provision thereof, the specific provision shall prevail.
7-3-1
The provisions of this Charter are severable. If any provision of
this Charter is held invalid, the remaining Charter provisions shall
not be affected thereby. If the application of the Charter or any
of its provisions to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
application of this Charter and its provisions to other persons and
circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
7-4-1
All boards, commissions and committees of the Town shall organize
annually and elect a Chairman and other necessary officers, establish
a majority quorum requirement for meetings, adopt rules of procedure
and voting and maintain minutes of its proceedings, copies of which
shall be a public record signed by the Clerk of each board and filed
regularly with the Town Clerk. All such boards shall conduct their
meetings in accordance with the open meeting provisions of general
law.
[Amended by Ch. 331, Acts of 2010, approved at referendum 11-2-2010]
7-5-1
In counting days under this Charter, every calendar day shall be
counted, including Sundays and all holidays.
7-6-1
Elections and appointments to boards, commissions and committees
consisting of more than one (1) member and terms of office greater
than one (1) year shall be made so that terms overlap. Terms of an
equal, or as nearly equal as may be, number of board, commission or
committee members shall expire each year.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 7, Suspensions and removals,
which immediately followed and was comprised of Sections 7-7-1 through
7-7-5, was repealed by Ch. 331, Acts of 2010, approved at referendum
11-2-2010.
