City of Norwalk, CT
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2023-05-23
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Ordinances
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Chapter 9 Administration
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Article III Council
- Charter and Special Acts
- Ch 1 Charter and Related Laws
- Ch 5 Special Acts
- Ordinances
- Ch 7 General Provisions
- Ch 8 Adoption of Code
- Ch 9 Administration
- Ch 9 Art III Council
- § 9-7 Meetings.
- § 9-8 Time of meetings.
- § 9-8.1 Powers of investigation and authority to compel attendance of witnesses.
- Ch 10 Adult Use, Licensing
- Ch 11 Air Pollution
- Ch 11A Alarm Systems
- Ch 12 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 14 Amusements
- Ch 15 Animals and Fowl
- Ch 17 Aquifer Protection Agency
- Ch 17A Arts and Culture Commission
- Ch 18 Auctions
- Ch 18A Body Care and Body Art Facilities
- Ch 18B Tanning Facilities
- Ch 19 Bidding and Purchasing
- Ch 20 Bike/Walk Advisory Commission
- Ch 21 Billboards and Signs
- Ch 26 Building Code
- Ch 27 Buildings and Facilities, City
- Ch 29 Cannabis
- Ch 30 Capital Projects Program
- Ch 30A Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 30B Chief of Staff
- Ch 31 Civil Preparedness
- Ch 32 Code of Ethics
- Ch 33 Community Services Department
- Ch 34 Contractors
- Ch 35 Conservation Commission
- Ch 35A Department of Code Enforcement
- Ch 35B Economic and Community Development
- Ch 36 Enterprise Zone
- Ch 37 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 38 Explosives
- Ch 39 Fair Rent
- Ch 40 Fire-Alarm Systems: Institutions
- Ch 41 Fire Department
- Ch 42 Fire Lanes
- Ch 42A Fire Prevention
- Ch 43 Floods and Erosion Control Board
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 45 Food and Food Establishments
- Ch 47 Fuel-Oil Heating
- Ch 50 Gas and Oil Exploration
- Ch 53 Going-Out-Of-Business Sales
- Ch 54 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 Demolition Delay
- Ch 56 Historic District
- Ch 57 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 57A Historical Commission
- Ch 57B Home Health Care Agency
- Ch 57C Water Emergency
- Ch 58 Housing, Tax Abatement
- Ch 58A Blight Prevention
- Ch 59 Housing Code
- Ch 59A Housing: Equal Opportunity
- Ch 59B Housing Site Development Agency
- Ch 59C Housing Partnership
- Ch 59D Urban Rehabilitation Homeownership Program Tax Deferral
- Ch 60 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 60A Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 61 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 62 Living Wage
- Ch 62A Landlord Identification
- Ch 63 Law Department
- Ch 64 Loitering for Solicitation
- Ch 65 Massage Establishments and Therapists
- Ch 66 Milk
- Ch 66A Mooring and Anchoring
- Ch 67 Motor Vehicle Junkyard Operations
- Ch 67A Municipal Liability
- Ch 68 Noise
- Ch 69 Norwalk Harbor
- Ch 70 Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Authority
- Ch 70A Nudity, Public
- Ch 71 Nuisances
- Ch 72 Numbering of Buildings and Trailers
- Ch 72A Panhandling and Loitering
- Ch 73 Park Authorities
- Ch 73A Parking Authority
- Ch 73B Parking Violations and Citations
- Ch 74 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 77 Peddlers, Street Vendors and Solicitors
- Ch 77A Pesticides
- Ch 78 Phased Increased Assessment
- Ch 79 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Pocket Bikes and Motorized Scooters
- Ch 83 Poles, Conduits, Wires and Fixtures
- Ch 84 Retirement Benefits
- Ch 85 Police Department: Cadet Corps
- Ch 85A Procurement Guidelines
- Ch 86 Public Lighting
- Ch 87 Public Library Board
- Ch 88 Public Gatherings and Special Events
- Ch 88A Public Safety Board
- Ch 89 Council of Governments
- Ch 89A Regional Council of Elected Officials
- Ch 90 Operations and Public Works, Department of
- Ch 91 Sewers, Public
- Ch 92 Septage Disposal
- Ch 93 Stormwater, Illicit Discharges and Connections
- Ch 94 Solid Waste Collection & Disposal; Transfer Station & Yard Waste Site
- Ch 95 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 95A Littering and Illegal Dumping
- Ch 96 Excavations and Encroachments in Public Streets and Grounds
- Ch 97 Excavating and Filling of Land
- Ch 98 Vehicle and Traffic
- Ch 99 Snow Emergencies
- Ch 100 Special Services Districts
- Ch 101 Scenic Roads
- Ch 102 Swimming Pools
- Ch 103 Taxation
- Ch 104 Tenements: Abatement of Nuisances
- Ch 105 Tenement Houses: Registration
- Ch 106 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 Town Clerk, Compensation of
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 111 (Reserved)
- Ch 112 Trees
- Ch 113 Water Pollution Control Authority
- Ch 114 Water Use for Tree Spraying
- Ch 115 Women, Commission on Status of
- Ch 116 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 117 Zoning Enforcement
- Ch 118 Zoning
- Appendix
- Part I
- Ch 125 Land Subdivision Regulations
- Part II
- Ch 126 Pension Plan
- Part III
- Ch 127 Sewer Assessments
- Part IV
- Ch 128 Veteran's Memorial Park
- Part V
- Ch 129 Voting Hours
- Part VI
- Ch 130 Welfare Benefits
- Part VII
- Ch 131 Salaries
- Part VIII
- Ch 132 Food Service Employees Pension Plan
- Part IX
- Ch 133 Executive Orders
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 6-27-1969; 5-12-1987]
Public hearings and meetings of the Council and all committees
thereof and public hearings and meetings of any and all agencies,
boards, authorities and commissions of the City established in the
Charter of the City or that receive their power by or are established
through the adoption, appointment or confirmation of the Mayor or
Council shall be held in buildings that are accessible to and usable
by the handicapped.
Regular meetings of the Council shall be held on the second
Tuesday of every month at 8:00 p.m., and the Council shall meet at
such other times to which it may adjourn.
[Added 5-10-1977]
A.
The presiding officer of the Common Council and the Chairperson of
committees of the Common Council shall have the power to compel the
attendance and testimony of witnesses before the Council and the respective
committees over which they preside by the issuance of subpoenas and
the administration of oaths or affirmations, in the manner and according
to the rules governing the same in courts of justice.
B.
When it shall be necessary to secure the attendance or testimony
of witnesses before the Council, such presiding officer shall have
the right to apply to the Court of Common Pleas or to the Superior
Court for an order compelling any witness so summoned before it to
testify.
C.
In the event that a committee of the Common Council wishes to secure
the attendance and/or testimony of a witness, said committee Chairperson
shall state its request to the Council as a whole, outlining which
witness it wishes to call or the material to be subpoenaed. A majority
vote of the Council is needed to grant the committee's request.
Upon approval of the committee's request by the Council, the
Chairperson of said committee shall apply to the Court of Common Pleas
or to the Superior Court as outlined above.
D.
Any person who refuses to obey the subpoena of the Council, or committee
thereof, shall be fined not more than $200 or be imprisoned not more
than 30 days, or both.
