City of Franklin, VA
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2023-09-25
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Charter
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Chapter CH Charter
- Adopting Ordinance
- Ch AO Adopting Ordinance
- Charter
- Ch CH Charter
- Ch CH Ch 1 Incorporation and Boundaries
- § CH-1.01 Incorporation.
- § CH-1.02 Boundaries.
- § CH-1.03 Form of government.
- Ch CH Ch 2 Powers
- § CH-2.01 General grant of powers.
- § CH-2.02 Powers enumerated by the General Statutes of Virginia.
- § CH-2.03 Additional powers.
- Ch CH Ch 3 City Council
- § CH-3.01 Composition; election and terms of members.
- § CH-3.02 Vacancies in office of councilman and office of mayor.
- § CH-3.03 Compensation of councilmen.
- § CH-3.04 Rules of procedure.
- § CH-3.05 Voting.
- § CH-3.06 Powers and duties of mayor and vice-mayor.
- § CH-3.07 Clerk to the council.
- § CH-3.08 Powers of city council.
- § CH-3.09 Limitations on power and disqualifications.
- § CH-3.10 Employees may not serve as council members.
- Ch CH Ch 4 The City Manager
- § CH-4.01 Appointment, tenure, compensation, and residence.
- § CH-4.02 Powers and duties.
- Ch CH Ch 5 Financial Administration
- § CH-5.01 Department of finance.
- § CH-5.02 General duties of director.
- § CH-5.03 Expenditures and accounting.
- § CH-5.04 Real estate assessments and reassessments.
- § CH-5.05 Disposition of moneys.
- § CH-5.06 Treasurer and commissioner of revenue; election; vacancies.
- § CH-5.07 Duties of commissioner of revenue.
- § CH-5.08 Duties of treasurer.
- § CH-5.09 Claims.
- § CH-5.10 Director and purchasing agent.
- § CH-5.11 Other duties of director.
- § CH-5.12 Fiscal year.
- § CH-5.13 Submission and adoption of budget.
- § CH-5.14 Borrowing powers.
- § CH-5.15 Purpose for which bonds or notes may be issued.
- § CH-5.16 Manner of issuing bonds and notes.
- Ch CH Ch 6 Department of Law
- § CH-6.01 Department of law; composition.
- § CH-6.02 City attorney.
- Ch CH Ch 7 Department of Public Safety
- § CH-7.01 Fire and police functions.
- Ch CH Ch 8 Department of Public Works
- § CH-8.01 Department of public works; composition.
- § CH-8.02 Functions.
- Ch CH Ch 9 Department of Public Utilities
- § CH-9.01 Department of public utilities; composition.
- § CH-9.02 Functions.
- Ch CH Ch 10 Department of Public Health
- § CH-10.01 Department of public health; composition.
- § CH-10.02 Functions.
- § CH-10.03 Director of public health.
- § CH-10.04 Board of health.
- § CH-10.05 Contractual services.
- Ch CH Ch 11 Department of Public Welfare
- § CH-11.01 Director; local board; superintendent; etc.
- Ch CH Ch 12 Schools
- § CH-12.01 School district.
- § CH-12.02 Number and qualifications of board.
- § CH-12.03 Appointment and terms of members of board.
- § CH-12.04 Compensation of members.
- § CH-12.05 Powers of board.
- Ch CH Ch 13 Administration of Justice
- § CH-13.01 Courts.
- Ch CH Ch 14 Constitutional Officers
- § CH-14.01 Constitutional officers and election thereof.
- § CH-14.02 Powers and duties of sheriff, attorney for commonwealth and clerk of circuit court.
- Ch CH Ch 15 City Sergeant
- § CH-15.01 Appointment and duties; powers; deputies; etc.
- Ch CH Ch 16 General Provisions
- § CH-16.01 Contractual relationships.
- § CH-16.02 Residence of employees.
- § CH-16.03 Present ordinances and rules and regulations continued in effect.
- § CH-16.04 Continuance of officials and officers.
- § CH-16.05 Continuance of internal organization of the city.
- § CH-16.06 Continuance of contracts.
- § CH-16.07 Partial invalidity.
- Code of Ordinances
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration
- Ch 3 Advertising
- Ch 4 Amusements
- Ch 5 Animals
- Ch 6 Buildings and Building Regulations
- Ch 7 Cemeteries
- Ch 7.5 Elections
- Ch 8 Electric Utility
- Ch 9 Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 10 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 11 Food and Food Establishments
- Ch 12 Gambling
- Ch 13 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Licenses
- Ch 16 Mosquito Control
- Ch 17 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 18 Nuisances
- Ch 19 Offenses, Miscellaneous
- Ch 20 Parades and Public Assemblies
- Ch 21 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 22 Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 23 Police
- Ch 23.5 Procurement
- Ch 24 Railroads
- Ch 25 Sales
- Ch 25.5 Smoking
- Ch 25.6 Solid Waste Recycling
- Ch 25.7 (Reserved)
- Ch 25.8 Stormwater Management
- Ch 26 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 26.1 Tattoo Parlors
- Ch 27 Taxation
- Ch 28 Taxicabs
- Ch 28.5 Technology Zones
- Ch 28.6 Enterprise Zones
- Ch 29 Vegetation
- Ch 30 Water, Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 31 Weapons
- Appendix
- Apx A Court Order Relative to Adoption of Commission-Manager Form of Government
- Apx B Court Order Relative to Transition of Town to City of Second Class
- Apx C Subdivision Ordinance
- Apx D Zoning Ordinance
- Code Comparative Table-Ordinances
- Ch CCT Code Comparative Table – Ordinances
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: The Charter is set out herein as enacted by Section 1
of Chapter 155 of the 1962 Acts of the General Assembly, approved
February 28, 1962. This Act also provided for the repeal of the former
Charter, adopted by Chapter 123 of the Acts of Assembly of 1875-1876,
approved March 15, 1876. Any words appearing in brackets [ ] were
added by the editor for clarity.]
