City of Pocomoke, MD
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2021-12-04
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Ttl I General Corporate Powers
- § C-1 General corporate powers.
- Ch C Ttl II Corporate Limits
- § C-2 Corporate limits.
- Ch C Ttl III The Council
- § C-3 Number, selection, term.
- § C-4 Qualification of Council members.
- § C-5 Salary of Councilmembers.
- § C-6 Meetings of the Council.
- § C-7 Council to be judge of qualifications of its members.
- § C-8 President of the Council.
- § C-9 Quorum.
- § C-10 Procedure of Council.
- § C-11 Vacancies in Council.
- § C-12 Ordinances and resolutions.
- § C-13 Veto.
- § C-14 Files of ordinances and resolutions.
- Ch C Ttl IV The Mayor
- § C-15 Selection and term.
- § C-16 Qualifications of Mayor.
- § C-17 Salary of the Mayor.
- § C-18 Powers and duties.
- Ch C Ttl V City Manager
- § C-19 Appointment of City Manager.
- § C-20 Qualifications of Manager.
- § C-21 Salary of Manager.
- § C-22 Removal of Manager.
- § C-23 Powers and duties.
- Ch C Ttl VI General Powers
- § C-24 General powers.
- § C-25 Exercise of powers.
- § C-26 Enforcement.
- Ch C Ttl VII Registration, Nominations, and Elections
- § C-27 Voters.
- § C-28 Board of Supervisors of Elections.
- § C-29 Removal.
- § C-30 Duties.
- § C-31 Notice.
- § C-32 Reserved
- § C-33 Reserved
- § C-34 Nominations.
- § C-35 Election of Mayor and Councilmembers.
- § C-36 Conduct of elections.
- § C-37 Special elections.
- § C-38 Vote count.
- § C-39 Preservation of ballots and voting-machine totals.
- § C-40 Vacancies.
- § C-41 Removal of Elected or Appointed City Official.
- § C-42 Regulation and control.
- § C-42A (Reserved)
- § C-43 Penalties.
- Ch C Ttl VIII Finance
- § C-44 Finance Director.
- § C-45 Powers and Duties of Finance Director.
- § C-46 Bond of Finance Director.
- § C-47 Fiscal year.
- § C-48 Budget.
- § C-49 Budget adoption.
- § C-50 Appropriations.
- § C-51 Transfer of funds.
- § C-52 Overexpenditure forbidden.
- § C-53 Appropriation lapse after one year.
- § C-54 Checks.
- § C-55 Taxable property.
- § C-56 Budget authorizes levy.
- § C-57 Notice of tax levy.
- § C-58 When taxes are overdue.
- § C-59 Sale of tax-delinquent property.
- § C-60 Fees.
- § C-61 Audit.
- § C-61A General obligation bonds.
- § C-62 Tax-anticipation borrowing.
- § C-63 Payment of indebtedness.
- § C-64 Previous issues.
- § C-65 Purchasing and contracts.
- § C-66 City Attorney.
- § C-66A Chief of Police.
- § C-66B City Clerk.
- § C-67 Authority to employ personnel.
- § C-68 Merit system.
- § C-69 Unclassified and classified service.
- § C-70 Prohibitions.
- § C-71 Retirement system.
- § C-72 Compensation of employees.
- § C-73 Employee benefit program.
- Ch C Ttl IX Public Ways and Sidewalks
- § C-74 Definition of public ways.
- § C-75 Control of public ways.
- § C-76 Public ways: powers.
- § C-77 Sidewalks: powers.
- Ch C Ttl X Water and Sewers
- § C-78 Powers.
- § C-79 Placing structures in public ways.
- § C-80 Obstructions.
- § C-81 Entering on county public ways.
- § C-82 Connections.
- § C-83 Charge for connections.
- § C-84 Improper uses.
- § C-85 Private systems.
- § C-86 Extensions beyond boundaries.
- § C-87 Right of entry.
- § C-88 Pollution of water supply.
- § C-89 Contracts for water.
- § C-90 Charges.
- Ch C Ttl XI Special Assessments
- § C-91 Power: special assessments.
- § C-92 Procedure.
- Ch C Ttl XII Town Property
- § C-93 Acquisition, possession and disposal.
- § C-94 Condemnation.
- § C-95 City buildings.
- § C-96 Protection of City property.
- Ch C Ttl XIII General Provisions
- § C-97 Oath of office.
- § C-98 Official bonds.
- § C-99 Prior rights and obligations.
- § C-100 (Reserved)
- § C-101 Effect of Charter on existing ordinances.
- § C-102 Separability.
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 11 Budget
- Ch 17 Commercial District Management Authority
- Ch 21 Community Service Program
- Ch 25 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 27 Development Plan, Comprehensive
- Ch 30 Emergency Preparedness
- Ch 33 Emergency Services
- Ch 37 Ethics
- Ch 41 Fair Board
- Ch 46 Housing Authority
- Ch 50 Insurance
- Ch 61 Mayor and Council
- Ch 67 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 70 Purchasing
- Ch 85 Mutual Aid Agreements
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 86 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 89 Animals
- Ch 95 Boats and Boating
- Ch 98 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 101 Building Construction
- Ch 104 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 107 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 108 Buildings, Vacant and Blighted
- Ch 109 Business Licenses
- Ch 112 Circuses and Parades
- Ch 120 Drug-Free School Zone
- Ch 121 Dry Nightclubs
- Ch 126 Electrical Standards
- Ch 132 Fire Prevention
- Ch 133 Security/Fire/Ambulance System Alarms
- Ch 135 Floodplain Management
- Ch 137 Forest Conservation
- Ch 140 Grading and Sediment Control
- Ch 146 Housing Standards
- Ch 160 Littering
- Ch 166 Noise
- Ch 169 Nuisances
- Ch 173 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 177 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 180 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 183 Plumbing
- Ch 192 Sewers
- Ch 195 Solid Waste
- Ch 198 Stormwater Management
- Ch 201 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 205 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 210 Taxation
- Ch 214 Transient Merchants
- Ch 220 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 226 Water
- Ch 230 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A234 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A235 Forest Conservation
- Ch A236 Gas Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of Pocomoke City 2-7-1966, effective 3-29-1966. Amendments noted where applicable.]
