Town of Westerly, RI
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2024-02-12
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The Code
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Appendix
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Chapter A262 Home Rule Act
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 10 Comprehensive Plan
- Ch 15 Court, Municipal
- Ch 17 Development Services Department
- Ch 20 Eminent Domain
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Finance and Fiscal Affairs
- Ch 30 Municipal Land Trust
- Ch 34 Officers and Employees
- Ch 37 Ordinances
- Ch 41 Personnel Regulations
- Ch 45 Police Department
- Ch 49 Procurements
- Ch 53 Seal and Logos
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 64 Alarms
- Ch 68 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 72 Amusements
- Ch 76 Animals
- Ch 81 Beaches
- Ch 86 Boats, Waterways and Harbor Management
- Ch 90 Building Construction
- Ch 94 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 95 Commercial and Residential Properties, Real Estate Nonutilization Tax for
- Ch 115 Entertainment
- Ch 121 Fee Schedule
- Ch 125 Fire Lanes
- Ch 126 Flea Markets
- Ch 127 Floodplain Management
- Ch 137 Historic Site Preservation
- Ch 141 Hotels, Motels and Guesthouses
- Ch 145 Housing Standards
- Ch 150 Junkyards
- Ch 158 Licensing
- Ch 162 Littering
- Ch 167 Mobile Home and Trailer Parks
- Ch 171 Noise
- Ch 177 Parking
- Ch 179 Parks and Public Areas
- Ch 182 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 186 Peddlers and Street Vendors
- Ch 190 Pool Tables
- Ch 198 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 202 Retail Sales
- Ch 206 Sewers
- Ch 210 Signs
- Ch 212 Single-Use Plastic Bag Regulations
- Ch 217 Solid Waste
- Ch 221 Special One-Time Events
- Ch 223 Storm Sewers
- Ch 224 Stormwater Management
- Ch 225 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 229 Taxation
- Ch 238 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 242 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 247 Victualing Houses
- Ch 251 Water
- Ch 256 Yard Sales
- Ch 260 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A261 Land Development and Subdivision Regulations
- Ch A262 Home Rule Act
- Ch A262 Art I In General
- § A262-1 Authority.
- § A262-2 Chapter of a continuing nature.
- § A262-3 Purpose.
- § A262-4 Advisory Charter Revision Commission established.
- § A262-5 Membership.
- § A262-6 Election of officers; meetings; rules and procedures.
- § A262-7 Duty to recommend governmental operational changes.
- § A262-8 Reports.
- § A262-9 Other amendment methods.
- Ch A262 Art II Initial Petition
- § A262-10 Filing of petition with Council.
- § A262-11 Form or wording irrelevant; assembling several petitions.
- § A262-12 Referral to canvassing authority; special meeting convened.
- § A262-13 Determining sufficiency; certifying result; endorsement.
- § A262-14 Designating and reporting defects.
- § A262-15 Presentation of petition to Council; recording receipt of petition.
- § A262-16 Fixing date of election; calling of election; form of question.
- § A262-17 Deadline for conducting election.
- Ch A262 Art III Nomination of Commission Candidates
- § A262-18 Qualifications of candidates.
- § A262-19 Number of petition signatories; form of petition.
- § A262-20 Method of signing.
- § A262-21 Number of petitions which may be signed.
- § A262-22 Information on petition.
- § A262-23 Statement of purpose.
- § A262-24 Assembling several petitions.
- § A262-25 Verification of petition.
- § A262-26 Acceptance of nomination.
- § A262-27 Delivery and certification of validity of petition.
- § A262-28 When nominating petitions may be signed and filed.
- § A262-29 Deadline for filing petitions.
- § A262-30 Certification and publication of list of candidates.
- Ch A262 Art IV Conduct of Charter Commission Election
- § A262-31 Qualifications to vote; instructions.
- § A262-32 Voting on candidates at time of voting on question.
- § A262-33 Invalidation of paper ballots where excessive votes cast.
- § A262-34 Paper ballot or machine authorized; single ballot authorized.
- § A262-35 Election at large of Commission members; alphabetical listing.
- § A262-36 Nine highest candidates elected.
- § A262-37 Counting votes and declaring results.
- Ch A262 Art V Action By Charter Commission
- § A262-38 Organization.
- § A262-39 Quorum.
- § A262-40 Service without compensation; reimbursement of expenses.
- § A262-41 Signing of reports by majority of Commission.
- § A262-42 Initialing pages.
- § A262-43 Delivery and filing of report.
- § A262-44 Publication of proposed Charter or amendments.
- § A262-45 Printing of proposed Charter or amendments.
- § A262-46 Copies of Commission report.
- Ch A262 Art VI Referendum on Proposed Charter or Amendments
- § A262-47 Submission of Charter or amendments to voters required.
- § A262-48 Digest of Charter or amendments authorized on ballots.
- § A262-49 Form of question.
- § A262-50 Authority for preparing ballots.
- § A262-51 Majority vote carries.
- § A262-52 Result in case of conflicting amendments.
- § A262-53 Notice to Secretary of State of results.
- § A262-54 Charter may be amended.
- § A262-55 Presumption of compliance.
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Westerly as
Part I of the 1991 Code (as amended through Ch. No. 1299). Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
