Town of Johnston, RI
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2023-11-14
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The Code
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 9 Boards, Committees and Commissions
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Article XII Charter Review Commission
- The Charter
- Ch C The Charter
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Abandonment of Roadways
- Ch 6 Arbitration
- Ch 9 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Art XII Charter Review Commission
- § 9-36 Establishment of Commission.
- § 9-37 Composition and membership.
- § 9-38 Duties and compensation.
- Ch 13 Claims
- Ch 18 Senior Citizens Center
- Ch 23 Finance, Department of
- Ch 27 Fire Department
- Ch 31 Funds and Trusts
- Ch 41 Officers and Employees
- Ch 47 Personnel Policies
- Ch 51 Police Department
- Ch 54 Police Details
- Ch 58 Public Works
- Ch 62 Purchasing
- Ch 66 Risk Management
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Social Security
- Ch 74 Town Council
- Ch 77 Town Hall
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 83 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 88 Alarm Systems
- Ch 91 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 94 Amusements
- Ch 98 Animals
- Ch 103 Arborists
- Ch 107 Barbers, Hairdressers and Similar Services
- Ch 112 Bingo and Beano
- Ch 118 Building Construction
- Ch 121 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 125 Business Operations
- Ch 127 Cannabis
- Ch 129 Car Sales and Rental
- Ch 132 Cemeteries
- Ch 142 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 145 Dances
- Ch 147 Day-Care Centers
- Ch 149 Development Impact Fees
- Ch 156 Electrical Standards
- Ch 157 Engineering Operations
- Ch 158 Entertainment
- Ch 161 Excavations
- Ch 164 Explosives
- Ch 169 Firearms
- Ch 172 Fire Prevention
- Ch 180 Gasoline Stations
- Ch 183 Graffiti
- Ch 189 Gull Control
- Ch 192 Hotel, Motel, Rooming House Registrants and Room Resellers
- Ch 194 Housing Standards
- Ch 199 Junkyards
- Ch 202 Land Development Fees
- Ch 204 Licensing
- Ch 207 Littering
- Ch 210 Loitering; Aggressive Begging, Soliciting and Panhandling
- Ch 212 Mailboxes
- Ch 213 Massage and Body Works Services
- Ch 217 Motor Vehicle Code
- Ch 220 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 224 Noise
- Ch 230 Oil and Gas Heating Code
- Ch 231 Outdoor Heaters and Boilers
- Ch 233 Parades
- Ch 236 Parking
- Ch 239 Parking Lots
- Ch 242 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 244 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 245 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 248 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 252 Plumbing
- Ch 257 Private Detectives
- Ch 261 Property Maintenance
- Ch 265 Rental Property
- Ch 269 Restaurants
- Ch 272 Sales, Casual
- Ch 276 (Reserved)
- Ch 279 Sewers
- Ch 282 Signs
- Ch 286 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 291 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 295 Solid Waste
- Ch 298 Stormwater Management
- Ch 300 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 303 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 307 Taxation
- Ch 313 Tires, Storage of
- Ch 316 Towing
- Ch 319 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 325 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 328 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 332 (Reserved)
- Ch 335 Water
- Ch 337 Wells
- Ch 340 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
There shall be established a Charter Review
Commission to review and recommend amendments and/or modifications
to the Charter of the Town of Johnston.
A.
The Commission members shall be a minimum of 18 years
of age and be duly qualified electors of the Town of Johnston.
B.
The Commission shall consist of 13 members to be chosen
as follows:
(1)
Two members shall be chosen from each voting district
in the Town with the exception of the district of the Council President,
with each member elected by a majority vote of the Town Council; and
(2)
One member shall be chosen by the Mayor of the Town
of Johnston; and
(3)
One member shall be chosen by the majority vote of
the School Committee; and
(4)
At least one of the members of the Commission shall
be a member at large. Said member shall be chosen by a majority vote
of the Council.
A.
This Commission shall review the Charter, hold meetings
and hearings to receive comment from public officials and the general
public, and frame for submission to the Council for its consideration
and action such draft amendments to the Charter as it may consider
appropriate.
B.
All meetings and hearings shall be held in compliance
with the Open Meetings Law, being R.I.G.L. § 42-46-1 et
seq.
C.
This Commission shall have one year from the date
of its organization to complete its work and submit its report.
D.
The members of the Commission shall serve without
compensation but may request of the Council such assistance and funding
as they may require to carry out their responsibilities.
