Town of Blackstone, MA
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2022-05-24
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Division 1: Charter
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Chapter C Charter
- Special Note
- Ch SN Special Note
- Division 1: Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art I Incorporation; Powers
- § C1-1 Incorporation.
- § C1-2 Form of government; powers.
- § C1-3 Construal of provisions.
- § C1-4 Intergovernmental relations.
- Ch C Art II Town Meeting
- § C2-1 Establishment.
- § C2-2 Moderator and Deputy Moderator.
- § C2-3 Date of Annual Town Meeting.
- § C2-4 Special Town Meetings.
- § C2-5 Preparation of warrants.
- § C2-6 Quorum.
- Ch C Art III Board of Selectmen
- § C3-1 Establishment; general powers.
- § C3-2 Specific powers.
- § C3-3 Appointments.
- § C3-4 Holding other Town positions prohibited.
- § C3-5 Budgets.
- Ch C Art IV Other Elected Offices
- § C4-1 Enumeration of offices; powers and duties.
- § C4-2 Appointments.
- Ch C Art V Town Administrator
- § C5-1 General provisions.
- § C5-2 Powers and duties.
- § C5-3 Acting Town Administrator.
- Ch C Art VI Fiscal Committees
- § C6-1 Finance Committee.
- § C6-2 Capital Outlay Committee.
- Ch C Art VII Town Elections
- § C7-1 Date to be established by bylaw.
- § C7-2 Elections to be nonpartisan.
- Ch C Art VIII Recall of Elected Officials
- § C8-1 Holders of elective office may be recalled.
- § C8-2 Filing of affidavit; preparation and filing of petition.
- § C8-3 Notice to officer, election to be ordered.
- § C8-4 Officer being recalled may be a candidate.
- § C8-5 Incumbent to continue duties until recalled.
- § C8-6 Form of ballots for recall.
- § C8-7 Limitations on petitions.
- § C8-8 Appointment of recalled officer prohibited.
- Ch C Art IX General Provisions
- § C9-1 Submission of budgets to Town accountants.
- § C9-2 Resignation of officers.
- § C9-3 Removal of appointees.
- § C9-4 Phasing of terms of members of boards, commissions and committees.
- § C9-5 Exemption from approval of appointments.
- § C9-6 Definitions and word usage.
- § C9-7 Relation of Charter to bylaws, rules, regulations, orders and special laws.
- § C9-8 Severability.
- § C9-9 Specific provisions to prevail.
- § C9-10 Copies of Charter and bylaws to be available for purchase; republication of bylaws.
- § C9-11 Qualification of elected and appointed officials.
- § C9-12 Amendments.
- § C9-13 Termination of appointments.
- § C9-14 Compensation of officials.
- § C9-15 Seal.
- § C9-16 Disposition of fees and other revenues.
- Ch C Art X Transitional Provisions
- § C10-1 Continuation of special acts, bylaws, resolutions, rules, regulations and notes of Town Meeting.
- § C10-2 Continuation of government.
- § C10-3 Continuation of administrative personnel.
- § C10-4 Continuation of contracts and obligations.
- § C10-5 Pending actions and proceedings.
- § C10-6 Continuation of tax obligations.
- § C10-7 Transfer of records and property.
- § C10-8 Special election.
- § C10-9 Effective date.
- Division 2: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 19 Housing Authority
- Ch 29 Parks and Recreation Commission
- Ch 33 Police Department
- Ch 34 Economic Development Committee
- Ch 39 School District, Regional
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 49 Advertising, Political
- Ch 53 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 57 Building Construction
- Ch 58 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 60 Cats
- Ch 63 Dogs
- Ch 69 Fees
- Ch 73 Fences
- Ch 77 Fire Prevention
- Ch 89 Loitering
- Ch 92 Licensing Procedures
- Ch 93 Fingerprint-Based Criminal Record Background Checks
- Ch 95 Littering and Refuse Disposal
- Ch 97 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption or Use of
- Ch 98 Noise Control
- Ch 101 Sales, Casual
- Ch 105 Sewers
- Ch 109 Soil Removal
- Ch 110 Stormwater Management and Land Disturbance
- Ch 111 Discharge of Water to Public Ways
- Ch 112 Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks
- Ch 114 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 115 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 117 Waste Disposal
- Ch 118 Water Supply Protection
- Ch 119 Wetlands
- Ch 123 Zoning
- Division 3: Selectmen's Regulations
- Ch 131 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 145 Personnel Policies
- Ch 149 Recycled Product Procurement Policy
- Ch 151 Selectmen, Board of
- Ch 157 Vehicles and Traffic
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 162 Aging, Council on
- Ch 164 Animals
- Ch 171 Fire Department
- Ch 177 Health, Board of
- Ch 181 Housing Authority
- Ch 183 Landfill
- Ch 185 Massage Therapy
- Ch 188 Sewage Disposal Systems, Sanitary
- Ch 188A Tobacco
- Ch 188B Trash Haulers
- Ch 189 Utilities
- Ch 190 Scenic Roads
- Ch 191 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 192 Swine
- Appendix
- Ch A200 General Laws Accepted or Rejected
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
GENERAL REFERENCES
General provisions — See Ch. 1.
Administration of government — See Ch. 5.
Council on Aging — See Ch. 9.
Housing Authority — See Ch. 19.
Parks and Recreation Commission — See Ch. 29.
Police Department — See Ch. 33.
Regional School District — See Ch. 39.
Board of Selectmen — See Ch. 151.
Fire Department — See Ch. 171.
Board of Health — See Ch. 177.
General Laws accepted or rejected — See Ch. A200.
