City of Melrose, MA
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The Charter and Administrative Code
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Chapter C Charter
- The Charter and Administrative Code
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art 1 INCORPORATION; SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.
- § C-1-1 INCORPORATION.
- § C-1-2 SHORT TITLE.
- § C-1-3 DIVISION OF POWERS.
- § C-1-4 POWERS OF THE CITY.
- § C-1-5 CONSTRUCTION.
- § C-1-6 INTER- GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
- § C-1-7 DEFINITIONS.
- Ch C Art 2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
- § C-2-1 COMPOSITION, TERM OF OFFICE.
- § C-2-2 PRESIDENT.
- § C-2-3 PROHIBITIONS.
- § C-2-4 COMPENSATION.
- § C-2-5 GENERAL POWERS.
- § C-2-6 EXERCISE OF POWERS; QUORUM; RULES.
- § C-2-7 ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
- § C-2-8 APPOINTMENTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
- § C-2-9 ORDINANCES AND OTHER MEASURES.
- § C-2-10 CITY COUNCIL REVIEW OF CERTAIN APPOINTMENTS.
- § C-2-11 FILLING OF VACANCIES.
- Ch C Art 3 EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
- § C-3-1 MAYOR: QUALIFICATIONS; TERM OF OFFICE; COMPENSATION; PROHIBITIONS.
- § C-3-2 EXECUTIVE POWERS; ENFORCEMENT OF ORDINANCES.
- § C-3-3 APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR.
- § C-3-4 REMOVAL OR SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS.
- § C-3-5 TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS TO CITY OFFICES.
- § C-3-6 COMMUNICATIONS; SPECIAL MEETINGS.
- § C-3-7 APPROVAL OF MAYOR.
- § C-3-8 TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR.
- § C-3-9 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY BY MAYOR.
- § C-3-10 VACANCY IN OFFICE OF MAYOR.
- Ch C Art 4 SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
- § C-4-1 COMPOSITION, TERM OF OFFICE.
- § C-4-2 SCHOOL COMMITTEE CHAIR.
- § C-4-3 PROHIBITIONS.
- § C-4-4 COMPENSATION.
- § C-4-5 SCHOOL COMMITTEE POWERS AND DUTIES.
- § C-4-6 FILLING OF VACANCIES.
- Ch C Art 5 ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION.
- § C-5-1 ORGANIZATION OF CITY AGENCIES.
- § C-5-2 MERIT PRINCIPLE.
- Ch C Art 6 FINANCE AND FISCAL PROCEDURES.
- § C-6-1 FISCAL YEAR.
- § C-6-2 ANNUAL BUDGET POLICY.
- § C-6-3 SUBMISSION OF OPERATING BUDGET; BUDGET MESSAGE.
- § C-6-4 ACTION ON THE OPERATING BUDGET.
- § C-6-5 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
- § C-6-6 INDEPENDENT AUDIT.
- § C-6-7 EXPENDITURES IN EXCESS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
- Ch C Art 7 ELECTIONS.
- § C-7-1 CITY ELECTIONS: GENERAL, PRELIMINARY FOR OFFICE OF MAYOR.
- § C-7-2 NON-PARTISAN ELECTIONS.
- § C-7-3 PRELIMINARY ELECTION, MAYOR.
- § C-7-4 BALLOT POSITION, REGULAR CITY ELECTION.
- § C-7-5 WARDS.
- § C-7-6 APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL LAWS.
- Ch C Art 8 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION MECHANISMS.
- § C-8-1 FREE PETITION.
- § C-8-2 CITIZEN INITIATIVE MEASURES.
- § C-8-3 CITIZEN REFERENDUM PROCEDURES.
- § C-8-4 INELIGIBLE MEASURES.
- § C-8-5 SUBMISSION OF OTHER MATTERS TO VOTERS.
- § C-8-6 CONFLICTING PROVISIONS.
- Ch C Art 9 GENERAL PROVISIONS.
- § C-9-1 CHARTER CHANGES.
- § C-9-2 SEVERABILITY.
- § C-9-3 SPECIFIC PROVISION TO PREVAIL.
- § C-9-4 RULES AND REGULATIONS.
- § C-9-5 PERIODIC REVIEW OF CHARTER.
- § C-9-6 UNIFORM PROCEDURES GOVERNING MULTIPLE-MEMBER BODIES.
- § C-9-7 NUMBER AND GENDER.
- § C-9-8 REFERENCES TO GENERAL LAWS.
- § C-9-9 COMPUTATION OF TIME.
- § C-9-10 OATH OF OFFICE OF MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
- § C-9-11 CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT.
- § C-9-12 LIMITATION ON OFFICE HOLDING.
- § C-9-13 ENFORCEMENT OF CHARTER PROVISIONS.
- Ch C Art 10 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.
- § C-10-1 CONTINUATION OF EXISTING LAWS.
- § C-10-2 CONTINUATION OF GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.
- § C-10-3 TRANSFER OF RECORDS AND PROPERTY.
- § C-10-4 EFFECT ON OBLIGATIONS, TAXES, ETC.
- § C-10-5 DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN SPECIAL LAWS.
- § C-10-6 FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE.
- Ch A Administrative Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 6 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Assessments
- Ch 15 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 24 Departments
- Ch 30 Emergency Management
- Ch 39 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 Mayor and Council
- Ch 56 Officers and Employees
- Ch 67 Seal and Flag
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 71 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 (Reserved)
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 89 Alarm Devices
- Ch 93 Animals
- Ch 98 Buildings, Vacant
- Ch 102 Cemetery
- Ch 106 Coal and Other Public Commodities
- Ch 119 Fire Prevention
- Ch 127 Hawkers, Peddlers and Transient Vendors
- Ch 131 Historic Districts
- Ch 137 Inflammables and Explosives
- Ch 143 Junk, Secondhand and Precious Metals Dealers
- Ch 152 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 164 Noise
- Ch 173 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 177 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 182 Poles and Wires
- Ch 183 Small Wireless Facilities in the Public Rights-of-Way
- Ch 194 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 198 Solid Waste
- Ch 202 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 205 Swimming Pools
- Ch 212 (Reserved)
- Ch 220 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 222 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 228 Water, Sewers, and Drains
- Ch 231 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 235 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A250 Acceptances of General Laws, Special Acts and Regulations
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition Lists
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Ch VTDL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, Chapter 78 of the Acts of 2019, Section
1, approved 10-1-2019.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 3 of Chapter 78 of the Acts of 2019
repealed the former Charter, which was enacted by Chapter 286 of the
Acts of 2018, Section 1.
