Town of Charlestown, RI
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2024-03-25
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Part 1 Establishment of Town; Effect of Charter
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Article IV Effect of Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Pt 1 Art IV Effect of Charter
- § C-8 State law.
- § C-9 Conflict between town and state law.
- § C-10 Existing town legislation.
- § C-11 Inconsistent laws.
- § C-12 Specific Charter provisions to prevail.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Affordable Housing Commission
- Ch 4 Agriculture
- Ch 6 Charter Revision Advisory Committee
- Ch 11 Conservation Commission
- Ch 12 Climate Resiliency Commission
- Ch 15 Council, Town
- Ch 20 Economic Improvement Commission
- Ch 26 Juvenile Hearing Board
- Ch 27 Municipal Court
- Ch 30 Officers and Employees
- Ch 34 Ordinances
- Ch 36 Parks and Recreation Department
- Ch 37 Personnel
- Ch 40 Planning Commission
- Ch 44 Police Department
- Ch 51 Public Hearings
- Ch 54 Surplus Property
- Ch 58 Tax Assessment Review
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 71 Alarm Systems
- Ch 74 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 75 Cannabis
- Ch 78 Amusement Devices
- Ch 86 Boats and Waterways
- Ch 91 Building Construction
- Ch 93 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 96 Coastal Ponds and Mooring
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 108 Entertainments
- Ch 111 Firearms
- Ch 114 Flea Markets
- Ch 117 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 128 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 129 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 133 Iceboxes and Refrigerators
- Ch 138 Junkyards
- Ch 143 Land, Sale of
- Ch 147 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 152 Noise
- Ch 155 Nuisances
- Ch 158 Parks, Beaches and Recreation Areas
- Ch 162 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 163 Public Trees
- Ch 165 Residential Collection Center
- Ch 167 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 172 Sanitary Facilities, Temporary
- Ch 174 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Snowmobiles
- Ch 181 (Reserved)
- Ch 184 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 188 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 192 Taxation
- Ch 197 Trailers and Mobile Homes
- Ch 203 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 206 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 210 Wastewater Management District
- Ch 213 Yard Sales
- Ch 218 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The laws of the state not inconsistent with
this Charter, except those superseded by or declared inoperative by
ordinance or resolution of the Council, shall have the force and effect
of ordinances of the town.
In the event of conflict between any town ordinance
or resolution and any law of the state except a law enacted in conformity
with the powers reserved to the General Assembly by the Constitution
of the state, provisions of the town ordinance or resolution shall
prevail and control.
Except insofar as they are inconsistent with
this Charter, all the ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations
heretofore made by the Council, or any board or commission, shall
continue in effect until superseded by action of said Council, board
or commission.
All laws relating to the Town of Charlestown
are hereby superseded to the extent that they are inconsistent with
the provisions of this Charter, except such laws as are enacted in
accordance with the powers reserved to the General Assembly by the
Constitution of the state.
To the extent that any specific provision contained
in this Charter conflicts with any provision expressed in general
terms, the specific provision shall prevail.
