Town of Ashland, MA
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2023-05-09
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Division 1: The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Part 1 Incorporation and Authority
- Act of Incorporation
- Ch Act Act of Incorporation
- Division 1: The Charter
- Ch CI Introduction
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Pt 1 Incorporation and Authority
- § C-1-1 Incorporation Continued.
- § C-1-2 Short Title.
- § C-1-3 Division of Powers.
- § C-1-4 Powers of the Town.
- § C-1-5 Interpretation of Powers.
- § C-1-6 Intergovernmental Relations.
- Division 2: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Affordable Housing Trust
- Ch 4 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 11 Emergency Management
- Ch 15 Collective Bargaining
- Ch 23 Finance Committee
- Ch 24 Finance, Department of
- Ch 26 Finances
- Ch 29 Health, Board of
- Ch 31 Historical Commission
- Ch 35 Legal Affairs
- Ch 42 Capital Improvement Committee
- Ch 52 (Reserved)
- Ch 54 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 63 Town Meetings
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 77 Alarm Systems
- Ch 80 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 81 Marijuana
- Ch 84 Amusement Devices
- Ch 87 Animal Control
- Ch 94 Boats: Regulation of Motor Boats, Etc.
- Ch 98 Building Construction
- Ch 102 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 106 Businesses
- Ch 125 Demolition Delay Bylaw for Historically or Architecturally Significant Buildings
- Ch 126 Donation Collection Bins
- Ch 132 Electrical Standards
- Ch 137 Explosives
- Ch 141 Fees
- Ch 145 Firearms
- Ch 148 Fire Lanes
- Ch 150 Fire Prevention
- Ch 153 Forest
- Ch 157 Gas
- Ch 164 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 178 Licensing
- Ch 181 Loitering
- Ch 183 Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 187 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption of
- Ch 204 Nuisance Noise
- Ch 215 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 218 Plumbing
- Ch 227 Retail Establishments
- Ch 230 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 235 Sewer Betterment Assessment
- Ch 242 Soil Removal
- Ch 245 Solid Waste
- Ch 247 Stormwater Management and Illicit Discharges and Connections
- Ch 249 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 252 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 256 Taxation
- Ch 260 Trapping
- Ch 265 Vehicles, Abandoned, Junked and Unregistered
- Ch 270 Water Use Restrictions
- Ch 280 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 281 Wild Mammals, Feeding or Baiting of
- Ch 281A (Reserved)
- Ch 281B Youth Athletic Activities
- Ch 282 Zoning
- Division 3: Select Board Regulations
- Ch 286 Regulation of Multi-Channel Service Providers
- Ch 293 Vehicles and Traffic
- Division 4: Board of Health
- Ch 295 Body Art
- Ch 296 Food Managers Certification
- Ch 297 Massage
- Ch 300 Septic Systems and Wells
- Ch 303 Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 304 Smoking
- Ch 305 Tobacco and Nicotine Delivery Product Sales
- Ch 306 Tobacco Sales Regulations
- Ch 307 Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Ch 312 Water Supplies, Private and Semipublic
- Ch 315 Fats, Oils and Grease
- Ch 316 Groundwater Use Restriction
- Division 5: Department of Public Works
- Ch 318 Cemeteries
- Ch 322 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 326 Sewers
- Ch 330 Street Excavations
- Ch 334 Water
- Ch 338 Sanitation
- Division 6: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 339 Forest
- Ch 339A Planning Department and Zoning Board of Appeals Fees
- Ch 340 (Reserved)
- Ch 343 Stormwater Management
- Ch 344 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 348 Wetlands Protection Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A351 Acceptance of General Laws and Special Acts
- Ch A352 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The inhabitants of the town of Ashland, Massachusetts, within
its territorial limits as now or may hereafter be established by law,
shall continue to be a body politic and corporate, known as the "Town
of Ashland".
This instrument shall be known and may be cited as the "Ashland
Home Rule Charter".
[Amended 1-6-2021 by Ch. 380 of the Acts of 2020]
All legislative powers of the town shall be exercised by a town
meeting open to all voters. The administration of all town fiscal,
prudential and municipal affairs shall be vested in the executive
branch comprised of the select board and elected independent boards
pursuant to their enabling legislation.
The intent and purpose of the charter is to secure for the voters
of the town of Ashland, through the adoption of the charter, all the
powers possible to secure for their government under article LXXXIX
of the amendments to the constitution and laws of the commonwealth,
as fully as though each such power was specifically and individually
enumerated herein.
The powers of the town under the charter shall be construed and interpreted liberally in favor of the town, and the specific mention of any particular power shall not limit the general powers of the town as stated in section 1-4.
The town may enter into agreements with any other unit of government
to perform jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, any
of its powers or functions.
