Town of New Canaan, CT
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2023-05-17
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Part I: The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article XVIII Town Attorney
- Part I: The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art XVIII Town Attorney
- § C18-1
- Part II: Ordinances and Bylaws
- Ch 2 Fees
- Ch 3 Adoption of Code
- Ch 4 General Provisions
- Ch 4A Alarm Devices
- Ch 4B Affordable Housing Committee
- Ch 5 Amusements
- Ch 6 Animals and Fowl
- Ch 7 Auctions
- Ch 7A Blight Abatement and Prevention
- Ch 8 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 9 Building and Demolition Codes
- Ch 10 Approval of Improvements
- Ch 10A Carryout Bags
- Ch 11 Citation Hearing Procedure
- Ch 11A Conservation Commission
- Ch 12 Utilities Commission
- Ch 12A Demolition
- Ch 13 Disposal and Sale of Tangible Personal Property
- Ch 14 Elections
- Ch 14A Emergency Management
- Ch 15 Emergency Medical Services Commission
- Ch 16 Inland Wetlands Commission
- Ch 17 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 17A (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Explosives
- Ch 19 Finance, Board of
- Ch 20 Fallout Shelters
- Ch 21 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 22 Fire Department
- Ch 23 Fire Zones
- Ch 25 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 26 Going-Out-Of-Business Sales
- Ch 27 Hair and Beauty Shops
- Ch 28 Health and Human Services Commission
- Ch 29 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 30 (Reserved)
- Ch 31 Historic District and Commission
- Ch 32 Housing Code
- Ch 33 Impounding Motor Vehicles
- Ch 33A Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 34 Inspection Fees for Subdivisions
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 36 Newsracks
- Ch 36A Noise
- Ch 37 Nuisances
- Ch 39 Offenses — Miscellaneous
- Ch 39A Picketing, Residential
- Ch 40 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 41 Off-Street Parking Regulations
- Ch 42 Parks
- Ch 43 Peddlers and Itinerant Vendors
- Ch 44 Personnel Rules and Regulations
- Ch 46 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 Police
- Ch 49 Recycling
- Ch 49A Regional Council of Governments
- Ch 50 Sale or Lease of Town-Owned Real Property
- Ch 51 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 52 Stormwater Quality Management and Discharge Control
- Ch 54 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 55 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 56 (Reserved)
- Ch 57 Taxation
- Ch 57A (Reserved)
- Ch 58 Traffic Regulations
- Ch 58A Tree Board
- Ch 59 Water
- Ch 60 Zoning Regulations
- Ch 61 Zoning Enforcement
- Ch 62 Audit Committee
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There shall be a Town Attorney, appointed by the Board of Selectmen,
who shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice in the State
of Connecticut, and who shall be the legal advisor for the Town and
all departments, boards, commissions and officers of the Town relating
to their official duties. The Town Attorney shall issue written opinions
on questions of law; shall approve and/or prepare forms of contracts
and other instruments to which the Town is a party; shall attend as
required meetings of boards and commissions; shall appear for and
defend the Town against claims against the Town, boards, commissions,
and officers; shall prepare and file legal actions on behalf of the
Town as directed; and shall defend, appeal, compromise or settle legal
actions brought by or against the Town, its officers, boards or commissions
with the approval of the requisite officer, board or commission. If
required, the Town Attorney shall be responsible for the management
of any outside counsel, including review of all correspondence, pleadings
and bills rendered by such outside counsel. The Board of Selectmen
may appoint Assistant Town Attorneys as may be necessary.
