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Charter of the Town of Stratford
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Chapter C Charter of the Town of Stratford
- Charter of the Town of Stratford
- Ch C Charter of the Town of Stratford
- Ch C § 1 The Mayor
- § C-1.1 Election of the Mayor.
- § C-1.2 Duties of the Mayor.
- § C-1.3 Vacancy in the Office of Mayor.
- § C-1.4 Appointments.
- § C-1.5 Coordination.
- Ch C § 2 The Council
- § C-2.1.1 Composition and Election.
- § C-2.1.2 Qualification of Council Members.
- § C-2.1.3 Council Meetings.
- § C-2.1.4 Council Rules of Procedure.
- § C-2.1.5 Council Chairman.
- § C-2.1.6 Compensation.
- § C-2.1.7 Council Vacancies.
- § C-2.2.1 Council Powers.
- § C-2.2.2 Council Override Authority.
- § C-2.2.3 Special Funds.
- § C-2.2.4 Bonds.
- § C-2.2.5 Salaries and Wages.
- § C-2.2.6 New Departments or Offices.
- § C-2.2.7 Council Action.
- § C-2.2.8 Ordinances.
- § C-2.2.9 Effective Date of Ordinances and Resolutions.
- § C-2.2.10 Emergency Measures.
- § C-2.2.11 Council Appointments.
- § C-2.2.12 Qualification of Appointee.
- § C-2.2.13 Removal of Appointee.
- § C-2.2.14 Relationship of Council to Administration.
- § C-2.2.15 Power to Investigate and Procure Information.
- § C-2.3.1 Council Clerk.
- Ch C § 3 Legal Department
- § C-3.1.1 Town Attorney.
- § C-3.1.2 Assistants to the Town Attorney.
- § C-3.1.3 Duties.
- § C-3.1.4 Legal Assistance.
- Ch C § 4 Boards and Commissions
- § C-4.1.1 Board of Assessment Appeals.
- § C-4.1.2 Political affiliation.
- § C-4.1.3 Powers and duties.
- § C-4.1.4 Appeals for Relief.
- § C-4.2.1 Composition of Zoning Commission.
- § C-4.2.2 Powers and Duties of the Zoning Commission.
- § C-4.2.3 Alternate Members of Zoning Commission.
- § C-4.2.4 Vacancy in Zoning Commission.
- § C-4.2.5 Composition of Planning Commission.
- § C-4.2.6 Powers and Duties of the Planning Commission.
- § C-4.2.7 Alternate Members of Planning Commission.
- § C-4.2.8 Vacancy in Elected Planning Commission.
- § C-4.3.1 Composition of Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § C-4.3.2 Powers and Duties of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § C-4.3.3 Alternate Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § C-4.3.4 Vacancy in Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § C-4.4.1 The Board of Education.
- § C-4.4.2 Nomination and Number of Candidates.
- § C-4.4.3 Vacancies in Board of Education.
- § C-4.4.4 Compensation of Members.
- § C-4.4.5 Powers and Duties.
- Ch C § 5 Administration
- § C-5.1.1 Chief Administrative Officer.
- § C-5.1.2 Appointment of Chief Administrative Officer.
- § C-5.1.3 Conflicts of Interests.
- § C-5.1.4 Powers and Duties.
- § C-5.2.1 Administrative Departments.
- § C-5.2.2 Directors.
- § C-5.2.3 Qualifications of Directors.
- § C-5.2.4 Appointment of Directors.
- § C-5.2.5 Subordination of Directors.
- § C-5.2.6 Removal from Office of Directors.
- § C-5.2.7 Subordinate Employees.
- § C-5.2.8 Certificate of Appointment.
- § C-5.3.1 Department of Public Works.
- § C-5.3.2 Composition.
- § C-5.4.1 Department of Safety.
- § C-5.4.2 Composition.
- § C-5.4.3 Animal Control Officer.
- § C-5.5.1 Department of Health.
- § C-5.5.2 Composition.
- § C-5.5.3 Director of Health.
- § C-5.6.1 Department of Finance.
- § C-5.6.2 Composition.
- § C-5.6.3 Accounts.
- § C-5.6.4 Purchasing Agent.
- § C-5.6.5 Financial Reports.
- § C-5.6.6 Payments.
- § C-5.6.7 Audit of Accounts.
- § C-5.7 Town Clerk.
- § C-5.7.1 Duties of the Town Clerk.
- § C-5.7.2 Compensation.
- § C-5.8 Matters pertaining to Town Employees.
- § C-5.8.1 Wage and Salary Schedule.
- Ch C § 6 Fiscal Policies and Procedures
- § C-6.1.1 Fiscal year.
- § C-6.2.1 Budget.
- § C-6.2.2 Budget Appropriations.
- § C-6.2.3 Appropriation Limits.
- § C-6.2.4 Continued Expenses.
- § C-6.2.5 Transfer of Funds.
- § C-6.2.6 Tax Ordinance.
- § C-6.3.1 Tax Lists.
- § C-6.3.2 Notice.
- § C-6.3.3 Assessment Date.
- § C-6.4 Financing Public Works and Improvements.
- § C-6.4.1 Definitions.
- § C-6.4.2 Notice of Proposed Public Work or Improvements.
- § C-6.4.3 Record Notice of Approval of Proposed Public Improvements.
- § C-6.4.4 Initiation of Public Improvements by Property Owners.
- § C-6.4.5 Contracts for Public Works or Improvements.
- § C-6.4.6 Appraisal of Benefits and Damages.
- § C-6.4.7 Water Pollution Control Authority.
- § C-6.4.8 Appeal.
- § C-6.4.9 Liens and Penalties for Nonpayment.
- § C-6.5.1 Continuing Contracts.
- § C-6.5.2 Bidding for Public Work or Improvement.
- § C-6.5.3 Power of Rejection.
- Ch C § 7 Elections
- § C-7.1.1 Town Elections.
- § C-7.1.2 Nomination of Candidates.
- § C-7.1.3 Town Election Districts.
- § C-7.1.4 Provision for Reapportionment of Election Districts.
- § C-7.1.5 Creation, Powers and Duties of the Election District Revision Commission.
- § C-7.1.6 District Change.
- § C-7.2.1 Nomination and Election of State and Federal Officers.
- § C-7.3.1 Registrars of Voters.
- Ch C § 8 Powers of the Electorate
- § C-8.1.1 The Recall.
- § C-8.1.2 Recall Action.
- § C-8.1.3 Recall Ballot.
- § C-8.2.1 The Initiative.
- § C-8.2.2 Initiative Petitions.
- § C-8.2.3 Council Action on Initiative Petitions.
- § C-8.2.4 Initiative Election.
- § C-8.2.5 Special Initiative Election.
- § C-8.2.6 Form of Measure.
- § C-8.3.1 The Referendum.
- § C-8.3.2 Referendum Petitions.
- § C-8.3.3 Council Action on Referendum Petitions.
- § C-8.3.4 Status of Measure.
- § C-8.4.1 Form of Petitions.
- § C-8.4.2 Certification of Petitions.
- § C-8.4.3 Notice of Insufficiency.
- § C-8.4.4 Amended Petitions.
- § C-8.5.1 The Measures.
- § C-8.5.2 Number of Measures.
- § C-8.5.3 Measures in Conflict.
- § C-8.5.4 Public Notice of Measures.
- Ch C § 9 Miscellaneous Provisions
- § C-9.1.1 Fidelity Bonds.
- § C-9.1.2 Other Officers.
- § C-9.2.1 Public Records.
- § C-9.3.1 Oath of Office.
- § C-9.3.2 Code of Ethics.
- § C-9.4.1 Notice of Publication.
- § C-9.5.1 Effective Date.
- § C-9.6.1 General Repealer.
- § C-9.6.2 Exceptions to Repealer.
- § C-9.7.1 Continuation of Terms of Office or Employment.
- § C-9.8 Retention of Charter Revision Records.
- § C-9.9 Severability.
- § C-9.10 Town Seal.
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 (Reserved)
- Ch 5 Boards, Commissions and Agencies
- Ch 6 Citation Hearings, Office of
- Ch 7 Committees
- Ch 8 Contracts
- Ch 11 Elections
- Ch 12 Eminent Domain
- Ch 13 Energy Management Services
- Ch 14 Finances
- Ch 15 Fiscal Year
- Ch 17 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 22 Officers and Employees
- Ch 25 Personnel Policies
- Ch 27 Recognition of Individuals
- Ch 29 Regional Planning
- Ch 30 Registrars of Voters
- Ch 32 Terms of Office
- Ch 33 Town Council
- Ch 35 Town Property, Sale of
- Ch 38 Volunteer Fire Companies
- Ch 39 Water Pollution Control Authority
- Ch 40 Web Site
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 42 Adult-Oriented Establishments
- Ch 44 Air Pollution
- Ch 45 Airport Zoning
- Ch 46 Alarm Devices
- Ch 47 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 48 All-Terrain Vehicles
- Ch 49 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 52 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 55 Barbershops, Hairdressing and Cosmetology Shops
- Ch 58 Bingo and Other Games of Chance
- Ch 59 Body-Piercing and Tattoo Establishments
- Ch 60 Vessel-Launching Facilities
- Ch 62 Building Construction
- Ch 80 Defibrillators
- Ch 83 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 88 EMS Funding
- Ch 93 Explosives
- Ch 102 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 105 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Gas-Burning Appliances
- Ch 112 Greenway Improvement
- Ch 113 Groundwater and Vapor Intrusion Zones
- Ch 114 Harbor Management Area
- Ch 116 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 118 Hazardous Wastes, Transport of
- Ch 120 Health Regulations
- Ch 121 Historic District
- Ch 123 Housing Standards
- Ch 133 Littering
- Ch 135 Massage Parlors
- Ch 137 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 139 Natural Gas and Oil Extraction
- Ch 140 Newspapers
- Ch 142 Noise
- Ch 143 Nuclear Free Zone
- Ch 144 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 147 Obscenity
- Ch 152 Parks and Beaches
- Ch 153 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 154 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 159 Property, Lost and Unclaimed
- Ch 161 Property Maintenance
- Ch 165 Recycling
- Ch 172 Sewers
- Ch 175 Shellfish
- Ch 178 Skateboards
- Ch 182 Solid Waste
- Ch 186 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 188 Swimming Pools
- Ch 191 Taxation
- Ch 196 Tow Trucks
- Ch 198 Trailers
- Ch 200 Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vegetation
- Ch 202 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 203 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 205 Vehicles, Removal of
- Ch 209 Water
- Ch 210 Waterfront and Harbor Management
- Ch 212 Weapons
- Ch 214 Weeds
- Ch 217 Wetlands and Watercourses
- Appendix
- Ch A220 Zoning
- Ch A221 Subdivision of Land
- Ch A222 Special Laws
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by referendum 11-4-2003.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
PREFACE
Form of Government.
The municipal government provided by this Charter
shall be known as the "Mayor Council Government." An elected Mayor
shall be the chief executive officer of the Town. All the legislative
powers of the Town shall be vested in an elective Council, hereinafter
referred to as the "Council." In addition to the powers hereinafter
specifically set forth, the Mayor and Council shall have all the powers
granted to municipal corporations by the Constitution and General
Statutes of the State of Connecticut, and all implied powers necessary
to carry into execution the powers hereinafter set forth and the powers
granted to municipal corporations by the Constitution and General
Statutes of the State of Connecticut, subject only to the limitations
imposed by this Charter and by the Constitution and General Statutes
of the State of Connecticut.
All powers of the Mayor and Council shall be
exercised by them in the manner prescribed in this Charter, or as
otherwise provided by law. [Amended 11-4-2008]
[1]
Editor's Note: This Charter, which has an
effective date of 12-12-2005, replaced the former Charter approved
7-16-1964 by Stratford Town Council, as amended.
