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Code of Ordinances
Charter Comparative Table.
How Code designated and cited.
Construction and effect of Code.
Catchlines of sections.
Rules of construction.
Repeal not to revive former ordinance.
Severability of parts of Code.
General penalty.
References to laws of the commonwealth.
Disposition of fines, forfeitures and penalties.
City seal.
Execution of deeds, etc.
Warrants or notices for elections or meetings — Form of warrant or notice for calling elections.
Same—Form of warrant or notice for calling general meetings.
Same—Publication.
Licensing power.
Contractual stipulations relative to employment of residents, etc.
Effective date of ordinances.
Sale of real estate; advertisement.
City-owned motor vehicles—Generally; identification.
Same—Records of use and maintenance; restrictions on use.
Motor vehicle towing contracts and ambulance service contracts; approval of city council required.
Bond.
To attend, etc., general meetings of citizens.
To be keeper of City Seal.
To notify City officers, boards, etc., of certain matters.
Annual report.
Assistant City Clerk.
Appointment; term; compensation.
To act as legal adviser, etc.
Examination of titles, drafting of deeds, etc.
To prosecute and defend actions, etc., for city, etc.; to represent city before legislature; to attend meetings of committee on claims and licenses.
Prosecutions under chapters 3, 5 and 17.
Legal opinions.
Annual report.
Other duties.
Traveling expenses.
Vacancy in office.
Assistant City Solicitor.
Appointment.
Duties.
Inspectors.
through Sec. 2-25.1.
Appointment; responsibilities.
Term.
Compensation.
Removal.
through Sec. 2-35.
Qualifications.
Powers and duties generally.
Assistant city physicians.
Duties generally.
Appointment.
Term.
Records and reports.
Inspection fees.
Removal; vacancy in office.
Appointment; term.
Filling vacancies.
Powers and duties.
Designation of department; clerk-investigator.
through Sec. 2-64.
through Sec. 2-70.
Composition; appointment and terms of members; compensation, election of chairman and secretary.
Appointment of personnel.
Powers and duties generally.
Severability.
Generally.
Composition.
Appointment and terms of members.
Compensation of members; election of chairman and secretary.
Powers and duties generally.
To serve as administrative agency.
Employees.
Established; purposes.
Composition; appointment and compensation of members; election of Chairman and Clerk.
Terms of members; filling vacancies; removal of members.
Powers and duties.
Established; purposes.
Composition and appointment of members.
Agents; appointments; inspections.
Director of Public Health appointed.
Duties and responsibilities of Director of Public Health.
Public Health Nurse Manager appointed.
Duties and responsibilities of Public Health Nurse Manager.
Annual reports.
Weekly reports of deaths from diseases dangerous to public health.
Health regulations; summary publication; hearings; filing sanitary codes and related rules, etc.
Rules and regulations for removal of garbage; penalty.
Established.
Composition; terms of members.
Chairman; duties.
Meetings.
Established.
Title.
Composition; appointment, terms and compensation of members.
Filling vacancies.
Organization.
Meetings.
Quorum.
Records.
Powers and duties generally.
Clerical, etc., assistance.
Cooperation and assistance from other city departments, etc.
Reports.
Established.
Composition; appointment of members.
Term of members; filling vacancies.
Election of chairman and clerk.
Powers and duties.
Established.
Composition; appointment of members.
Terms of members; filling vacancies.
Compensation of members; election of chairman and clerk.
Powers and duties.
City hall parking lot regulations.
Berkshire Athenaeum—Parking areas and regulations.
Same—Adoption or amendment of regulations.
Amtrak station—Parking areas and regulations.
Same—Adoption or amendment of regulations.
through Sec. 2-117.10.
Established.
through Sec. 2-117.20.
Appointment.
Term.
Compensation.
Powers and duties generally.
Annual report.
Removal.
Custodian.
Janitors.
Created; purpose.
through Sec. 2-130.
Appointment; removal.
Duties generally.
Established, composition; appointment of members.
Terms of members; filling vacancies.
Compensation of members; election of officers.
Powers and duties.
Establishment and title.
Policy of the City of Pittsfield.
Composition.
Meetings.
Records.
Function, powers, and duties of the commission.
Contributions to commission.
Relations with city agencies.
Rules and regulations of Commission.
Construction of article.
Severability.
Establishment.
Powers and duties.
Composition.
Cooperation and assistance from other City departments, etc.
Compensation.
Establishment.
Membership; appointment; term; officers.
Function, powers and duties.
through Sec. 2-154.5.
Time for filing.
Establishment of commission.
Composition; appointment of members; compensation.
Terms of members; filling vacancies.
Election of chairman and treasurer.
Powers and duties.
through Sec. 2-169.
Definitions.
Establishment, terms, membership.
Duties and powers.
Standards for adjusting rents.
Summary process.
Review.
Penalties.
through Sec. 2-186.
Polling hours—City.
Same—State.
Appointment and compensation.
Established.
Title.
Composition of Board; appointment; terms; compensation of members; Director.
Organization of Board.
Meetings of Board.
Quorum.
Records.
Powers and duties generally.
Cooperation and assistance from other City departments.
Duties of the Director.
Establishment; purposes.
Powers and duties.
Chief of Police duties.
Composition; appointment; training and compensation of members; election of Chairman.
Eligibility and qualifications.
Training for Board members .
Establishment.
Appointment; terms of members.
Powers and duties.
through Sec. 2-204.
through Sec. 224.
Established; title.
Composition and appointments.
Powers and duties generally.
Meetings.
Director of Youth Services.
Qualifications.
Duties of Director of Youth Services.
Youth Advisor.
Establishment and title.
Policy.
Function, powers and duties.
Cooperation and assistance.
Membership and terms.
Meetings and quorum.
Contributions to Commission.
Severability.
through Sec. 2-239.
Establishment and title.
Composition and appointment.
Terms of members.
Function, powers, and duties.
Meetings.
Appointment of committees; function of committees.
Establishment and title.
Composition, appointment, and terms.
Function, powers, and duties.
Appointment of authority director; powers and duties.
Bylaws; executive committee: chairman, vice-chairman and secretary; appointment of treasurer and clerk.
Duties of treasurer and clerk.
Establishment and title.
Composition and appointment.
Removal.
Terms of members; vacancies.
Quorum.
Meetings.
Records.
Powers and duties.
Staffing.
Establishment and title.
Composition and appointment.
Terms of members; vacancies.
Function, powers, and duties.
Meetings.
Appointment of committees; function of committees.
Intent.
Definitions.
Right-to-farm declaration.
Disclosure notification.
Resolution of disputes.
Agricultural Commission.
Amendments.
Establishment.
Commissioner of Public Services appointed.
Duties and responsibilities of Commissioner of Public Services.
Positions supervised by Commissioner of Public Services.
Administrative positions.
Engineering.
Establishment.
Commissioner of Public Utilities appointed.
Duties and responsibilities of Commissioner of Public Utilities.
Composition.
Supervision.
Duties and responsibilities of Superintendent of Public Water.
Composition.
Supervision.
Duties and responsibilities of Superintendent of Wastewater.
Statement of City policy.
Nondiscrimination in access to public services, employment, and contracting.
Discrimination complaints.
Affirmative action provisions.
Establishment and Committee procedure.
Membership; terms; duties; compensation.
Removal; vacancies.
Report.
Establishment.
Composition and appointment.
Duties.
Requirement for quorum; cost estimates required.
Amendments.
Severability.
Time frame for initial appointments.
through Sec. 2 1/2-20.
Restraining dogs.
Muzzling dogs.
Impounding, release and disposition of dogs.
Found dogs.
License requirements; fees and exceptions.
Kennels; license requirements and fees.
Fee for replacement dog tag.
Defecation; nuisances.
Regulation of dangerous or vicious dogs.
Sale of cats, dogs and rabbits.
Fines.
Effect on other laws.
Purpose.
Definitions.
Confinement and tethering restricted.
Exceptions.
Enforcement.
Severability.
Display for entertainment.
Adoption of State Building Code.
Fire District No. 1.
Demolition of buildings; permit; bond.
Delay of demolition for preservation of historically significant structures.
Property maintenance code.
General.
Maintenance of equipment, systems, etc.
Approval.
Violations.
Unsafe structures and equipment.
Emergency measures.
Demolition.
General requirements.
Exterior property areas.
Exterior structures.
Interior structure.
Extermination.
Light, ventilation, and occupancy limitations.
Light.
Ventilation.
Occupancy limitations.
Purpose.
Definitions.
Registration of non-owner-occupied, vacant, and foreclosure residential properties.
Renewal.
Maintenance requirements.
Inspections.
Enforcement and penalties.
Applicability.
Regulatory authority.
Implementation.
Definitions.
Emergency management agency established.
Function of agency.
Director of emergency management.
Personnel of department.
Emergency management agency advisory council.
Acceptance of gifts, etc., for emergency management purposes.
Police aid to other cities and towns.
Powers and duties of emergency management auxiliary police.
Term chapter effective.
Enforcement—Criminal complaint.
Enforcement – Noncriminal disposition.
Citation form.
Appointment.
Qualifications.
Engaging in electrical business.
Vacancy in office.
Construction of Sections 5-1 to 5-3.
Powers and duties generally—Poles and wires.
Same—As to electrical wiring and equipment generally.
Same—Records to be kept by inspector of wires; duties with regard to revisions of National Electrical Code.
Assistant inspector of wires.
“Electrical wiring” defined.
Rules and regulations governing electrical wiring and fixtures.
Compliance with article generally.
Construction of article.
Penalty for violations of article.
Required; application; exceptions.
Issuance; starting work before permit granted prohibited.
Term permits.
Temporary permits.
Notice to inspector of wires; concealing electrical work prior to approval prohibited.
Certificate of approval to be issued when work conforms to article; defective work to be remedied.
Inspections generally; right of entry of inspector of wires; inspector of wires to enforce compliance with article, etc.; report of violations; dangerous wiring.
Generally.
Granting petition for location of poles.
Bond prerequisite to validity of permit to remove overhead lines and place same under public ways, etc.
Acceptance and agreement required of persons granted permit to construct, etc., conduits, etc., under public ways; when grant and permit deemed void, etc.
Plans, etc., to accompany petition for permission to lay conduits.
Plans to be submitted by persons operating wires, conduits, etc., upon request.
Owners, etc., of conduits, etc., to comply with requirements of inspector of wires; manner of installation, changing and repairs.
Use by city of certain conduits.
Opening street, way or bridge.
Disturbing gas or water pipes, sewers, etc., when laying, etc., wires or conduits.
Removal of overhead wires, poles, etc., upon completion of conduits.
Removal, relocation, etc., of conduits, etc., upon construction, relocation, etc., of street, way or bridge.
Repair, etc., of unsafe, etc., conduits, etc.
Certain duties of conduit owners prescribed.
Revocation of permits to construct conduits, etc.; removal of unauthorized conduits, wires, etc.
Changing location of conduits, wires, etc.
Position of wires of electric company.
Fixture for wires of fire alarm and police signal systems.
Applicability of sections 5-36 and 5-37.
Boxes of fire alarm and police signal systems to be grounded.
Fiscal year.
Annual appropriations.
Issuance of bonds and notes.
Department of Finance.
Same — Supervision.
Same—Duties.
Appointments—Department officers.
Same—Other departmental employees.
Officers, etc., to file itemized bills of claims monthly; list of claims to be prepared; collection of bills.
Statement of receipts to be filed by officers, etc., receiving fees, etc.
Authority of officers, etc., to receive payment of claims due city.
Purchases and purchase orders.
Adjustment of fire losses.
Return of assessments is warrant for collection of sewer or sidewalk assessments; abatements.
Same—Custodian.
Generally.
Duties generally.
Duties generally; deposit and withdrawal of funds.
To be city collector.
Assistant tax collector.
Accounts generally; deposit and withdrawal of funds; payment of claims.
Statement of receipts and disbursements; annual statement.
Data processing center-Established.
Assistant to director of finance/treasurer.
Monthly operating statements; bond list and cancellation of paid notes and bonds; director of finance/treasurer’s account; publication of annual financial statement.
Bookkeeping procedure generally; notice upon appropriations becoming fully expended; report of neglect of officer, etc., to file required returns, etc.
Record of appropriations.
“Unappropriated Revenue in the Treasury” account.
Original examination, approval and certification of accounts and claims generally.
Monthly examinations and approval of bills, etc.; record of approved bills; certification of bills approved by school committee; certain payrolls deemed one bill.
Approved bills, etc., to be sent to accountant monthly; examination, etc., of bills by accountant.
Allowance and passage of approved bills by committee on accounts.
Payment of approved bills.
Payment of bonds, notes, judgments, etc.
Preparation, approval and payment of weekly payrolls.
Claims for damages or injuries.
Created.
Appointment; term; vacancies.
Commencement and termination of terms.
Approval of assessors by city council; full-time status.
Compensation of incumbent assessors.
Powers and duties.
Compensation.
Assistant assessors; appointment; duties.
Definitions.
Capital improvement program—Annual submission by mayor.
Same—Method of preparation, contents, etc.
Same—Certain officers, etc., to assist mayor in preparation of program.
Construction of article.
Department of purchase established; appointment of purchasing agent (chief procurement officer).
Removal of purchasing agent from office.
Filling vacancy in office of purchasing agent.
Examining records of purchasing department.
Contractual services defined.
Agencies to file estimates of required supplies, etc.
Procurement procedure generally.
Emergency purchases.
Inspection and testing of supplies, etc.
Storerooms and warehouses; maintenance of inventory system.
Establishment of rules and regulations.
Preparation and adoption of standards and specifications.
Encumbrance of funds.
Obsolete, worn, disused, surplus, etc., materials and equipment.
Certification of bills.
Applicability of article.
Enforcement of article.
Violations.
through Sec. 6-64.
Established.
Acceptance of sales tax on restaurant meals in City.
Established.
Purpose.
Subject properties.
Abatement agreements.
Filing of abatement agreements.
Powers.
Amendments.
Statutory authority; requirements.
Purpose.
Administration.
Application of credits to tax bills.
Eligibility guidelines.
Certificate of service.
Status of volunteers.
Tax withholding.
Funding source.
Designation and purpose.
Board of Trustees.
Custodian.
Purpose.
Expenditure limitations.
Interest.
Procedures and reports.
Authorized revolving funds.
Composition.
Height, weight, etc., requirements for fire fighters.
Reserve firemen force.
Assignment and transfer of officers and members.
Suspension of officers and members.
Failure of appointee to qualify; removal from city.
Obedience to laws, regulations and orders.
Powers and duties of Fire Chief generally.
Fire division established.
Control and command at fires.
Company rolls; account of departmental property; annual report of Fire Chief.
Opening signal boxes; interference with fire alarm system; driving over fire hose, etc.; false fire alarms.
Sale and use of fireworks.
Fines imposed on officers or members under chapter.
Uniforms for members.
Principal clerk.
Key box for fire alarm and fire protection systems.
Composition.
Responsibilities.
Superintendent — Appointment and removal.
Same — Powers and duties.
Appointment and removal of other personnel.
Adoption.
Amendments, additions and deletions.
Definitions.
through Sec. 7-31.
Permits required.
Removal of dangerous materials required.
Disconnection of public utilities.
On-site burning.
Vacating buildings.
Buildings with asphalt siding.
Removal of debris required; exception.
Clear access for fire apparatus required.
Blocking hydrants and fire alarm boxes prohibited.
Securing buildings to be demolished.
Employment of fire fighter.
Higher standards to rule in event of conflicting regulations.
Fines.
Definitions.
Jurisdiction.
Resource recovery committee.
Ban on use of styrofoam.
Banning single-use plastic bags.
Dumping hours.
Rules and regulations governing handling, storage, etc., generally.
Collection generally.
Drainage and storage of materials.
Requirement of containers.
Location, maintenance, etc., of containers.
Collection of animal wastes.
Disposal generally.
Waste materials, etc., carried in vehicles to be covered, etc.
Depositing waste materials, etc., in public ways, etc.
Vehicle stickers; disposal fees.
Severability.
Maintenance of dumpsters by businesses.
License required; exception.
License number to be displayed on vehicle.
Weights and measures to be inspected and sealed.
Manner of carrying goods; excessive noise prohibited.
License to be dated; term of license; fee.
Refusing, etc., to exhibit license.
Transferability of license.
Revocation of license.
Provisions to be printed on licenses.
Monthly report of persons licensed under chapter.
Requirements.
Application for registration.
Issuance of license; expiration; fee.
Display of license.
Violations and penalties; enforcement.
License required.
License application; requirements.
License issuance; fee and expiration.
Restrictions on placement of transient vendor cart/table on sidewalks.
Violations and penalties; enforcement; revocation and suspension of license.
License—Required.
Same—Granting and revocation generally; record of licenses.
Same—Fees.
Same—Expiration; transferability; license may be revoked upon violation of conditions, etc., thereof.
Records to be kept by junk dealers, etc.; junkyards, secondhand shops, etc., to be open for inspection; sign required for shops and yards.
Purchase, etc., of junk, secondhand articles, etc., from minors prohibited; sale of articles recently purchased.
Hours of operation for junkyards, secondhand shops, etc.
Junkyards to be enclosed; maintenance and operation of junkyards generally.
Waste collection vehicle stickers.
Vehicles, etc., of waste collectors subject to examination; cleanup of unacceptable wastes.
Name to be displayed on vehicles used by waste collectors.
Hours of operation for waste collectors.
Procedure upon violation of section 10-1(c).
Certain persons, etc., exempt from chapter.
Disposal of waste originating within the city.
Severability.
Fines.
Civil fingerprinting.
Powers to renew certain licenses and permits delegated to City Clerk.
City Clerk to renew license or permit only when timely application filed, etc.
Referral of renewal applications to City Council—Generally.
Same—Determination as to issuance or refusal.
Construction of §§ 11-1 to 11-4; supervision, revocation or modification of licenses and permits renewed by City Clerk.
License fees for sale, repair, and repossession of motor vehicles.
"Lodginghouse" license fee.
Fees and expiration date for bowling alley licenses.
Billiard and poolroom license fees.
Fortunetellers' licenses; fees; requirements; and fines.
Sunday entertainment license fees.
Licensing board to issue certain licenses.
Public hearings on applications.
Temporary licenses to sell articles for charitable purposes.
License required for storage and sale of bulk saline based materials.
Application.
Expiration, revocation.
Applications; conditions and restrictions.
License fees for keeping of automobiles and storage and sale of explosive and inflammable substances.
Fees for registration of certificate.
Computation of fees under two preceding sections.
Notice of certain permits granted.
Required.
Registration.
Fee; issuance; expiration.
Display of certificate of registration.
Notification of commencement of selling; notification to criminal history systems board; regulation of operation; revocation of registration; penalties for violations; inapplicability.
Exemptions.
Charitable solicitations.
Permit required.
Alarms defined.
Grant of permit.
Fees.
Burglar alarms.
Applicability.
Specific areas designated for vendors.
Unlawful vending activities.
Notification of proposed route.
Assignment by lottery.
Application fee.
Issuance of permit.
Prohibition along parade route.
Enforcement.
through Sec. 11-39.
Annual list.
Notification of licensing authority.
Notice; hearing.
List constitutes evidence.
Reinstatement of license.
Fines.
Preamble.
Definitions.
Construction.
Data bank; marketing of license.
Creation of special liquor licenses.
Application procedure.
When effective; construal of provisions.
Definitions.
Yard plot plans to be submitted to chief fire engineer; contents of plot plans.
Basic fire protection measures for lumberyards.
Special fire protection measures for lumberyards.
Operational fire prevention.
Fines.
Definitions.
Duty of police to enforce chapter, etc.
Police to synchronize directions with signals.
Repealed by Ordinance No. 29, passed August 11, 1967.
Applicability of portions of chapter to certain vehicles; temporary deviation permit.
Applicability of chapter to persons propelling pushcarts, riding animals, etc.
Pedestrian control rules.
Violations and penalties.
Schedule of fines.
Penalties for failure to pay fines within 21 days pursuant to state law.
Disposition of fines and forfeitures.
Established; composition; appointment and terms of members; filling vacancies; meetings.
Powers and duties.
Proposed traffic regulations to be referred to commission.
through Sec. 13-19.
Traffic-control signals at specified intersections.
When signals to be in operation.
Pedestrian periods.
Emergency and experimental rules and tests.
Effect of display of signs upon enforcement of chapter.
Obedience to traffic control devices, etc.
Display of unauthorized signs, signals, etc.
Defacing, injuring, etc., official signs, signals, etc.
Traffic control signal legend; meaning of signals.
Throughways designated.
Obedience to throughway stop signs, etc.
Obedience to isolated stop signs.
Locations at which stop signs to be erected.
Obedience to yield signs.
Emerging from buildings or private ways.
Driving on sidewalk.
One-way streets designated.
Designation of funerals and other processions; funerals, etc., passing through intersections.
Vehicle operation at crosswalks.
Permit for parades, processions, etc.
Notice of permit.
Streets closed to all commercial vehicles; exceptions.
Streets closed to heavy commercial vehicles; exceptions.
Left turns prohibited at certain intersections.
Right turns prohibited at certain intersections.
Only right turns permitted at certain intersections.
Mandatory turn lanes at certain intersections; designation by order instead of ordinance.
U turns prohibited on certain streets.
Driving on divided ways.
Obstructing traffic.
Rotary traffic.
Drive within marked lanes.
Use right lane.
Overtaking other vehicles.
Overtake only when there is a space ahead.
Driver to give way to overtaking vehicle.
Following too closely.
Slow vehicles to stay 200 feet apart.
Care in starting, stopping, turning or backing.
Driving on road surface under construction or repair.
Men and equipment in highway.
Stopping, standing and parking prohibited in specified places.
Parking prohibited in specified places.
Parking in designated handicapped spaces.
Number of handicap parking spaces.
Parking prohibited in specified ways.
Parking on private ways.
Fifteen minute parking.
Thirty minute parking.
One-hour parking.
Ninety-minute parking.
Two-hour parking.
Three-hour parking.
Two-hour parking on Tyler Street.
Parking signs generally.
Manner of stopping, standing and parking generally; angle parking.
Parking for purpose of sale or advertising.
Parking, etc., for repairs; broken down vehicles.
Loading and unloading commercial vehicles.
Loading zones.
Bus stops.
Taxicab stands.
Parking at night without lights.
Emergency parking powers.
Parking meter zones established.
Construction of meters.
Manner of parking in meter space.
Deposit of coin in meter.
Parking meter fees.
Deposit of additional coins to extend parking time prohibited.
Commercial vehicle parking in meter space.
Payments by holders of temporary permits or licenses for construction, etc., operations.
Adoption of regulations by Traffic Commission.
Tampering with, injuring, etc., meters; depositing slugs, etc.
Definitions.
Use of municipal parking areas.
Numbering of parking areas and spaces therein.
Parking to be under temporary revocable license, etc.
Assumption of risk of property loss or damage.
Assumption of risk of personal injury or death.
Parking prohibited during certain hours; use for certain purposes only; speed limit.
Maximum continuous parking time.
Deposit of coin in parking meter.
Parking fees.
Applicability of Sections 13-84 to 13-86.
Adoption of regulations by traffic commission.
Specified number of reserved handicapped parking spaces.
Tampering with, injuring, etc., parking meters; depositing slug, etc., in meter.
Manner of parking generally.
Safety precautions.
Animals.
Enforcement of article.
Definitions.
Scope of article.
Exceptions.
Physical and operational requirements.
Inspections; enforcement of article.
Required.
Application—Generally.
Same—Certificate of inspector of buildings prerequisite to acceptance by city clerk.
Same—Approval of Fire Chief of Fire Department required.
Same—Plans to accompany application.
Same—Notice of application; hearing.
Fees; contents; term.
Change in plan after license granted.
Terms and conditions of license.
Renewals.
Transfers.
Suspension and revocation.
Adopted; designated in certain areas.
Prima facie evidence when vehicle in excess of speed limit.
Effect of article on General Laws.
Authority of city council.
Authority of police.
Fees.
Liability for damage during removal or storage.
Where parking prohibited—Generally.
Same—In front of theaters, etc.
Official traffic signs.
Police to keep record of towed vehicles.
Municipal buildings—Parking area declared tow-away zone.
Dunham Street Mall declared tow-away zone.
Fire lanes declared tow-away zones.
Bradford Street Parking Area—Description; designated as parking area under jurisdiction and maintenance of council on aging; removal of unauthorized vehicles.
Same—Unauthorized parking prohibited; removal by police department; owner subject to penalties under state law.
Handicapped parking spaces declared tow-away zones.
Bicycle control rules.
Police to enforce.
Skateboard, rollerblade, and scooter control rules.
Disposition of fines.
Fines.
Violations deemed public nuisances; abatement.
Handicapped parking in private off-street lots.
Description.
Responsibility for implementation.
Violations.
Authority to enforce.
Definitions.
General prohibition.
Amplified sound.
Motor vehicles, motorized equipment.
Animals.
Sounds impacting residential life.
Determining and classifying noise.
Applications for permit.
Emergency vehicles.
Licensed activities.
Violation.
Severability.
Peeping Toms.
Rivers, brooks, watercourses, parks and other public land—Depositing refuse, ashes, junk, etc. in rivers, etc. or on banks thereof or on any public land.
Bottom-anchored lake moorings.
Failure to remove rubbish and debris.
Sale of wood, slabs and edging for fuel.
Street and sidewalk offenses—Auction sales on sidewalks etc.
Same—Discharging firearms in streets, etc.
Same—Disorderly behavior in street, etc.
Same—Drinking alcoholic beverages upon public ways, etc.
Same—Prohibition of glass bottles and containers upon park property.
Public consumption of marihuana or tetrahydrocannabinol.
Same—Exposing gaming device on street, etc.
Same—Injuring, removing, etc., trees on streets, etc.; posting notices or advertisements on telephone, etc., poles.
Same—Encroachments upon public ways.
Same—Lighting or extinguishing City street lamps.
Same—Noisy advertising, etc., on streets.
Same—Obstructing steps, etc., to churches, public buildings, etc.
Same—Selling newspapers on Sunday.
Same—Limitation on prosecutions.
Gasoline powered boats on the Housatonic River within the city limits.
Storage of unregistered vehicles.
Recreational land vehicles; restrictions; exceptions.
Fences generally.
Regulation of mechanical and electronic games and other games.
Loitering in public buildings.
Loitering for the purpose of illegally using, possessing or selling controlled substances.
Firearms and explosives in courthouses.
Graffiti control.
Possession/use of laser pointing device.
Fines.
Definitions.
License required.
Application for license.
Bond.
Investigation.
License.
License fees.
Revocation of license.
Changing place of business.
Record of purchases and sales.
Report to police.
Restrictions.
Offer to sell by suspicious characters to be reported.
Lost or stolen property.
Fines.
Conflicts.
Scope of chapter.
Definitions and miscellaneous terms.
Employment, promotions, etc., to comply with ordinances, civil services laws, etc.; exceptions.
Physical examination prerequisite to employment; exceptions.
Classification of positions.
Preparation and content of class specifications.
Adoption of classification plan.
Budgeting limitations.
Application and interpretation of classification plan.
Administration and maintenance of classification plan.
Classification plan for the city service.
Certain employees to be classified as special municipal employees.
Definition and adoption of compensation plan.
Adjustment of compensation plan.
Application and interpretation of compensation plan.
Overtime.
Holidays.
Leaves of absence.
Administration and maintenance of compensation plan.
Office hours.
Hours of work other than offices.
Adjustments in salaries and wages based upon length of employment.
Additional compensation for serving as manager of two departments.
Existence of positions.
Management residency requirement.
Annual performance review of City employees.
Established.
Composition.
Director—Appointment; term.
Same—Removal.
Personnel practices and procedures generally.
Procurement of personnel.
Classification; assignment and utilization of personnel.
Personnel promotion policies.
Civil service duties.
Hours of work, vacations, absences, etc.; working conditions generally.
Workmen's compensation.
Personnel records.
Reports to Department.
Reports by Department.
Notice of civil service tests.
Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
Council on Aging.
Composition of Department.
Duties of members generally; outside employment by members.
Oath of office of members.
Appointment, removal, salary of Chief of Police.
Reserve police force generally.
Powers and duties of Chief of Police generally.
Institution of prosecutions; enforcement of laws, etc.
Rules and regulations—Generally.
Same—Fines, etc., imposed for disobedience.
When police headquarters to be open.
Immigration policies.
Same—Rules and regulations for purchases.
Motor equipment repairman.
Clerk.
Established; purpose.
Composition; appointment; removal.
Organization.
Definition of miscellaneous terms.
Common sewers and drains laid in street to be property of city, etc.
Water, gas, etc., pipes and construction work not to obstruct or interfere with sewers.
Record of common sewer plans and connections to be kept.
Account and report of the cost of common sewers; annual sewerage system report.
When connection with common sewer required.
Permit to connect to public sewer required.
Classes of building sewer permits; applications; nontransferability; revocation.
Expense of building sewer installation and connection.
Separate and independent building sewers; exception.
Use of old building sewers.
Requirements for construction of building sewer.
Level of construction of building sewer.
Prohibition against connection of exterior drains to public sanitary sewer.
Connection of building sewer into public sewer.
Notice to commissioner by applicant for building sewer permit.
Excavations for building sewer installation.
Open ditches or holes.
Prohibition against discharge of surface water into sanitary sewers.
Discharge of unpolluted drainage into storm sewers, etc.
Discharges prohibited to public sewers.
Dilution prohibited as substitute for treatment.
Options of the Commissioner in event improper wastes to be discharged.
Provision for interceptors.
Maintenance of preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities.
Installation of control manholes, etc.
Sampling of waters and wastes.
Penalty for unauthorized damage to the sewer system.
Permitting unlicensed person to repair, etc., sewer.
Right to enter premises to inspect waste processes; confidentiality.
Observance of safety rules on private premises.
Easements on private property and work thereon.
Basis and rates.
Developer/contractor to pay costs of construction in certain cases.
Developer/contractor to pay costs of pump stations.
Connection charges.
Payment of assessments not to relieve owners from payment of annual charges or rents for use of sewers.
Plans, descriptions and record of charges; schedule of assessments generally.
Notice of assessment and demand for payment; when assessment due and payable; interest to be charged on delinquent assessments; levy; invalid assessments.
Rate of interest; collection of assessments generally.
Disposition of funds collected under this article.
Levy of sewer service charges.
Establishment of rates.
Method of billing.
Large industrial users.
Surcharges.
Statement of sewer service charges; collection of sewer service charges; liens therefor.
Appropriation of funds.
Violation of sewer ordinance.
Fines for violation of chapter.
Liability to city of persons violating sewer ordinance.
Repeal of inconsistent ordinances.
Severance clause.
through Sec. 19-59.
through Sec. 19-63.
Street names; record of streets and sidewalks.
Surface parking areas; curb stop requirements.
Numbering buildings—Assignment of numbers.
Same—Frontage coverage; manner of numbering; renumbering.
Same—Duty of owners and occupants to affix numbers; size and placement of numbers; displaying improper number.
Excavations and encumbrances generally—Permit and agreement required; bond.
Same—Protective devices required; repair, etc., of streets, etc.; buildings, etc., in private ways, etc.
Same—Notification of certain officers when street closed, etc.
Suspending or displaying banner, merchandise, etc., over street, etc.; placement of stepping stones, bicycle racks, etc., on sidewalks.
Playing musical instruments in streets, etc.
Permitting firewood, etc., to remain on sidewalk, etc., after dark.
Permitting cattle, etc., to go at large or pasture in streets, etc.
Sliding or coasting on streets, etc.
Permit for moving buildings.
Throwing, etc., snow and ice into streets, etc.
Sidewalk cafes.
Keeping of tables, vending machines, or vending stands on public ways.
Violations; enforcement.
Allowing impure water to run from house, etc., into street.
Permitting gate or door to swing into, etc., street or sidewalk.
Obstructing footwalk or sidewalk.
Carrying placards on streets or sidewalks.
Playing ball, flying kite, etc., on streets.
Removal, etc., of snow and ice from sidewalks—Duty of occupant, etc., of abutting property to remove, etc.; Chief of Police, or his or her designee, to prosecute violators.
Disposal of rubbish on or near highways; violations and penalties.
Informal appeal to Chief of Police.
Snow emergency regulations.
Permitting water from eaves, etc., to discharge upon streets, etc.; washing windows and walls of buildings.
Pouring, etc., gasoline, turpentine, etc., on pavement.
Giving public address, speech, etc., in street, etc.
Limitation on prosecutions.
Petitions—To be referred to Committee on Public Services.
Same—Prerequisites to favorable report by Committee on Public Services.
Same—Hearing on petition; notice of hearing; report of Committee on Public Services.
Same—Petitions for alteration in grade of certain streets.
Laying out and acceptance of certain streets.
Construction requirements and specifications generally.
Conditions for laying out and acceptance under Betterment Act.
Options permitted.
Permit to construct or maintain—Required; contents.
Same—Permittee to maintain protective devices during construction; restoration of surface.
Same—Bond prerequisite to issuance.
Effect of approval of Commissioner of Public Services.
Easements not acquired, etc.; removal or alteration in event of public need.
Short title.
"Street line" defined.
Construction of article.
through Sec. 20-57.
Construction requirements generally.
Maximum projection of sign, etc., generally.
Maximum height of signs, etc.; clearance required.
Special provisions for certain time and temperature telling devices.
Special provisions for signs, etc., on certain streets.
Individual reflectors.
Signs, etc., on marquees.
Maximum projection of marquees.
Height of marquees.
Removal of signs, marquees, etc.—Upon termination of permit.
Same—Removals generally; notice required.
Inspection of signs, marquees, etc.; dangerous installations.
Existing signs, marquees, etc.
Permit to attach, etc., to building, etc.—Required; proviso; dangerous awnings.
Same—Application; fee; effect.
Projection over public ways.
Minimum height.
Inspections; enforcement of division.
through Sec. 20-79.
Diseased; treatment.
Removal of trees, brush, etc., from nonnavigable streams.
Removal of hazardous trees from unaccepted streets.
Petition; sufficiency.
Petition to be referred to Committee on Public Services.
Construction requirement and specifications.
Repairs limited; construction prohibited.
Public necessity not required.
No charge levied against the abutter.
Finding by the Committee on Public Services.
Liability of City for work done limited.
Emergency access.
Damage caused by City.
Fines.
Purpose; permit required; inspections.
Location.
Construction standards; gates.
Turnaround requirements.
Grade.
Width.
Drainage and erosion control.
Access.
Common driveways.
Defined.
License to operate required; compliance with article.
License authority delegated.
Taxicab commission duties.
License application.
Same—Registration certificate prerequisite to issuance.
Same—Fee.
Same—Contents; expiration date; licenses to be numbered.
Same—License card.
Same—To apply only to designated vehicle.
Same—Assignability, etc.
Same—Suspension and revocation.
Liability insurance required.
Photograph, etc., of operator to be filed with chief of police; duplicate photograph to be attached to license.
Inspections.
Competition with bus service.
Drivers' hours restricted.
Number of passengers regulated.
Refusing to carry passengers.
Carrying diseased persons.
Smoking by drivers.
Taking on and discharging passengers.
Articles left in taxicabs.
Taximeters.
Rates—Generally.
Same—Waiting time.
Same—Hourly rates.
Same—Rates for funerals, weddings, etc.
Prepaid fares.
Rates for trips outside city.
Taking on passengers after taxicab engaged, etc.
Sign, etc., required.
Additional rules and regulations.
Smoking generally.
Elderly citizens, special rates.
License—Required; conditions, etc.; record of licenses.
Same—Fee; expiration date.
Same—Licensee deemed owner of vehicle, etc.
Same—Vehicles to be marked and numbered.
Same—Using vehicle with unauthorized number.
Drivers under 18 years of age.
Solicitation of baggage, merchandise, etc.
Fines.
Water division created.
through Sec. 22-4.1.
Office of superintendent established; assistants.
Commissioner and superintendent; powers and duties.
Powers and duties of clerk of water department.
Establishment of rules and regulations.
Annual reports.
Appropriation of funds.
Application for water service.
Permit for alteration, etc., of pipes or fixtures required.
Authority to enter premises for inspection of water usage and fixtures.
Compliance with order of commissioner required; effect of refusal to comply.
Responsibilities of persons as to maintenance and protection of water pipes and fixtures.
Selling or supplying water to another.
Meters—Connection to service pipe; tampering with, injuring, etc., prohibited; penalty.
Same—Access to be clear of obstructions.
Same—Failure to operate correctly; allowance for claims.
Unauthorized persons prohibited from making connections, etc., with mains.
Maintenance, etc., of service pipes from mains.
Extensions of water mains—Generally.
Same—Developer/contractor to pay cost; limitations.
Developer/contractor to pay costs of pump stations.
Cross-connections prohibited.
Fines.
Levy of water rates.
Establishment of rates.
Separate bills for metered rates.
Charges for vacant premises; shutting off and turning on water.
Statement of water service charges; collection of water service charges; liens.
Allowance for abatements in water rates.
Establishment.
Purpose.
Definitions.
Applicability.
Exemptions.
Administration.
Fees.
Prohibited activities.
Stormwater design and management plan.
Permits and procedure.
Emergency suspension of storm drainage system access.
Watercourse protection.
Notification of spills.
Inspection and site supervision.
Surety.
Enforcement.
Severability.
Code Comparative Table.
on the Date of
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