Town of North Andover, MA
chevron_right
2023-10-16
info
chevron_right
The Charter
chevron_right
Chapter C Charter
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Ch 1 Town Incorporation, Form of Government, and Powers
- § C-1-1 Incorporation
- § C-1-2 Form of government
- § C-1-3 Scope and construction of Town powers
- § C-1-4 Intergovernmental relations
- § C-1-5 Specific provisions to prevail
- § C-1-6 Severability of Charter
- Ch C Ch 2 Town Meeting
- § C-2-1 Organization and powers
- § C-2-2 Warrants
- § C-2-3 Procedures
- § C-2-4 Special Town Meetings
- § C-2-5 Moderator
- § C-2-6 Simplified rules of procedure
- § C-2-7 Ad hoc committees
- § C-2-8 Articles having fiscal implications
- § C-2-9 Articles having environmental implications
- Ch C Ch 3 Select Board
- § C-3-1 The Select Board
- § C-3-2 Policy leadership responsibilities
- § C-3-3 General powers, duties, and responsibilities
- § C-3-4 Powers of investigation
- § C-3-5 Specific powers, duties, and responsibilities
- § C-3-6 Powers of appointment
- § C-3-7 Other Town boards
- § C-3-8 Prohibitions
- Ch C Ch 4 The Town Manager
- § C-4-1 Appointment
- § C-4-2 (Reserved)
- § C-4-3 Duties
- § C-4-4 Responsibilities for appointments
- § C-4-5 Responsibilities in personnel administration
- § C-4-6 Responsibilities for administrative reorganization
- § C-4-7 Responsibilities for disbursements
- § C-4-8 Evaluation
- § C-4-9 Removal
- § C-4-10 Filling vacancy
- § C-4-11 Acting Town Manager
- Ch C Ch 5 Town Administrative Organization
- § C-5-1 General
- § C-5-2 Division of Finance
- § C-5-3 Division of Planning and Community Development
- § C-5-4 Division of Public Works
- § C-5-5 (Reserved)
- § C-5-6 Police Department
- § C-5-7 Fire Department
- Ch C Ch 6 Elected Town Boards and Officers
- § C-6-1 General provisions
- § C-6-2 Vacancies
- § C-6-3 Moderator
- § C-6-4 Regional school representative
- § C-6-5 School Committee
- § C-6-6 Housing Authority
- Ch C Ch 7 Appointed Town Boards
- § C-7-1 Zoning Board of Appeals
- § C-7-2 Conservation Commission
- § C-7-3 Council on Aging
- § C-7-4 Historical Commission
- § C-7-5 Recreation Council
- § C-7-6 Arts Council
- § C-7-7 Planning Board
- § C-7-8 Board of Health
- § C-7-9 Library Trustees
- § C-7-10 Youth Services Commission
- § C-7-11 North Andover Commission on Ability Assistance
- § C-7-12 Change in composition of appointed Town boards
- § C-7-13 Town boards, commissions, and committees
- § C-7-14 Additional boards
- Ch C Ch 8 Elections
- § C-8-1 Town elections
- § C-8-2 Town elections to be nonpartisan
- § C-8-3 Eligibility of Town voters
- § C-8-4 Time of taking office
- § C-8-5 Recall of elective officers
- Ch C Ch 9 Financial Provisions and Procedures
- § C-9-1 Finance Committee
- § C-9-2 Submission of budget and budget message
- § C-9-3 Action on proposed budget
- § C-9-4 Budget adoption
- § C-9-5 Capital improvements plan
- § C-9-6 Notice of public hearing on proposed budget and capital improvements plan and publication of the Finance Committee report.
- § C-9-7 Annual audit
- § C-9-8 Limit on spending
- Ch C Ch 10 Planning and the Environment
- § C-10-1 Powers and duties of the Planning Board
- § C-10-2 Master Plan
- § C-10-3 Industrial Development Financing Authority
- § C-10-4 Industrial Commission
- § C-10-5 Coordination of activities
- Ch C Ch 11 Transitional Provisions
- § C-11-1 Effective date
- § C-11-2 Continuation of existing laws
- § C-11-3 Continuation of government
- § C-11-4 Continuation of personnel
- § C-11-5 Transfer of records and property
- § C-11-6 Public works
- § C-11-7 Board of Assessors
- § C-11-8 Planning Board
- § C-11-9 Boards discontinued
- § C-11-10 Charter amendment
- § C-11-11 Definitions
- Division 1: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 (Reserved)
- Ch 3 (Reserved)
- Ch 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 5 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 6 (Reserved)
- Ch 7 (Reserved)
- Ch 8 (Reserved)
- Ch 9 (Reserved)
- Ch 10 Eminent Domain
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 13 (Reserved)
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Finances
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 (Reserved)
- Ch 20 Funds
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 24 (Reserved)
- Ch 25 Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Ch 26 (Reserved)
- Ch 27 (Reserved)
- Ch 28 (Reserved)
- Ch 29 (Reserved)
- Ch 30 Meetings
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 (Reserved)
- Ch 34 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 Officers and Employees
- Ch 36 (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Personnel
- Ch 38 (Reserved)
- Ch 39 (Reserved)
- Ch 40 Seal
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 (Reserved)
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 45 Town Property
- Ch 46 (Reserved)
- Ch 47 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 (Reserved)
- Ch 49 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 50 Alarm Systems
- Ch 51 (Reserved)
- Ch 52 (Reserved)
- Ch 53 (Reserved)
- Ch 54 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 Amusement Devices
- Ch 56 (Reserved)
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 58 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 (Reserved)
- Ch 60 Animal Control
- Ch 61 (Reserved)
- Ch 62 (Reserved)
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 64 (Reserved)
- Ch 65 Building Construction
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 67 (Reserved)
- Ch 68 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 70 Demolition Delay
- Ch 71 (Reserved)
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 73 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Fees and Charges
- Ch 76 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 78 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 (Reserved)
- Ch 80 Fingerprint-Based Background Checks
- Ch 81 (Reserved)
- Ch 82 (Reserved)
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Firearms and Explosives
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 87 (Reserved)
- Ch 88 (Reserved)
- Ch 89 (Reserved)
- Ch 90 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 92 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 (Reserved)
- Ch 94 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 96 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 (Reserved)
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 (Reserved)
- Ch 100 Fortune Tellers
- Ch 101 (Reserved)
- Ch 102 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 (Reserved)
- Ch 104 (Reserved)
- Ch 105 Gas Stations
- Ch 106 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 109 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Historic Districts
- Ch 111 (Reserved)
- Ch 112 (Reserved)
- Ch 113 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 (Reserved)
- Ch 115 Junk and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 116 (Reserved)
- Ch 117 (Reserved)
- Ch 118 (Reserved)
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 121 (Reserved)
- Ch 122 Marijuana
- Ch 123 (Reserved)
- Ch 124 (Reserved)
- Ch 125 Neighborhood Conservation District
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Ch 127 (Reserved)
- Ch 128 (Reserved)
- Ch 129 (Reserved)
- Ch 130 Newsracks
- Ch 131 (Reserved)
- Ch 132 (Reserved)
- Ch 133 (Reserved)
- Ch 134 (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 136 (Reserved)
- Ch 137 (Reserved)
- Ch 138 (Reserved)
- Ch 139 (Reserved)
- Ch 140 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 141 (Reserved)
- Ch 142 (Reserved)
- Ch 143 (Reserved)
- Ch 144 (Reserved)
- Ch 145 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 146 (Reserved)
- Ch 147 (Reserved)
- Ch 148 (Reserved)
- Ch 149 (Reserved)
- Ch 150 Property Maintenance
- Ch 151 (Reserved)
- Ch 152 (Reserved)
- Ch 153 (Reserved)
- Ch 154 (Reserved)
- Ch 155 Sewers
- Ch 156 (Reserved)
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 158 (Reserved)
- Ch 159 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 Solid Waste
- Ch 161 (Reserved)
- Ch 162 (Reserved)
- Ch 163 (Reserved)
- Ch 164 (Reserved)
- Ch 165 Stormwater Management and Erosion Control
- Ch 166 (Reserved)
- Ch 167 (Reserved)
- Ch 168 (Reserved)
- Ch 169 (Reserved)
- Ch 170 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 171 (Reserved)
- Ch 172 (Reserved)
- Ch 173 (Reserved)
- Ch 174 (Reserved)
- Ch 175 Underground Utilities
- Ch 176 (Reserved)
- Ch 177 (Reserved)
- Ch 178 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 (Reserved)
- Ch 180 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 181 (Reserved)
- Ch 182 (Reserved)
- Ch 183 (Reserved)
- Ch 184 (Reserved)
- Ch 185 Water
- Ch 186 (Reserved)
- Ch 187 (Reserved)
- Ch 188 (Reserved)
- Ch 189 (Reserved)
- Ch 190 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 191 (Reserved)
- Ch 192 (Reserved)
- Ch 193 (Reserved)
- Ch 194 (Reserved)
- Ch 195 Zoning
- Division 2: Regulations
- Ch 250 Stormwater Management and Erosion Control
- Ch 251 (Reserved)
- Ch 252 (Reserved)
- Ch 253 (Reserved)
- Ch 254 (Reserved)
- Ch 255 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 256 (Reserved)
- Ch 257 (Reserved)
- Ch 258 (Reserved)
- Ch 259 (Reserved)
- Ch 260 (Reserved)
- Policies
- Ch 300 Select Board Policy Manual
- Appendix
- Ch A400 Acceptance of General Laws and Special Acts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of North Andover as amended
through April 2015. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
PREAMBLE
We, the people of the Town of North Andover, Massachusetts,
in order to reaffirm the customary and traditional liberties of the
people with respect to the conduct of local government and to take
the fullest advantages inherent in the Home Rule Amendments to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth, do hereby adopt the following Home
Rule Charter for this Town.
