CHARTER AND CODE of the CITY OF STAMFORD COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD STATE OF CONNECTICUT

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Published in 1998 by Order of the Board of Representatives

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OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF

STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT

2018

Government Center
888 Washington Boulevard
P.O. Box 10152
Stamford, Connecticut 06904-2152
Telephone: [phone]

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David R. Martin

Mayor

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Matthew Quinones

President, Board of Representatives

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Susan Nabel

Clerk, Board of Representatives

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Lyda Ruijter

Town and City Clerk

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Kathyrn Emmett

Director of Legal Affairs

PREFACE

This Code constitutes a complete publication of the general and permanent legislation of the City of Stamford, Connecticut.

The various chapters of the Code contain all currently effective legislation of a general and permanent nature enacted by the Board of Representatives of the City of Stamford, including revisions or amendments to existing legislation deemed necessary by the Board of Representatives in the course of the codification. The ordinance renumbering city legislation into an orderly and organized system and designating the body of such renumbered legislation as the "Code of the City of Stamford" appears in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I.

The legislation of the city is organized into chapters, the order being an alphabetical progression from one subject to another. Wherever there are two or more items of legislation dealing with the same subject, they are combined into a single chapter. In such chapters, use of Article designations has preserved the identity of the individual items of legislation.

Division of Code

The Code is divided into parts. Part I, Administrative Legislation, contains all legislation of an administrative nature, namely, that dealing with the administration of government, that establishing or regulating municipal departments and that affecting officers and employees of the municipal government and its departments. Part II, General Legislation, contains all other legislation of a regulatory nature. Legislation in this part generally imposes penalties for violation of the provisions contained therein, whereas that in Part I does not.

Chapter and Section Numbering System

The chapter and section numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and local government codes. Each section number consists of two parts separated by a dash. The figure before the dash refers to the chapter number, and the figure after the dash refers to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the second section of chapter 1 is numbered 1-2, and the first section of chapter 6 is 6-1. Under this system, each section is identified with its chapter, and at the same time new sections can be inserted in their proper place by using the decimal system for amendments. For example, if new material consisting of one section that would logically come between sections 6-1 and 6-2 is desired to be added, such new section would be numbered 6-1.1. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of the chapter embracing the subject, and, in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject. The next successive number shall be assigned to the new article or division. New chapters may be included by using one of the reserved chapter numbers. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters.

Page Numbering System

The page numbering system used in this Code is a prefix system. The letters to the left of the colon are an abbreviation which represents a certain portion of the volume. The number to the right of the colon represents the number of the page in that portion. In the case of a chapter of the Code, the number to the left of the colon indicates the number of the chapter. In the case of an appendix to the Code, the letter immediately to the left of the colon indicates the letter of the appendix. The following are typical parts of codes of ordinances, which may or may not appear in this Code at this time, and their corresponding prefixes:

CHARTER	CHT:1
CODE	CD1:1
CHARTER INDEX	CHTi:1
CODE INDEX	CDi:1

 

General References

In each chapter containing material related to other chapters in the Code, a table of General References is included to direct the reader's attention to such related chapters.

Indexes

The indexes have been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of which are couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by local government officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the indexes themselves which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which the user is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this publication is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing of the publication. With this system, the publication will be kept up-to-date. Subsequent amendatory legislation will be properly edited, and the affected page or pages will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the publication, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages.

Keeping this publication up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the publication. As revised pages are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publisher that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

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