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CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHESTERTOWN
PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
CHAPTER 45: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 50: BICYCLES
CHAPTER 54: BRUSH, GRASS AND WEEDS
CHAPTER 57: BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER 59: CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTY
CHAPTER 64: CURFEW
CHAPTER 68: DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS
CHAPTER 71: ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 73: ENERGY CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 78: FIRE PREVENTION
CHAPTER 81: FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 83: FOREST CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 85: GARBAGE AND TRASH REMOVAL
CHAPTER 88: GRADING AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 93: HISTORIC AREA ZONING
CHAPTER 96: HOURS OF OPERATION FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 108: LITTERING
CHAPTER 110: LOITERING
CHAPTER 115: NIGHT SKIES
CHAPTER 117: NOISE
CHAPTER 123: PARADES
CHAPTER 126: PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS
CHAPTER 127: PEACE AND GOOD ORDER
CHAPTER 130: PEDDLING, SOLICITING AND FOOD TRUCKS
CHAPTER 133: PLASTIC BAG REDUCTION
CHAPTER 134: POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 135: PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 136: PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER 137: PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 138: REGISTRATION OF NON-OWNER-OCCUPIED SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNITS
CHAPTER 140: SKATEBOARDS, ROLLERSKATES AND OTHER DEVICES
CHAPTER 142: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 145: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
CHAPTER 148: SUBDIVISION OF LAND
CHAPTER 153: TRAILERS AND TRAILER COURTS
CHAPTER 156: TREES
CHAPTER 159: VEHICLES, ABANDONED
CHAPTER 160: VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 164: WATER AND SEWERS
CHAPTER 166: TOWN-OWNED WATERFRONT PROPERTIES
CHAPTER 170: ZONING
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§ 93-15 MEETINGS; RECORDS OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION.
   The Commission shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper transaction of its business. Any interested person or a person's representative is entitled to appear and be heard at any public hearing conducted by the Commission.
(Ord. 4-83, passed 11-9-1983; Ord. 7-95, passed 2-22-1996)
§ 93-16 CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL, MODIFICATION OR REJECTION; FILING; AUTOMATIC APPROVAL.
   The Commission shall file with the official designated by the town a certificate of its approval, modification or rejection of all applications and plans submitted to it for review. Work shall not be commenced on any project until a certificate of approval has been filed, and the Zoning Administrator shall not issue a building permit for change or construction unless and until he or she has received a certificate of approval. The applicant, owner, lessee, or tenant of the property and premises shall not commence the proposed work or change until and unless he, she, or it has received a certificate of approval from the town. The failure of the Commission to act upon a completed application within 45 days from the date the completed application was filed shall be deemed to constitute automatic approval of the proposed changes, unless an extension of this 45-day period is mutually agreed upon by the applicant and the Commission or the application has been withdrawn.
(Ord. 4-83, passed 11-9-1983; Ord. 7-95, passed 2-22-1996)
§ 93-17 WORK UNAFFECTED BY CHAPTER PROVISIONS.
   Nothing in this chapter shall be taken or construed to prevent routine/ordinary maintenance, customary farming operations, or landscaping which will have no material effect on the historic, archeological, or architectural significance of a designated site, structure, or district. Nothing in this chapter affects the right to complete any work covered by a permit or authorization issued prior to October 1, 1995.
(Ord. 7-95, passed 2-22-1996)
§ 93-18 REMEDIES.
   A Commission may request that the enforcing authority institute any of the remedies and penalties provided by law for any violation of an ordinance or resolution under this chapter.
(Ord. 7-95, passed 2-22-1996)
§ 93-19 RIGHT OF APPEAL.
   Any person or persons, firm, or corporation aggrieved by a decision of the Commission has a right of appeal therefrom to the Circuit Court for the county.
(Ord. 4-83, passed 11-9-1983; Ord. 7-95, passed 2-22-1996)
§ 93-20 ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS; VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.
   (A)   It shall be the duty of the Zoning Administrator to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to refuse to issue any permit for any building or for the use of any premises which would violate any of the provisions of this chapter. It shall also be the duty of all officers and employees of the town to assist the enforcing officer by reporting to him or her any seeming violation in new construction or reconstruction or in the use of land or buildings.
   (B)   (1)   In the case where any building is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, or converted, or any building or land is used in violation of this chapter, the Administrator is authorized and directed to institute appropriate action to put an end to the violation. The Administrator is authorized to halt any work in progress if the work is being done not in accordance with the Historic District Commission's certificate of approval.
      (2)   Any person or corporation which shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall build or alter any building in violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted and approved hereunder, except as provided in division (B)(3) below, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable for a fine of not more than $500. Each day that the violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The owner or owners of a building or premises or part thereof where anything in violation of the chapter shall be placed or shall exist and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person, or corporation employed in connection therewith who has assisted in the commission of any violation shall be guilty of a separate offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as hereinbefore provided.
      (3)   Sign violations in the Historic District shall be considered a municipal infraction subject to a penalty as provided in § 86(B) of the Charter.
(Ord. 4-83, passed 11-9-1983; Ord. 6-95, passed 11-6-1995; Ord. 7-95, passed 2-22-1996)