Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-194

Cited. 147 C. 60. Where charter points out particular way in which act is to be done, prescribed form must be pursued for act to be lawful. Id., 401. If charter of city grants, in general terms, power to take any land necessary to layout of highways, it is to be presumed, in absence of express words or necessary implication to the contrary, that it was not intended land already appropriated to one public use should be taken for another. Id., 478. Language in charters varies so that cases involving construction of some charters are not authoritative in determining power under others. 148 C. 233. Cited. 152 C. 422. Court held ordinances attempted to regulate public service company and were in conflict with state policy; New Haven and Hamden ordinances requiring private water company, which also served 11 other towns, to fluoridate the water it supplied them held invalid. Id., 563, 566. Ability of board of education to perform its statutory duties not destroyed by requirement that it select nonprofessional employees under civil service requirements of charter. Id., 568. A town, as a creature of the state, can exercise only such powers as are expressly granted to it, or such powers as are necessary to enable it to discharge the duties and carry into effect the objects and purposes of its creation. 153 C. 236. Regulation and disposal of refuse and garbage is town power and refuse disposal operation is not a nuisance where not in arbitrary or unreasonable manner. 156 C. 304. Cited. 158 C. 100; 162 C. 497; 171 C. 78. Town has broad authority to control traffic on its public streets which includes the closing thereof to vehicular traffic. 174 C. 282. That the legislature went to the extent of precisely enumerating numerous specific powers without mentioning subpoena power indicates it did not intend to grant municipalities such a power by way of charter adoption; former Subdiv. (26) did not authorize a municipality to grant its governing or legislative body the power to issue subpoenas. 180 C. 243. “Regulate” connotes the power to permit and control as well as to prohibit and infers limitations. 181 C. 114. Cited. 182 C. 253. Adoption of equal opportunities ordinance was valid exercise of Home Rule Act, but former Subdiv. (25) did not authorize municipality to create commission to resolve employment discrimination complaints. 183 C. 495. Cited. 185 C. 88; 186 C. 229; 188 C. 276; 193 C. 1; 196 C. 623; 203 C. 267; 208 C. 543; 237 C. 135; 241 C. 678.

Cited. 1 CA 417; 42 CA 599.

Omission of zoning powers from enumeration of specific powers granted towns under statute compels conclusion that legislature did not intend that any action under chapter should alter the declared law under the general zoning enabling act. 25 CS 378, 379. Cited. 31 CS 447; 34 CS 14. Former Subdiv. (58) provided authority to establish a merit or civil service system for selection and promotion; also contained implied power to establish a personnel appeals board. 35 CS 645. Cited. 36 CS 74; 37 CS 124.