Ordinances and Special Acts

The following ordinances are arranged chronologically according to the date on which the ordinance was passed. Where a particular ordinance has been amended, repealed, or superceded, a suitable annotation has been added in this index. Each ordinance is unofficially numbered for ease of reference. Special Acts can be found in chronological order following Ordinance Number 124. To access a comprehensive searchable PDF of Town Ordinances and Special Acts, click HERE.

Ordinance Number	Ordinance Description
1	Ordinance concerning Parking on Town Highways
	(a) See Ordinance #39 for Snow Regulations
2	Ordinance concerning Non-Resident Vendors or Peddlers
3	Ordinance establishing Board of Finance
4	Ordinance concerning Sale of Alcoholic Liquors on Sunday
5	Ordinance concerning Bowling on Sundays
6	Ordinance concerning Building Permits and Elimination of Filing Tax Lists
	Repealed by Ordinance No. 71 and 112
	(a) Ordinance on Building Permits repealed by Ordinance #29
7	Ordinance concerning use of Motors on Moosup Lake or Pond
	(a) Repealed by Ordinance #34
8	Ordinance concerning Hours of Opening and Closing Polls
9	Ordinance regulating the Parking, Location, Direction, Maintenance and conduct of Automobile Trailers and Mobile Homes
	(a) Superceded by Ordinance #13
10	Ordinance permitting Bazaars and Raffles
11	Ordinance regulating Sewerage Facilities
	(a) Section 2 amended by Ordinance #21
12	Ordinance creating Sewer Authority
	(a) Superceded by Ordinance #44
13	Ordinance concerning Mobile Homes, Mobile Home Parks, Trailers and Trailer Parks
	(a) This ordinance has been incorporated into the Regulations of the Planning and Zoning Commission (Available at Selectmen's Office)
	(b) Supercedes Ordinance #9
14	Ordinance concerning Participation in the Regional Planning Agency
15	Ordinance concerning Participation in the Resident State Police Program
16	Ordinance concerning Establishment of Nursing and Health Services
17	Ordinance concerning Extension of Sewer Facilities
	(a) Extends the Authority created by Ordinance #12
18	Ordinance concerning Change to Uniform Fiscal Year
19	Ordinance regulating the addition of any New Street or Highway System of the Town of Plainfield
	(a) Section 3, paragraph one is amended by Ordinance #33
	(b) Further amended by Ordinance #37
	Repealed by Ordinance No. 99
20	Ordinance regulating the Construction of Driveway Approaches to Town Roads within the Town of Plainfield
	Repealed by Ordinance No. 100
21	Amendment of Ordinance Regulating Sewerage Facilities
	(a) Amends Section 2 of Ordinance #11
22	Ordinance concerning Appropriation to Change to Uniform Fiscal Year and Payment of Taxes
	(a) Amplifies Ordinance #18
23	Ordinance concerning the Property Tax Assessment Date in the Town of Plainfield
24	Ordinance regulating Use of Public Sewers
	(a) Art. III, Section 7 amended by Ordinance #27
	(b) Art. III, Section 5 amended by Ordinance #31
	(c) Art. III, Section 7 further amended by Ordinance #32
	(d) Art. III, Section 9 amended by Ordinance #40
	(e) Art. III, Section 13 amended by Ordinance #41
	(f) Art. III, Section 4 amended by Ordinance #42
25	Ordinance concerning Adoption of State Building Code
	(a) See Ordinance #45 for penalties for violations
26	Ordinance concerning adoption of Retirement Plan for Paid Town Employees
27	Amendment of Article No. 3, Section 7 of the Sewer Ordinance
28	Ordinance concerning Moosup River Watershed Work Plan
29	Ordinance concerning Building Permit Fees
	(a) Supercedes Ordinance #6
	Repealed by Ordinance No. 71 and 112
30	Ordinance concerning the adoption or Planning in the Town of Plainfield creating a Planning Commission and providing for its Appointment and Election
	(a) See also Ordinance #36
	(b) See also Ordinance #88
31	Amendment to Sewer Ordinance concerning Costs of Certain Tests
32	Amendment to Sewer Ordinance concerning Situations of Problems of Flow
33	Amendment to Street Ordinance concerning Size of Turnabout
	Repealed by Ordinance No. 99
34	Ordinance Repealing an Ordinance concerning Motor Boats on Moosup Pond
35	Ordinance Creating A Municipal Economic Development Commission
36	Ordinance concerning the Adoption of Zoning in the Town of Plainfield and Creating a Combined Planning and Zoning Commission and further providing for the Creation of a Zoning Board of Appeals and further providing for the Appointment of Members and Alternate Members to the Zoning Board of Appeals
37	Ordinance Amending Highway Ordinance
	Repealed by Ordinance No. 99
38	Ordinance concerning Alternate Members of The Planning and Zoning Commission
39	Ordinance Concerning Parking on Town Streets During Snow Storms
	Repealed by Ordinance No. 109
40	Amendment to Sewer Ordinance concerning Location of Sewer Line in Relation to Private Wells
41	Amendment to Sewer Ordinance concerning Bends and Tees
42	Amendment to Sewer Ordinance concerning Sewer Lines
43	Ordinance Creating a Flood and Erosion Control Board
44	Ordinance Reconstituting The Sewer Authority and Creating a Sewer Commission
45	Ordinance Concerning Penalties for Violations of the Basic Building Code of the State of Connecticut
46	Ordinance Concerning the adoption of Zoning in the Town of Plainfield and Creating a Combined Planning and Zoning Commission and further providing for the creation of a Zoning Board of Appeals and further providing for the Appointment of Members and Alternative Members to the Zoning Board of Appeals
47	Ordinance creating an Inland Wetland and Water Course Agency and authorizing it to Promulgate Regulations protecting the Wetlands and Water Courses of the Town of Plainfield
48	Ordinance concerning the Throwing or Placing Offensive Material on Street, Highways, or on the Rights of Way of said Streets or Highways, or Lands owned or maintained by the Town of Plainfield
49	Ordinance concerning the Removal of Abandoned, Inoperable or Unregistered Motor Vehicles from Private Property
50	Amendment to Ordinance Regulating Use of Public Sewers
51	Amendment to Ordinance concerning the Removal of Abandoned, Inoperable or Unregistered Motor Vehicles from Private Property.
52	Ordinance Prohibiting the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on property owned and/or maintained by the Town of Plainfield
53	Ordinance concerning the payment to the Town of Plainfield General Fund by the Conn. Yankee Greyhound Racing, Inc. and Assigning Numbers for each Ordinance passed by Various Town Meetings
54	Amendment to Ordinance No. 52 Prohibiting the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on property owned and/or maintained by the Town of Plainfield
55	Ordinance concerning measures for minimization of Flood Damage
	Repealed by Ordinance No. 59
56	Amendment to Ordinance No. 16 concerning establishment of Nursing and Health Services
57	Ordinance concerning conflicting matters with existing ordinances
58	Amendment to Ordinance No. 44 which created a Sewer Commission
59	Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 55 concerning Minimization of Flood Damage
60	Amendment to Ordinance No. 24, Article III, Section II
61	Ordinance Authorizing an Exemption from Property Tax for a building which is equipped with a Solar Energy Heating or Cooling System
62	Ordinance Authorizing an Exemption from Property Tax for any Solar Energy Electricity installed for the generation of electricity for private Residential Use
63	Ordinance Authorizing Property Tax Exemption to God's Gift House, Inc.
64	Ordinance Regulating the Installation Of Fire Hydrants
65	Ordinance concerning the Establishment of a Board of Police Commissioners in the Town of Plainfield, an Interim Board of Police Commissioners, which Ordinance provides for the Appointment of Members to both the Board of Police Commissioners and the Interim Board of Police Commissioners and also provides for the Establishment of a Police Department within the boundaries of the Town of Plainfield
66	Ordinance adopting the provisions of Public Act No. 81-340 which makes the owner or person in possession and control of land abutting a public sidewalk responsible for the removal of snow or ice.
67	Ordinance concerning the abatement of property taxes due the Town of Plainfield by The Central Assembly of God
68	Ordinance concerning Registration and Inspection of structures containing multiple dwelling units
69	Ordinance concerning the Use of Motors on Moosup Pond (Repealed by Ordinance 124)
70	Ordinance concerning Parking on Town Highways
71	Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 29 and No. 6 concerning Building Permit Fees
72	Ordinance concerning Non-Resident Vendors or Peddlers
73	Ordinance repealing certain Town Ordinances
74	Ordinance concerning the Closing of Public Property and certain Private Property
75	Ordinance authorizing the Establishment of Fire Lanes within the Town of Plainfield with Provisions for Penalties for Violations
76	Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 68 concerning Registration and Inspection of Structures Containing Multiple Dwelling Units
77	Ordinance concerning the Leash Law
78	Ordinance concerning the Proposed Road Name Changes in connection with the Street Numbering System
79	Ordinance concerning the Adoption of the Aerial Mylar Photograph Maps
80	Ordinance concerning the Numbering of Lots, Dwellings, Buildings, and Structures
81	Ordinance concerning the Displays of Street Numbers for all Dwellings, Buildings and Structures
82	Ordinance concerning the Numbering of all Future Construction
83	Ordinance Adopting the Joint Resolution
83a	Ordinance creating the Northeastern Connecticut Regional Resource Recovery Authority
84	Ordinance concerning the Establishment of a Redemption Fee for Captured or Impounded Dogs
85	Ordinance to Create a Regional Council of Governments
86	Amendment to Ordinance No. 20 Repealed by Ord. No. 100
87	Ordinance concerning Health Care Services
88	Ordinance requiring Reimbursement by Abutting Property Owners of Town Funds Expended for the Extension of Water Mains
89	Ordinance Regulating Sewerage Facilities
90	Amendment to Ordinance No. 71 concerning Building Permit Fees
	Repealed by Ordinance No. 112
91	Ordinance Concerning Traffic Control on Town Roads
92	Ordinance Concerning Engineering Standards and Specifications
93	Ordinance Concerning Solid Waste
94	Amendment to Ordinance No. 89 concerning the Regulation of Sewerage Facilities
95	Amendment to Ordinance No. 55 concerning Measures for Minimization of flood damage
96	Ordinance concerning the Adoption of a Demolition Code for Historic Structures
	Repealed by Ordinance No. 112
97	Ordinance Establishing the Conservation Commission of the Town of Plainfield
98	Ordinance Regulating the Installation of Fire Hydrants
99	Ordinance concerning the Additions of any New Street
100	Ordinance concerning the Construction of Driveway Approaches to Town Roads within the Town of Plainfield Repeals Ord. No. 20 and 86
101	Amendment to Ordinance No. 89
102	Ordinance Pertaining to the Installation, Operation, Maintenance and Monitoring of Underground Storage Facilities
103	Ordinance concerning the Fixing of Assessments on Real Property located in the Enterprise Corridor Zone
104	Ordinance concerning Adult-Oriented Business
105	Ordinance concerning Indecency and Nudity
106	Ordinance concerning the Exemption from Personal Property Taxation of Motor Vehicles Specially Equipped or Modified for Handicapped Persons
107	Ordinance concerning Dog Excrements
108	Amendment to Ordinance No. 70 concerning Parking on Town Highways
109	Amendment to Ordinance No. 39 concerning Parking on Town Streets during Snow Storms
110	Ordinance concerning Bid Preference for Town-Based Businesses
111	Ordinance Regulating the Construction of Residential Driveway Approaches to Town Roads
112	Ordinance concerning Building Permits (Repeals Ord. No. 6,29,71,90,96)
113	Ordinance concerning Emergency Water Conservation
114	Ordinance concerning the Refunding of Taxes
115	Ordinance concerning the Obstruction of Sidewalks and Highway Right-of-Way
116	Ordinance concerning the Appointment of Assistant Town Clerks
117	Ordinance concerning the Designation of the Planning and Zoning Commission as the Town’s Aquifer Protection Agency
118	Ordinance concerning the Exercise of Eminent Domain for Economic Development Purposes
119	Ordinance to Provide Property Tax Relief for Elderly and Totally Disables
120	Ordinance to Authorize the Town to enter into a Regional Revaluation Program
121	An Ordinance Concerning the Waiving of Taxes Due in an Amount Less Than $5.00
122	A New Ordinance Concerning the Use of Motors on Moosup Pond Repeals Ordinance 69
123	An Ordinance Establishing the Plainfield Agriculture Commission
124	An Ordinance Concerning the Regulation of Clothing Donation Bins
AN ACT CONCERNING THE BOUNDARY LINES OF THE TOWN OF KILLINGLY
CONCERNING SCHOOL PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
INCORPORATING THE PLAINFIELD WATER COMPANY
AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE PLAINFIELD WATER COMPANY
AN ACT CONCERNING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF PLAINFIELD AND STERLING
AN ACT DIVIDING THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD INTO VOTING DISTRICTS
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR BIENNIAL ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT PROVIDING FOR BIENNIAL ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT DIVIDING THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD INTO VOTING DISTRICTS
AN ACTAMENDING AN ACT PROVIDING FOR BIENNIAL ELECTION IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
AN ACT VALIDATING TAX LIENS IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
AN ACT CONCERNING POLLING PLACES IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A FULL TIME ASSESSOR IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
AN ACT CREATING A VOTING DISTRICT FOR THE VILLAGE OF WAUREGAN
AN ACT DEFINING THE AREA WITHIN WHICH THE PLAINFIELD WATER COMPANY MAY SUPPLY WATER
AN ACT INCLUDING BLACK HILL ROAD IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD IN THE TRUNK LINE SYSTEM
AN ACT CONCERNING TAX LOSSES ON FLOOD DAMAGED PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MAINTENANCE OF BLACK HILL ROAD IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN ROADS IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD BY THE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
THE GALLUP WATER COMPANY AND WAUREGAN MILLS. INC., IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
AN ACT CONCERNING DESIGNATION OF VOTING DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
AN ACT VALIDATING SALES AND DEEDS MADE BY THE TAX COLLECTOR OF THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD
SPECIAL ACT 242 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD TO PURCHASE
AN ACT VALIDATING THE NOTICE TO THE TOWN OF PLAINFIELD, TO THE CENTRAL VILLAGE FIRE DISTRICT, AND TO ERNEST W. BELISLE AND LUCIEN J. ZERCIE, CONCERNING INJURIES RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF JOSE BERRIOS
House Bill No. 8652 SPECIAL ACT NO. 73-126 AN ACT TO CLARIFY AND ADJUST THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FIRE DISTRICTS IN PLAINFIELD.

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