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Holiday Hours:
All town offices will be closed on Friday, April 18, 2025, in observance of Good Friday.
Bentley Memorial Library will be closed on Saturday, April 19, as well.  There will be NO DELAY in trash and recycling pickup.
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2025 :

BOS A/P Meeting at 6 pm at Town Hall 

Public Information Session regarding the First Selectman's Salary - Immediately following the A/P meeting.

A Public Hearing on the Proposed Budget for the Town of Bolton for Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2025, will be held on April 22, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. (following the BOS A/P Meeting and the Public Information Session Regarding the First Selectman’s Salary) at the Bolton Town Hall located at 222 Bolton Center Road, Bolton, Connecticut.

Copies of the Proposed Budget will be available for public inspection beginning April 17, 2025, at the Town Clerk’s office at Bolton Town Hall during normal business hours.

PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING :

A  MEETING REGARDING THE HERITAGE FARM TRAIL WILL BE HELD AT TOWN HALL ON TUESDAY, APRIL 29, AT 6:30 P.M.

Animals, Wild, Potentially Dangerous

Adopted October 15, 1969
 

Permit for possession of potentially dangerous wild animals.  For the purpose of this ordinance the following, including but not limited to, shall be considered as potentially dangerous wild animals: the felidae, including the lion, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, ocelot, jaguarundi cat, puma, lynx and bobcat; the canidae, including the wolf and coyote; and the ursidae, including the black bear, grizzly bear and the brown bear, the baboon, ape, simian and monkey.

 

No person shall possess a potentially dangerous wild animal without first obtaining a permit from the chief executive authority of the town, city or borough in which such animal is being housed.  Such permit may be issued at the discretion of the chief executive authority and shall prescribe the conditions and limitations which such chief executive authority deems necessary in order to provide for public safety and welfare.  Any such animal illegally possessed may be ordered seized and may be disposed of as determined by the chief executive authority.

 

Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each offense.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to municipal parks, zoos, and nature centers, or museums, laboratories and research facilities maintained by scientific or educational institutions.