[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Hebron as
indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-9-1987 as Title I, §§ 4 and
6, of the 1987 Code]
[Amended 2-19-2009]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
any ordinance of this Town for which no other penalty is provided
shall be fined not more than $150.
A.
As used in this Code, the term "General Statutes"
shall mean the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, as amended
from time to time.
B.
Words referring to the masculine gender shall also
be construed to apply to females, and vice versa.
[Added 2-19-2009]
C.
The singular shall include the plural and the plural
the singular, unless the context otherwise requires.
[Amended 2-19-2009]
[Adopted 2-19-2009]
The compilation of the ordinances of the Town of Hebron of a general and permanent nature, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections in the form attached hereto and made a part hereof, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 335, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained, and enacted as the "Code of the Town of Hebron, Connecticut," hereinafter called the "Code." All provisions contained in the compilation provided for herein and known as the "Code of the Town of Hebron" shall be in force and effect on and after the effective date of this ordinance.
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede
all other general and permanent ordinances enacted prior to the enactment
of this Code, except such ordinances as are hereinafter expressly
saved from repeal or continued in force.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they
are substantively the same as those ordinances in force immediately
prior to the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended
as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments, and
the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption
of the prior ordinance. All such provisions are hereby continued in
full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption
by the Town.
A copy of the Code has been filed in the office
of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hebron and shall remain there for
use and examination by the public until final action is taken on this
ordinance; and, if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy shall
be certified to by the Town Clerk of the Town of Hebron, and such
certified copy shall remain on file in the office of said Town Clerk
to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during
all times while said Code is in effect. The enactment and publication
of this ordinance, coupled with the availability of a copy of the
Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held, and considered
to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for
all purposes.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments,
or supplements to any of the ordinances in the Code of the Town of
Hebron, or any new ordinances, when enacted or adopted in such form
as to indicate the intention that they be a part thereof, shall be
deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the
Code shall be understood and intended to include such additions, deletions,
amendments, or supplements. Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments,
or supplements to the Code shall be enacted or adopted, they shall
thereafter be inserted in the Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk, or someone
authorized and directed by the Town Clerk, to keep up-to-date the
certified copy of the Code of the Town of Hebron required to be filed
in the office of the Town Clerk for use by the public. All changes
in said Code and all ordinances adopted by the Town subsequent to
the enactment of this ordinance in such form as to indicate the intention
that they be a part of said Code shall, when finally enacted or adopted,
be included therein by temporary attachment of copies of such changes
until such changes are included as supplements to said Code.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion
of it, may be purchased from the Town Clerk of the Town of Hebron
or an authorized agent of the Town Clerk upon the payment of a fee
to be set by regulation of the Board of Selectmen. The Town Clerk
may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.
Any person who, without authorization from the
Town Clerk, changes or amends, by additions or deletions, any part
or portion of the Code of the Town of Hebron, or who alters or tampers
with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation
of the Town of Hebron to be misrepresented thereby, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $150.
If any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph,
or section of this Code or of any regulation established pursuant
to the terms of this Code is declared invalid or unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, or sections of
this Code or such regulation nor the context in which the phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph, or section so held invalid may appear,
except to the extent that a phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or
section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section to which the judgment
or decree directly applies.
Each section of this ordinance is an independent
section, and the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional,
void, or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the
validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general
and permanent nature adopted and in force on the date of the adoption
of this ordinance and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed
as of the effective date of this ordinance, except as hereinafter
provided.
The adoption of this Code and repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-13 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights, and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to June 5, 2008.
B.
Any right or liability established, accrued, or incurred
under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this
ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement
of such right or liability.
C.
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective
date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provisions
or any penalty, punishment, or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D.
Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit, or other
proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective
date of this ordinance brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
E.
Any franchise, license, right, easement, or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred.
F.
Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening,
altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing of grade,
changing of name, changing of boundaries, improvement, acceptance,
or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway,
park, or other public place or any portion thereof.
G.
Any ordinance or resolution appropriating money or
transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money,
or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond or other instruments
or evidence of the Town's indebtedness.
H.
Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease,
or transfer of property or any lawful contract or obligation.
I.
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments, or charges
or granting of tax exemptions for certain property.
J.
Ordinances providing for local improvements or assessing
taxes or special assessments therefor.
K.
The annexation or dedication of property or approval
of preliminary or final subdivision plats.
L.
Ordinances accepting gifts of property or other items
to the Town.
A.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for adoption
and revision as part of the Code, certain grammatical changes and
other minor changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It
is the intention of the Board of Selectmen that all such changes be
adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances so changed had been
previously formally amended to read as such.
B.
The following changes are made throughout the Code:
(1)
References to the Connecticut General Statutes are
updated to reflect the numbering of the statutes as of the publication
of the Code.
(2)
References to "constable" are amended to "police officer."
(3)
References to "chairperson" are amended to "chairman."
(4)
References to "Tax Collector" are amended to "Revenue
Collector."
C.
The amendments and additions as set forth in Schedule
A attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith, to become
effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter and
section number references are to the ordinances as they have been
renumbered and appear in the Code.)[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: In accordance with § 1-15C, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: “Amended (added, deleted) 2-19-2009.” Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Town offices.
