[Adopted 12-1-1979]
The compilation of the Charter, Town ordinances,
Zoning and Land Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Bethel, codified
and consolidated into titles, chapters and sections in the form attached
hereto and made a part hereof, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained
and enacted as and to be called the "Code of the Town of Bethel, Connecticut."
A.
All ordinances of the Town of Bethel heretofore enacted
and in force and effect on the date of adoption of this ordinance
and not contained in the Code of the Town of Bethel, Connecticut,
or which have been heretofore enacted and are inconsistent with any
provisions of any ordinance contained in the Code, are hereby repealed
as of the effective date of this adopting ordinance, except as hereinafter
provided.
B.
Nothing herein shall be construed as repealing or
altering the Charter or Zoning and Land Subdivision Regulations of
the Town of Bethel.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-2 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, regulations, rights and obligations, which are expressly saved from repeal:
A.
Any ordinance or regulation adopted subsequent to
November 13, 1978.
B.
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred
under any legislative provision of the Town of Bethel prior to the
effective date of this ordinance, or any action or proceeding brought
for the enforcement of such right or liability.
C.
Any obligation or liability by reason of any offense
or act committed or done before the effective date of this ordinance
in violation of any legislative provision of the Town of Bethel, or
any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D.
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred by the Town Meeting.
E.
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
of the Town of Bethel.
F.
Any ordinance of the Town of Bethel providing for
the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening,
establishing of grade, permitting of encroachment, changing of name,
improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement,
street, road, highway, park or other public place within the Town
of Bethel or any portion thereof.
G.
Any ordinance or resolution of the Town of Bethel
appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing
the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any
bond of the Town of Bethel 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.
J.
The dedication of property or approval of preliminary
or final subdivision plats.
K.
Special Acts.
L.
Any ordinance establishing or changing Town boundaries.
All provisions contained in the compilation
provided for herein and known as the "Code of the Town of Bethel,
Connecticut," shall be in full force and effect on and after the effective
date of this ordinance.
A.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances of the Town
of Bethel for publication as part of the Code of the Town of Bethel,
certain grammatical changes, changes in nomenclature and/or technical
or minor changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It is
the intention of the Town Meeting of the Town of Bethel that all such
changes be adopted as part of the Code of the Town of Bethel, Connecticut,
as if the ordinances so changed had been previously amended to read
as such.
B.
In printing and publishing the Code of the Town of
Bethel, Connecticut, certain changes in the order of things, titling
and indexing and certain changes in the numbering of provisions are
anticipated and may be made. It is the intention of the Town Meeting
of the Town of Bethel that all such changes be and they hereby are
adopted as part of the Code of the Town of Bethel, Connecticut, as
if the ordinances so changed had been previously amended to read as
such.
A.
A rough draft copy of the Code of the Town of Bethel,
Connecticut, has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the
Town of Bethel and shall remain there for use and examination by the
public during all business hours until final action is taken on this
ordinance.
B.
If this ordinance shall be adopted, the rough draft copy of the Code shall be deemed to be approved and shall then be published in accordance with § 1-5 of this ordinance.
C.
A copy of the published Code of the Town of Bethel,
Connecticut, shall be certified to by the Town Clerk of the Town of
Bethel by impressing thereon the Seal of said Town, and such certified
copy, as from time to time amended and recertified as hereinafter
provided, shall remain on file in the office of the Town Clerk, to
be made available during business hours to persons desiring to examine
same.
A.
Charter. Any and all amendments or supplements to the Town Charter, or repeal thereof in whole or in part, adopted pursuant to applicable state law subsequent to the date in § 1-3A of this ordinance shall, upon the adoption and certification by the Town Clerk of said change, become part of the Code of the Town of Bethel, Connecticut.
B.
Ordinances. Any and all additional ordinances, amendments or supplements to ordinances, or repeal of ordinances in whole or in part, adopted subsequent to the date in § 1-3A of this ordinance shall, upon said adoption and certification by the Town Clerk, become part of the Code of the Town of Bethel, Connecticut.
C.
Regulations. Any and all additional Zoning or Land Subdivision Regulations, amendments or supplements to said regulations or specifications, or repeal in whole or part thereof, subsequent to the date in § 1-3A of this ordinance shall, upon adoption and certification by the Town Clerk, become part of the Code of the Town of Bethel, Connecticut.
D.
All changes in the Charter, ordinances, specifications
and regulations as aforesaid shall be deemed to be incorporated into
such Code, so that reference to the Code of the Town of Bethel, Connecticut,
shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
Any such additions, amendments, supplements or repeals as adopted
shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in
the loose-leaf book containing the said Code, as amendments and supplements
thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk or such
other person authorized and directed by the Town Clerk to keep up-to-date,
in loose-leaf form, a copy of the book containing the Code of the
Town of Bethel, Connecticut. Said up-to-date copy of the Code shall
be filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Bethel and
shall remain there for use and examination by the public and shall
be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during business
hours. All changes in said Code shall be included in the Code by reference
until such changes or new ordinances are printed as supplements to
said Code, at which time such supplements shall, upon certification
by the Town Clerk, be inserted therein.
It shall be the duty of the Board of Selectmen
to have printed and distributed copies of the Code of the Town of
Bethel, Connecticut, together with amendments and supplements thereto,
from time to time. Said Board of Selectmen shall provide the Town
Clerk with sufficient copies of the Code and supplements and amendments
thereto so as to enable the Town Clerk to comply with Connecticut
General Statutes, Section 7-148a, as amended.
Nothing contained herein shall abridge the legal
authority of any board, commission or agency of the Town of Bethel
to make, publish, adopt, repeal, change or amend its rules, regulations
or bylaws in accordance with law.
Each section of the Code and every part of each
section is an independent section or part of a section, and the holding
of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective
for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality
of any other section or parts thereof.
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.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly
change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of
the Code of the Town of Bethel or to alter or tamper with such Code
in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the Town of Bethel
to be misrepresented thereby. A violation of this section shall be
punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not to exceed $100.
This ordinance shall be effective 21 days after
publication in a newspaper having a circulation in the Town of Bethel.
