[HISTORY Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Williamsville: Art. I, 8-26-1991 as L.L. No. 7-1991. Amendments noted where applicable.]
In accordance with Subdivision 3 of § 20
of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the local laws, ordinances and certain
resolutions of the Village of Williamsville shall be known collectively
as the "Code of the Village of Wil]iamsville," hereafter termed the
"Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the local laws, ordinances
and resolutions contained in the "Code of the Village of Williamsville"
to any other local law, ordinance or resolution appearing in said
Code, such reference shall be changed to the appropriate chapter titie,
chapter number, Article number or section number appearing in the
Code as if such local law, ordinance or resolution had been formally
amended to so read.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of local laws, ordinances and resolutions in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this local law are intended as a continuation of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior local law, ordinance or resolution. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Williamsville, and it is the intention of said Board that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of former local laws and ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below.
All local laws and ordinances of a general and
permanent nature of the Village of Williamsville in force on the date
of the adoption of this local law and not contained in such Code or
recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby
repealed from and after the effective date of this local law.
The repeal of local laws and ordinances provided for in § 1-3 of this local law shall not affect the following classes of local laws, ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal.
A.
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred
under any legislative provision of the Village of Williamsville prior
to the effective date of this local law or any action or proceeding
brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
B.
An offense or act committed or done before the effective
date of this local law in violation of any legislative provision of
the Village of Williamsville or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture
which may result therefrom.
C.
Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other
proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective
date of this local law, brought pprsuant to any legislative provision
of the Village of Williamsville.
D.
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred by the Village of Wiliiamsville.
E.
Any local law or ordinance of the Village of Williamsviile
providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating,
straightening, establishing grade, changing name, improvement, acceptance
or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway.
park or other public place within the Village of Williamsville or
any portion thereof.
F.
Any local law or ordinance of the Village of Williamsville
appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing
the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any
bond of the Village of Williamsyule or other instruments or evidence
of the village's indebtedness.
G.
Local laws or ordinances authorizing the purchase,
sale, lease or transfer of property, or any lawful contract or obligation.
H.
The levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.
I.
The dedication of property.
J.
Any legislation relating to salaries.
K.
Any legislation adopted subseqent to February 25,
1991.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section,
Article, chapter or part of this local law or of any local law, ordinance
or resolution included in this Code now or through supplementation
shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder
thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
paragraph, section, Article, chapter or part thereof directly involved
in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has
been filed in the office of the Village Clerk of the Village of Williamsville
and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until
final action is taken on this local law; and, if this local law shall
be adopted, such copy shall be certified to by the Village Clerk of
the Village of Williamsville by impressing thereon the Seal of the
Village of Wiliiamsville, and such certified copy shall remain on
file in the office of said Village 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 local law, 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, amendment.s
or supplements to any of the local laws, ordinances anti resolutions
known collectively as the "Code of the Village of Williamsville" or
any new local laws or resolutions, when enacted or adopted in such
form as to indicate the intention of the Board of Trustees to 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 printed and, as provided
hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as
amendments and supplements thereto. Nothing contained in this ]ocal
law shall affect the status of any local law, ordinance or resolution
contained herein, and such local laws, ordinances or resolutions may
be amended, deleted or changed from time to time as the Board of Trustees
deems desirable.
It shall be the duty of the Village Clerk to
keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code
of the Village of Williarnsvilie required to be filed in the office
of the Village Clerk for use by the public. All changes in said Code
and all local laws and resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees
subsequent to the enactment of this local law in such form as to indicate
the intention of said Board to be a part of said Code shall, when
finally enacted or adopted, be included therein by temporary attachment
of copies of such changes, local laws or resolutions until such changes,
local laws or resolutions are printed as supplements to said Code
book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code may be purchased from the
Village Clerk of the Village of Williamsville upon the payment of
a fee to be set by resolution of the Board of Trustees, which Board
may also arrange by resolution for procedures for the periodic supplementation
thereof.
Any person who, without authorization from the
Village Clerk, changes or amends, by additions or deletions, any part
or portion of the Code of the Village of Williamsville or who alters
or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause
the legislation of the Village of Williamsville to be misrepresented
thereby or who violates any other provision of this local law shall
be guilty of an offense and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject
to a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) or imprisonment
for a term of not more than fifteen (15) days, or both.
Except where specifically provided elsewhere,
any person who shall commit an offense against any provision of the
Code of the Village of Williamsville shall, upon conviction thereof,
be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of
New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars
($250.) or by imprisonment for not exceeding fifteen (15) days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
A.
In compiling and preparing the local laws, ordinances and resolutions for publication as the Code of the Village of Williamsville, no changes in the meaning or intent of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions have been made, except as provided for in Subsection B hereof. In addition, certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one (1) or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the Board of Trustees that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the local laws, ordinances and resolutions had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B.
In addition, the following changes, amendments or
revisions are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective
date of this local law. (Chapter and section number references are
to the local laws, ordinances and resolutions as they have been renumbered
and appear in the Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to § 1-12B, the following Code sections were amended: §§ 8-7, 25-6, 25-10, 31-4, 31-8, 31-10A(4), 31-11E(2) and (3), 31-12, 31-13, 39-7, 39-9E, 47-9, 67-1, 70-23, 93-5A, 93-7A(1) and 97-8. A complete description for these changes is on file in the office of the Village Clerk.
This local law shall take effect immediately
upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of New York.