[Adopted 1-22-2024 by L.L. No. 1-2024]
In accordance with Subdivision 3 of § 20 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the local laws, ordinances and certain resolutions of the Village of Saranac Lake, as codified and consisting of Chapters 1 through 288, are hereby approved, adopted, and enacted as the Code of the Village of Saranac Lake, hereinafter referred to as the "Code." 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. This local law and the Code adopted hereby shall supersede and replace the 1965 Code of the Village of Saranac Lake, as amended and supplemented.
A.
A
copy of the Code has been filed in the office of the Village Clerk
and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until
final action is taken on this local law. Following adoption of this
local law such copy shall be certified to by the Clerk of the Village
of Saranac Lake by impressing thereon the Seal of the Village, as
provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the
office of the Village Clerk, to be made available to persons desiring
to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
B.
Additions
or amendments to the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate
the intent of the Board of Trustees to make them a part thereof, shall
be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the
"Code of the Village of Saranac Lake" shall be understood and intended
to include such additions and amendments. Nothing contained in this
local law shall affect the status of any local law, ordinance or resolution
contained in the Code, and such local laws, ordinances or resolutions
may be amended, deleted or changed from time to time as the Board
of Trustees deems desirable.
In the event that notice of enactment of this local law is required
due to amendments adopted by way of this local law to zoning or land
use provisions, or is otherwise required by law, the Clerk of the
Village of Saranac Lake shall cause notice of the enactment of this
local law to be given in the manner required by law. The notice of
the enactment 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.
Each section of this local law and 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 sections or parts thereof.
A.
Repeal
of inconsistent enactments. All local laws and ordinances of a general
and permanent nature, or parts of such local laws, inconsistent with
the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this local law are
hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be
to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of
the Village of Saranac Lake which is not in conflict with the provisions
of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
B.
Repeal
of specific enactments. The Board of Trustees of the Village of Saranac
Lake has determined that the following local laws are no longer in
effect and hereby specifically repeals the following legislation:
(2)
Chapter 15, Dogs, Article III, Sanitary Disposal of Dog Feces, of
the 1965 Code.
(3)
Chapter 17, Dumps and Dumping, of the 1965 Code.
(4)
Chapter 23, Entertainment, Sunday, of the 1965 Code.
(5)
Chapter 25, Explosives, of the 1965 Code.
(6)
Chapter 32, Hawkers and Peddlers, of the 1965 Code.
(8)
Chapter 46, Officers and Employees, Article II, Village Justices,
of the 1965 Code.
(9)
Chapter 49, Plumbing, of the 1965 Code.
(11)
Chapter 51, Publication of Abstracts, Article II, Zoning Laws, of
the 1965 Code.
(12)
Chapter 51, Publicity Fund, of the 1965 Code.
(13)
Chapter 56, Solicitors and Canvassers, of the 1965 Code.
(14)
Chapter 58, Surgical and Hospitalization Insurance, of the 1965 Code.
(15)
Chapter 58A, Swimming Pools, of the 1965 Code.
(16)
Chapter 61, Transient Business, of the 1965 Code.
(17)
Chapter 61A, Traffic Violations Bureau, of the 1965 Code.
The repeal of local laws provided for in § 1-5 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 Saranac Lake prior to the effective date
of this local law or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement
of such right or liability.
B.
Any
offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this
local law in violation of any legislative provision of the Village
of Saranac Lake 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 pursuant to any legislative provision of the Village of
Saranac Lake.
D.
Any
agreement entered into or any franchise, license, right, easement
or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the Village of Saranac
Lake.
E.
Any
local law of the Village of Saranac Lake 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 Saranac Lake or any portion thereof.
F.
Any
local law of the Village of Saranac Lake 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 Saranac Lake
or other instruments or evidence of the Village's indebtedness.
G.
Local
laws authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property,
or any lawful contract, agreement or obligation.
H.
The
levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.
I.
The
annexation or dedication of property.
J.
Any
local law relating to salaries and compensation.
K.
Any
local law amending the Zoning Map.
L.
Any
local law relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund
for Village employees.
M.
Any
local law or portion of a local law establishing a specific fee amount
for any license, permit or service obtained from the Village.
N.
Chapter
30, Freedom of Information, of the 1965 Code.
O.
Any
local law adopted subsequent to October 17, 2022.
A.
In
compiling and preparing the local laws for publication as the Code
of the Village of Saranac Lake, certain grammatical changes and other
minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one 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 amendments and/or 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 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.)
A.
Chapter
and article titles, headings and titles of sections and other divisions
of the Code are inserted in the Code and may be inserted in supplements
to the Code for the convenience of persons using the Code and are
not part of the legislation.
B.
Editor's
notes indicating sources of sections, giving other information or
referring to the statutes or to other parts of the Code are inserted
in the Code and may be inserted in supplements to the Code for the
convenience of persons using the Code and are not part of the legislation.
Any person who alters or tampers with the Code of the Village
of Saranac Lake in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation
of the Village of Saranac Lake 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 $250 or imprisonment for a term of not more than
15 days, or both.
This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
