[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Austerlitz
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-12-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
In accordance with Subdivision 3 of § 20 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the local laws, ordinances and certain resolutions of the Town of Austerlitz, as codified by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 195, together with an Appendix, shall be known collectively as the "Code of the Town of Austerlitz," hereafter termed the "Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions contained in the "Code of the Town of Austerlitz" to any other local law, ordinance or resolution appearing in said Code, such reference shall be changed to the appropriate chapter title, 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 Town Board of the Town of Austerlitz, 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 Only such provisions of former local laws and ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below.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 Town of Austerlitz 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in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the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 Town of Austerlitz 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 Town of
Austerlitz 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 Town of Austerlitz.
D.
Any
agreement entered into or any franchise, license, right, easement
or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the Town of Austerlitz.
E.
Any
local law or ordinance of the Town of Austerlitz 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 Town of Austerlitz or any portion thereof.
F.
Any
local law or ordinance of the Town of Austerlitz 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
Austerlitz or other instruments or evidence of the Town's indebtedness.
G.
Local
laws or ordinances 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 or ordinance relating to salaries and compensation.
K.
Any
local law or ordinance amending the Zoning Map.
L.
Any
local law or ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan
or pension fund for Town employees.
M.
Any
local law or ordinance or portion of a local law or ordinance establishing
a specific fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained
from the Town.
N.
Any
local law adopted subsequent to 11-12-2010.
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 Town Clerk of the Town of Austerlitz 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 by the Town Clerk of the Town of Austerlitz
by impressing thereon the Seal of the Town, 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 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, amendments or supplements
to any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions known collectively
as the "Code of the Town of Austerlitz" or any new local laws, ordinances
or resolutions, when enacted or adopted in such form as to indicate
the intention of the Town Board 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 local 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 Town Board deems desirable.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to keep up-to-date the
certified copy of the book containing the Code of the Town of Austerlitz
required to be filed in the office of the Town Clerk for use by the
public. All changes in said Code and all local laws, ordinances and
resolutions adopted by the Town Board 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, ordinances or resolutions until such changes, local laws,
ordinances or resolutions are printed as supplements to said Code
book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be
purchased from the Town Clerk, or an authorized agent of the Clerk,
upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Town Board.
The Clerk may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation
of the Code.
Any person who alters or tampers with the Code of the Town of
Austerlitz in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation
of the Town of Austerlitz 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.
A.
In compiling and preparing the local laws, ordinances and resolutions
for publication as the Code of the Town of Austerlitz, no changes
in the meaning or intent of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions
have been made. In addition, 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 Town Board 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.
This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
