[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Merrimack
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-26-2017]
The Town of Merrimack ordains that the ordinances, bylaws and articles of the Town of Merrimack adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Merrimack, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 193, together with the Charter and an Appendix are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Town of Merrimack," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively
the same as those of the legislation in force immediately prior to
the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation
of such legislation and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness
of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior
legislation. Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed to affect in
any way the provisions of the Charter of the Town of Merrimack.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and
publication according to law.
A.
A
copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, is on file in the office of
the Town Clerk and is available to persons desiring to examine the
same during all times while said Code is in effect.
B.
The
Town Clerk of the Town of Merrimack is hereby directed to make copies
of the Code of the Town of Merrimack available at no charge to members
of the Town Council, heads of municipal departments and any public
library within the Town. Any person may inspect the Code at the office
of the Town Clerk at no charge. Any person, other than those enumerated
as being able to obtain copies of the Code without charge, shall be
allowed to purchase copies of the Code from the Town Clerk.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements
to the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate the intention
of the Town Council to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to
be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of the
Town of Merrimack" 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 adopted,
they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted
in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as amendments and supplements
thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk, or someone authorized
and directed by the Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of
the book containing the Code required to be filed in the Clerk's
office for use by the public. All changes in said Code and all legislation
adopted subsequent to the effective date of this codification which
shall be adopted specifically as part of the Code shall, when finally
adopted, be included therein by reference until such changes or new
ordinances 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 Clerk upon the
payment of a fee to be set by the Town Council, and the Town Council
may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend,
by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code or to alter
or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause
the law of the Town of Merrimack to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone
violating this section or any part of this ordinance shall be subject,
upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $1,000.
A.
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 sections or parts thereof.
B.
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.
