[HISTORY: Adopted, Common Council of the City of Norwalk 6-9-1970. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Preamble
Whereas, the Common Council of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut,
determined that it was in the public interest to undertake the codification
of the Charter and of the general ordinances of the city; and
Whereas, the City of Norwalk entered into a contract with General
Code Publishers Corporation to prepare and publish such codification;
and
Whereas, such codification has been completed under the direction
and supervision of Frank W. Murphy, Corporation Counsel, as required
by law; and
Whereas, the enactment of this ordinance providing for the adoption
of the codification of the Charter and of the general ordinances of
the City of Norwalk will promote the general welfare of the city and
its citizens; now therefore:
Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Norwalk:
The Charter and the ordinances of the City of Norwalk of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Common Council of the City of Norwalk, codified and consolidated into titles, chapters, and sections by General Code Publishers Corporation and consisting of Chapters 1 through 119, excepting Chapter 63, together with an Appendix, except Land Subdivision Regulations, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as "The Code of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut."
This ordinance shall supersede all other general and permanent
ordinances passed by the Common Council of the City of Norwalk prior
to April 14, 1970, except such ordinances as are expressly saved from
repeal or continued in force and effect as shall hereafter be set
forth by reference.
All provisions of the Code of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut,
shall be in full force and effect on and after the effective date
of this ordinance.
All ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted by
the Common Council, and in force on the date of the adoption of this
ordinance and not contained in the Code of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut,
except those general and permanent ordinances adopted subsequent to
the aforesaid date of April 14, 1970, or which are inconsistent with
any provisions contained in such Code, are hereby repealed as of the
effective date of this adopting ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 8-4 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A.Â
Any
right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative
provision of the City of Norwalk prior to the effective date of this
ordinance, or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement
of such right or liability.
B.Â
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 City of Norwalk, or any penalty,
punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
C.Â
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 City of Norwalk.
D.Â
Any
franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted
or conferred by the Common Council.
E.Â
Any
ordinance of the City of Norwalk providing for the laying out, opening,
altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing grade,
permitting encroachment, changing name, improvement, acceptance or
vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, park
or other public place within the City of Norwalk, or any portion thereof.
F.Â
Any
ordinance or resolution of the City of Norwalk appropriating money
or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money
or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of the City of
Norwalk or other instruments or evidence of the city's indebtedness.
G.Â
Ordinances
authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any
lawful contract or obligation.
H.Â
The
levy or imposition of taxes, assessment or charges.
I.Â
The
dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision
plats.
J.Â
Any
ordinance of the Common Council adopted on final passage after April
14, 1970.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances of the City of Norwalk
for adoption as part of the Code of the City of Norwalk, 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 Common Council of the City of Norwalk that all such changes be
adopted as part of the Code of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut, as
if the ordinances so changed had been previously amended to read as
such.
A copy of the Code of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut, in loose-leaf
form, has been filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
Norwalk and shall remain there for the use and examination of the
public until final action is taken on this ordinance, and if this
ordinance shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified to by the
Clerk of the City of Norwalk by impressing thereon the Seal of the
said city, as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain
on file in the office of the City Clerk to be made available to persons
desiring to examine the same during all times while the said Code
is in effect.
Any and all additional ordinances, amendments or supplements
to ordinances or repeal of ordinances adopted subsequent to the aforesaid
printing date of April 14, 1970, to the date of the adoption of this
ordinance and all future additions, amendments or supplements to the
Code of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut, when passed and adopted
in such form as to indicate the intention of the Mayor and Council
to be a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such
Code, so that reference to the "Code of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut,"
shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
Any such additions, amendments or supplements aforementioned to the
Code of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut, as adopted, shall hereafter
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 City Clerk or such other person
authorized and directed by the City Clerk to keep up-to-date the certified
copy of the book containing the Code of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut,
required to be filed in the office of the City Clerk for the use of
the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances adopted by
the Common Council subsequent to April 14, 1970, which the Common
Council adopted or shall adopt, shall be included in the Code 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.
The Clerk of the City of Norwalk, pursuant to law, shall cause
to be published in the manner required a copy of this adopting ordinance
in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Norwalk. Sufficient
copies of the Code of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut, shall be maintained
in the office of the City Clerk for inspection by the public at all
times during regular office hours. The enactment and application of
this adopting ordinance, coupled with the availability of copies 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 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 thereof, or to alter
or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever, which will cause
the law of the City of Norwalk to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone
violating this section of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction,
to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than
90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge imposing the same.
This ordinance shall not take effect until the same has been
published in The Norwalk Hour nor until 10 days after its passage.
