[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Wesley Hills as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-2-2014 by L.L. No. 5-2014]
In accordance with Subdivision 3 of § 20 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the local laws and certain resolutions of the Village of Wesley Hills, as codified by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 230, together with an Appendix, shall be known collectively as the "Code of the Village of Wesley Hills," hereafter termed the "Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the local laws and resolutions contained in the "Code of the Village of Wesley Hills" to any other local law 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 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 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 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 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 Wesley Hills, and it is the intention of said Board of Trustees that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of former local laws as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below.
A.
Repeal of inconsistent enactments. Except as provided in § 1-4, Enactments saved from repeal; matters not affected, below, all local laws, or parts of such local laws, inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this local law are hereby repealed as of the adoption and filing of this local law as set forth in § 1-13; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the Village of Wesley Hills 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 Wesley
Hills has determined that the following local laws are no longer in
effect and hereby specifically repeals the following legislation:
The repeal of local laws provided for in § 1-3 of this local law shall not affect the following classes of local laws, 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 Wesley Hills 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 Wesley
Hills 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 Wesley Hills.
D.
Any agreement
entered into or any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred by the Village of Wesley Hills.
E.
Any local
law of the Village of Wesley Hills 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 Wesley Hills or any portion thereof.
F.
Any local
law of the Village of Wesley Hills 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 Wesley Hills
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.
Any local
law adopted subsequent to June 10, 2014.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter
or part of this local law or of any local law 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 Wesley Hills 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 Village Clerk of the Village of
Wesley Hills by impressing thereon the Seal of the Village of Wesley
Hills, 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, amendments or supplements
to any of the local laws and resolutions known collectively as the
"Code of the Village of Wesley Hills" or any new local laws or resolutions,
when enacted or adopted in such form as to indicate the intention
of the Village 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 or resolution
contained herein, and such local laws 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 Wesley Hills 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 of Trustees 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, or any chapter or portion of it, may be
purchased from the Village Clerk, or an authorized agent of the Clerk,
upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Board of
Trustees. 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 Village
of Wesley Hills in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation
of the Village of Wesley Hills 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 and resolutions for publication as the Code of the Village of Wesley Hills, no changes in the meaning or intent of such local laws 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 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 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[1] 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 and resolutions
as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)
[1]
Editor’s Note: In accordance with § 1-11B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or repealed by this local law are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, repealed) 12-2-2014 by L.L. No. 5-2014." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Village offices.
This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
