The compilation of the Special Acts and ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the Town of East Haddam, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code LLC, and consisting of Chapters
1 through
301, together with an Appendix, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Town of East Haddam, Connecticut," hereinafter called the "Code." All provisions contained in the compilation provided for herein and known as the "Code of the Town of East Haddam” shall be in force and effect on and after the effective date of this ordinance.
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.
A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in the
office of the Town Clerk and shall remain there for use and examination
by 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 Town Clerk, 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 Clerk of the Town of East Haddam shall cause to be published,
in the manner required by law, a copy of this Adoption Ordinance.
Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of
the Clerk for inspection by the public at all times during regular
office hours. The enactment and publication of this ordinance, 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 the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate the intention
of the Town 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 East
Haddam” 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 included in the 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 ordinances
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, 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 Clerk or an authorized agent of the Clerk upon
the payment of a fee to be set by the Board of Selectmen. The Clerk
may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation of
the Code.
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 East Haddam 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 $250.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Town of East Haddam
of a general and permanent nature in force on the date of the adoption
of this ordinance which are inconsistent with any provisions of the
Code are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this
ordinance.