[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Thompson
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-30-2023]
The compilation of the ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the Town of Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections in the form attached hereto and made a part hereof, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 275, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Thompson, Connecticut, hereinafter referred to as the "Code." The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of the ordinances in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Town.
A.
A copy of
the Code 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. Following adoption of this ordinance such
copy shall be certified to by the Town Clerk as provided by law, and
such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the Town
Clerk, to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same
during all times while said Code is in effect.
B.
Additions
or amendments to the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate
the intent 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 Thompson" shall be understood and intended to include
such additions and amendments.
The Town Clerk shall cause this ordinance or a summary of this ordinance to be published in the manner required by law. The enactment and publication of this ordinance coupled with the filing of the Code in the office of the Town Clerk as provided in § 1-2 shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
Each section of this ordinance and 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.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Town of Thompson in force on the date of the adoption of this Code and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date given in § 1-9 below, except as hereinafter provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-5 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A.
Any ordinance
adopted subsequent to July 26, 2022.
B.
Any right
or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative
provision prior to the effective date of this ordinance or any action
or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
C.
Any offense
or act committed or done before the effective date of this ordinance
in violation of any legislative provision or any penalty, punishment
or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D.
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.
E.
Any franchise,
license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred.
F.
Any ordinance
providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating,
straightening, establishing of grade, changing of name, improvement,
acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road,
highway, park or other public place or any portion thereof.
G.
Any ordinance
or resolution appropriating money or transferring funds, promising
or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and
delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence of the Town's
indebtedness.
H.
Ordinances
authorizing the purchase, sale, lease, dedication or transfer of property
or any lawful contract, agreement or obligation.
I.
The levy
or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges or the approval of
the municipal budget.
J.
All currently
effective ordinances pertaining to the rate and manner of payment
of salaries and compensation of officers and employees.
K.
Any ordinance
relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal
employees.
A.
In preparing
the revision and codification of the ordinances, certain minor grammatical
and nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said ordinances.
It is the intention of the Town Meeting that all such changes be adopted
as part of the Code as if the ordinances so changed had been formally
amended to read as such.
B.
The changes,
amendments or revisions 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 ordinance. (Chapter
and section number references are to the ordinances as they have been
renumbered and appear in the Code.)
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule A is on file in the Town office.
C.
The following
changes are made throughout the Code:
(1)
References
to the Ordinance Fee and Fine Schedule are amended to read "Schedule
of Fees and Fines."
(2)
References
to "Board of Selectmen" are amended to read "Select Board," references
to "Selectmen" are amended to read "Selectpersons," and references
to "Selectman" are amended to read "Selectperson."
It shall be unlawful for anyone to change, alter or tamper with
the Code in any manner which will cause the laws of the Town of Thompson
to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section shall
be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $250.
This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after publication of
the full text or a summary thereof pursuant to law.
