[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Ellington as indicated in article
histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted by Town Meeting 2-15-2005]
The compilation of the ordinances of the Town of Ellington, codified
and consolidated into chapters and sections in the form attached hereto and
made a part hereof, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as "Part
I of the Code of the Town of Ellington, Connecticut," hereinafter called the
"Code." All provisions contained in Part I of the compilation provided for
herein and known as the "Code of the Town of Ellington" 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 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, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from
the date of adoption of the prior ordinance. All such provisions are hereby
continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption
by the Town.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Town of Ellington 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repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part of this
ordinance or of any ordinance appearing in the Code or included in this Code
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 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which
judgment shall have been rendered.
A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in the office
of the Town Clerk of the Town of Ellington 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 of the Town of Ellington by impressing thereon the Seal of
the Town of Ellington, 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 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 any of
the ordinances in the Code of the Town of Ellington, or any new ordinances,
when enacted or adopted in such form as to indicate the intention that they
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 ordinance shall affect the status of any ordinance contained herein,
and such ordinances may be amended, deleted or changed from time to time as
the Town deems desirable.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to keep up-to-date the certified
copy of the book containing the Code of the Town of Ellington required to
be filed in the office of the Town Clerk for use by the public. All changes
in said Code and all ordinances adopted by the Town subsequent to the enactment
of this ordinance in such form as to indicate the intention that they be a
part of said Code shall, when finally enacted or adopted, be included therein
by temporary attachment of copies of such changes until such changes 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 Town Clerk of the Town of Ellington or an authorized agent of the
Town Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by the Town. The Town Clerk
may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.
Any person who, without authorization from the Town Clerk, changes or
amends, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code of the
Town of Ellington, or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever
which will cause the legislation of the Town of Ellington to be misrepresented
thereby, or who violates any other provision of this ordinance, shall be guilty
of an offense and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of
not more than $100.
A. In compiling and preparing the ordinances for publication as the Code of the Town of Ellington, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made, except as provided in Subsections
B and
C of this section. Certain grammatical changes and other minor 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 had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B. The following changes are made throughout the Code:
(1) References to specific chapters and sections of the Connecticut
General Statutes are revised to reflect the numbering of the statutes as of
the publication of this Code.
(2) References to the "Department of Health," "Department of Health
Services" and "Health Department" of the State of Connecticut are amended
to "Department of Public Health."
C. Section
116-3 is added to read as follows: "Boating on Crystal Lake is subject to regulations of the State Department of Environmental Protection. See § 15-121-B15j of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies."
This ordinance shall be effective on March 21, 2005.