[Adopted 12-2-1997 by L.L. No. 15-1997]
In accordance with Subdivision 3 of § 20 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the local laws, ordinances and certain resolutions of Putnam County, as codified by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters
1 through
225, together with an Appendix, shall be known collectively as the "Code of Putnam County," hereafter termed the "Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions contained in the "Code of Putnam County" to any other local law, ordinance 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, ordinance 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, ordinances 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, ordinances 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, ordinance or resolution. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the County Executive of Putnam County, and it is the intention of County Executive that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of former local laws and ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of §
1-3 below.
All local laws and ordinances of a general and permanent nature of Putnam
County in force on the date of the adoption of this local law and not contained
in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are
hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this local law.
The repeal of local laws and ordinances provided for in §
1-3 of this local law shall not affect the following classes of local laws, ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred
under any legislative provision of Putnam County 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 Putnam
County 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 Putnam County.
D. Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred by Putnam County.
E. Any local law or ordinance of Putnam County 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 Putnam County or any portion thereof.
F. Any local law or ordinance of Putnam County appropriating
money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money
or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of Putnam County or other
instruments or evidence of the village's indebtedness.
G. Local laws or ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale,
lease or transfer of property, or any lawful contract or obligation.
H. The levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.
I. The annexation or dedication of property.
J. Any legislation relating to salaries.
K. Any local law or ordinance amending the Zoning Map.
L. Any legislation adopted subsequent to 3-29-1997.
M. Resolutions pertaining to sales tax adopted 12-27-1979;
10-8-1980; 11-22-1983; 10-14-1986; and 5-5-1987.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter or part
of this local law or of any local law, ordinance 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 Clerk of the County Legislature 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 Clerk
of the County Legislature by impressing thereon the Seal of Putnam County,
and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of said County
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, ordinances and resolutions known collectively as the "Code
of Putnam County" or any new local laws or resolutions, when enacted or adopted
in such form as to indicate the intention of the County Legislature 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, ordinance or resolution
contained herein, and such local laws, ordinances or resolutions may be amended,
deleted or changed from time to time as the County Legislature deems desirable.
It shall be the duty of the County Clerk to keep up-to-date the certified
copy of the book containing the Code of Putnam County required to be filed
in the office of the County Clerk for use by the public. All changes in said
Code and all local laws and resolutions adopted by the County Legislature
subsequent to the enactment of this local law in such form as to indicate
the intention of County Executive 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 may be purchased from the Clerk of the County Legislature
upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the County Legislature,
which Board may also arrange by resolution for procedures for the periodic
supplementation thereof.
Any person who, without authorization from the County Clerk, changes
or amends, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code of Putnam
County or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which
will cause the legislation of Putnam County 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.
The provisions of this local law are hereby made Article
I of Chapter
1 of the Code of Putnam County, such local law to be entitled "General Provisions, Article
I, Adoption of Code," and the sections of this local law shall be numbered §§
1-1 to
1-13, inclusive.
This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary
of State of the State of New York.