[Adopted 6-28-1994; readopted 5-10-2005]
The compilation of the Town Charter and ordinances
of the Town of West Hartford, codified and consolidated into parts,
chapters and sections in the form attached hereto and made a part
hereof, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted, pursuant
to Section 9 of Chapter III of the Charter, as the "Code of the Town
of West Hartford, Connecticut," hereinafter called the "Code." All
provisions contained in the compilation provided for herein and known
as the "Code of the Town of West Hartford" shall be in force and effect
on and after the effective date of this ordinance.
The catchlines of the several sections of this
Code, printed in boldface type, are intended as mere catchwords to
indicate the contents of the sections and shall not be deemed or taken
to be titles of such sections, nor as any part of the sections, nor,
unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when any of
such sections, including the catchlines, are amended or reenacted.
If any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section of this Code shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional
by the valid judgment or decree of any court, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Code.
[Amended 10-7-2019]
It shall be unlawful for any person to change
or amend, by additions or deletions, any part of this Code of ordinances
or any ordinance of the Town or to insert or delete pages or portions
thereof or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever
with intent that any provision of this Code or other ordinance of
the Town shall be misrepresented or with intent to commit a fraud
thereby.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the
Town of West Hartford 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 and are not included in such Code
or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby
repealed from and after the effective date hereof, except as hereinafter
provided.
[Amended 10-7-2019]
A copy of such Code shall be kept on file in
the office of the Town Clerk, preserved in such form as the Town Clerk
considers most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the Town
Clerk to insert in their proper places all amendments or ordinances
which indicate the intention of the Town Council to make the same
a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in
page form and to extract from such Code all provisions which may be
from time to time repealed by the Town Council. This copy of such
Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same
and shall be considered the official Code of the Town of West Hartford,
and any copy of such Code certified by the Town Clerk shall be the
official Code of the Town of West Hartford at the date of such certification.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in the Town to change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code or to insert or delete pages, or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the Town of West Hartford to be misrepresented thereby. Any person, firm or corporation violating this section shall be punished as provided in §
1-8 of this ordinance.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed, as
of the operative date of this ordinance, but shall remain in full
force and effect until such date.
[Amended 10-7-2019]
This ordinance shall become effective October
20, 2019.
The Town Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and shall, within 15 days after the passage and
adoption thereof, cause notice of the same to be published once in
a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of West Hartford.