[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Norfolk as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-30-1989 ATM]
Be it ordained and enacted by the Town of Norfolk in Town Meeting assembled:
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Editor's Note: In conjunction with the adoption of Parts I and II of the Code, the Conservation Commission/Wetlands Agency accepted the renumbering and codification of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations on 1-9-1989. See Ch. 160, Inland Wetlands and Watercourses.
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The compilation of the Town ordinances, Zoning and Land Subdivision Regulations, Inland Wetlands and Watercourse Regulations and Sewer District Regulations of the Town of Norfolk, codified and consolidated into chapters, articles and sections in the form attached hereto and made a part hereof, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as and shall be called the "Code of the Town of Norfolk, Connecticut."
B. 
The ordinances of the Town of Norfolk adopted by the Town Meeting and included in Parts I and II of the Code of the Town of Norfolk shall be renumbered, distributed and designated as provided in § 1-3 below. Wherever reference is made in any ordinances contained in Parts I and II of the Code of the Town of Norfolk to any such other ordinance appearing in said Code, such reference shall be changed to the appropriate chapter title, chapter number, article number or section number appearing below, as if such ordinances had been formally amended to so read.
Nothing contained herein shall abridge the legal authority of any board, commission or agency of the Town of Norfolk to make, publish, adopt, repeal, change or amend its rules, regulations or bylaws in accordance with law.
Derivation Table[1]
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Editor's Note: The complete Derivation Table, showing source legislation, date of adoption and location in the Code, which was adopted as part of this ordinance at the 5-30-1989 ATM, is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
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 Meeting.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Town of Norfolk 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.
All provisions contained in the compilation provided for herein and known as the "Code of the Town of Norfolk, Connecticut," shall be in full force and effect on and after the effective date of this ordinance.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances of the Town of Norfolk for publication as part of the Code of the Town of Norfolk, certain grammatical changes, changes in nomenclature and/or technical or minor changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of the Town Meeting of the Town of Norfolk that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code of the Town of Norfolk, Connecticut, as if the ordinances so changed had been previously amended to so read.
A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Norfolk 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 Norfolk by impressing thereon the Seal of the Town of Norfolk, 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 known collectively as the "Code of the Town of Norfolk," or any new ordinances, when enacted or adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Town Meeting 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 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 Meeting 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 Norfolk 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 Meeting 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 may be purchased from the Town Clerk of the Town of Norfolk upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Board of Selectmen, which Board may also arrange by resolution 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 Norfolk, or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the Town of Norfolk 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.
This ordinance shall be effective 15 days after publication in a newspaper with circulation in the Town of Norfolk.