This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Zoning Law of the Town of Bethlehem."
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority
and power granted by the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New
York and the Town Law of the State of New York, in conformance with
the Town of Bethlehem Comprehensive Plan duly adopted by the Town
Board. As stated herein, specific sections of Article 16 of the Town
Law have been superseded by this chapter pursuant to the authority
of § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
If any part of this chapter is declared to be
invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall
not affect or impair the validity of said chapter as a whole or any
other part of said chapter. The Town Board hereby declares that it
would have adopted this chapter and each part thereof irrespective
of the fact that any one or more of the parts may be declared invalid.
To the extent that this chapter is inconsistent
with Town Law § 261-b, 261-c, 265-a, 267-a, 274-a, 274-b,
276, 277 or 278 or any other provision of Article 16 of the Town Law,
the provisions of this chapter are expressly intended to and do hereby
supersede any such inconsistent provisions.
This chapter shall take effect upon the effective
date of the local law, filed with the Secretary of State, that governs
this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter became effective
September 1, 2006.
