The Town of New Canaan is authorized to adopt a codification
of, and amendments to, its ordinances and bylaws by the adoption of
an ordinance under Section 13 of the Town Charter, as amended, stating
in substance that the Code of Ordinances and Bylaws is adopted, and
the requirement under said Section 13 for publication in full of said
amended and codified ordinances and bylaws shall be deemed satisfied
by filing two copies thereof in the office of the Town Clerk of New
Canaan at least 30 days before the effective date of the ordinance
adopting the same.
By authority of Special Act No. 341 of the 1957 Connecticut
legislature, the ordinances of the Town of New Canaan, of a general
and permanent nature as revised and codified in the following chapters,
namely, Chapters 1 to 54, both inclusive, and Chapter 56, are hereby
ordained as general ordinances of the Town of New Canaan, and are
adopted as and shall constitute "Code of the Town of New Canaan, Connecticut,
1965."
The provisions of such Code shall be in force on and after November
20, 1965, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted
on or prior to September 23, 1965, and not contained in such Code
are hereby repealed from and after the said November 20, 1965.
The repeal provided for in the preceding section of this ordinance
shall not affect any offense or act committed or done or any penalty
or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing
before the said September 23, 1965, nor shall it affect any prosecution,
suit or proceeding pending or any judgment rendered on or prior to
the said September 23, 1965, nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance
or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the
town or authorizing the issue of any bonds of the town or any evidence
of indebtedness of the town or any contract or obligation assumed
by the town; nor shall such repeal affect the administrative ordinances
or resolutions of the Board of Selectmen not in conflict or inconsistent
with the provisions of such Code; nor shall it affect any right or
franchise conferred by any ordinance or resolution of the Board of
Selectmen on any person or corporation; nor shall it affect any of
the following ordinances:
A. The
annual appropriation ordinance.
B. Any
ordinances levying and imposing taxes.
C. Any
ordinance relative to the opening, relocating, naming of the streets
and alleys.
D. Any
ordinance relative to zoning.
E. Any
ordinance relative to official maps of the town.
F. Any
ordinance naming and designating streets, avenues, lanes, alleys and
roadways of the town.
G. Any
ordinance relative to traffic.
H. Any
ordinance regulating subdivision and road regulations.
I. Any
ordinance passed after September 23, 1965.
Two copies of the "Code of the Town of New Canaan, Connecticut,
1965" be filed in the office of the Town Clerk and be made available
to persons desiring to examine same.