[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Bethel as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-6-2008 by L.L. No. 8-2008]
In accordance with Subdivision 3 of § 20 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the local laws, ordinances and certain resolutions of the Town of Bethel, as codified by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 345, together with an Appendix, shall be known collectively as the "Code of the Town of Bethel," hereafter termed the "Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions contained in the "Code of the Town of Bethel" 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 Town Board of the Town of Bethel, and it is the intention of said Board 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 Only such provisions of former local laws and ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below.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 the Town of Bethel 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and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from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 the Town of Bethel 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
the Town of Bethel 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 the Town of Bethel.
D.
Any agreement entered into or any franchise, license,
right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the
Town of Bethel.
E.
Any local law or ordinance of the Town of Bethel 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 the Town of Bethel or any portion thereof.
F.
Any local law or ordinance of the Town of Bethel appropriating
money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment
of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of the
Town of Bethel or other instruments or evidence of the Town's indebtedness.
G.
Local laws or ordinances authorizing the purchase,
sale, lease or transfer of property or any lawful contract, agreement
or obligation.
H.
The levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.
I.
The annexation or dedication of property.
J.
Any local law or ordinance relating to salaries and
compensation.
K.
Any local law or ordinance amending the Zoning Map.
L.
Any local law or ordinance relating to or establishing
a pension plan or pension fund for Town employees.
M.
Any local law or ordinance establishing policies for
the Town, including but not limited to personnel policies.
N.
Any local law or ordinance or portion of a local law
or ordinance establishing a specific fee amount for any license, permit
or service obtained from the Town, until such time as said fees are
formally readopted by resolution of the Town Board.
O.
Any local law adopted subsequent to 9-11-2008.
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 Town Clerk of the Town of Bethel 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 Town Clerk of the Town
of Bethel by impressing thereon the Seal of the Town, 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
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 the Town of Bethel" or any new
local laws, ordinances or resolutions, when enacted or adopted in
such form as to indicate the intention of the Town Board 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 Town Board
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 Bethel required to be filed in the office of the Town Clerk
for use by the public. All changes in said Code and all local laws,
ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Town Board subsequent to
the enactment of this local law in such form as to indicate the intention
of said Board 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, ordinances or resolutions until such
changes, local laws, ordinances or resolutions are printed as supplements
to said Code book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted
therein.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion
of it, may be purchased from the Town Clerk, or an authorized agent
of the Clerk, upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of
the Town Board. The Clerk may also arrange for procedures for the
periodic supplementation of the Code.
Any person who alters or tampers with the Code
of the Town of Bethel in any manner whatsoever which will cause the
legislation of the Town of Bethel 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.
A.
In compiling and preparing the local laws, ordinances and resolutions for publication as the Code of the Town of Bethel, no changes in the meaning or intent of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions have been made, except as provided for in Subsection B hereof. In addition, certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the Town Board that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the local laws, ordinances and resolutions had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B.
In addition, the amendments and/or additions as set
forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof are made
herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this local
law. (Chapter and section number references are to the local laws,
ordinances and resolutions as they have been renumbered and appear
in the Code.)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-11B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this local law are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, repealed) 11-6-2008 by L.L. No. 8-2008." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Town offices.
C.
Nomenclature. Throughout the Code, the titles of the
following have been revised as indicated:
This local law shall take effect immediately
upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
