[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury as
indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-24-1991 by L.L.
No. 6-1991]
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury as follows:
In accordance with Subdivision 3 of § 20 of the Municipal
Home Rule Law, the local laws and ordinances of the Town of Queensbury shall
be known collectively as the "Code of the Town of Queensbury," hereafter termed
the "Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the local laws and ordinances
contained in the "Code of the Town of Queensbury" to any other local law or
ordinance 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 or ordinance had been formally amended to
so read.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of local laws and ordinances in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this local law, are intended as a continuation of such local laws and ordinances and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior local law or ordinance. 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 Queensbury, 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 Only such provisions of former local laws and ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below.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 Queensbury 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therein are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this local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 Queensbury prior to the effective
date of this local law or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement
of such right or liability.
B.
An offense or act committed or done before the effective
date of this local law in violation of any legislative provision of the Town
of Queensbury 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 Queensbury.
D.
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred by the Town of Queensbury.
E.
Any local law or ordinance of the Town of Queensbury
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 Queensbury or any portion thereof.
F.
Any local law or ordinance of the Town of Queensbury
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 Queensbury 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 or obligation.
H.
The levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.
I.
The dedication of property.
J.
Any legislation relating to salaries.
K.
Any local law or ordinance amending the Zoning Map.
L.
Any legislation regulating traffic or the parking of
vehicles in the Town.
M.
An ordinance adopted August 8, 1989, establishing building
fees.
N.
Any legislation adopted subsequent to September 17, 1990.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter or part
of this local law or of any local law or ordinance 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 Queensbury 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 to by
the Town Clerk of the Town of Queensbury by impressing thereon the Seal of
the Town of Queensbury, 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 and ordinances known collectively as the "Code of the Town
of Queensbury" or any new local laws or ordinances, including those enacted
or adopted since September 17, 1990, and on the same date and after this Code
where 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
or ordinance contained herein, and such local laws or ordinances may be amended,
deleted or changed from time to time as the Town Board deems desirable.
With respect to any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements
to any of the local laws and ordinances known collectively as the "Code of
the Town of Queensbury" or any new local laws or ordinances enacted or adopted
since September 17, 1990, including on the date hereof, if any, it is the
intention of the Town Board that same be made a part of the "Code of the Town
of Queensbury" by virtue of this legislation.
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 Queensbury 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 and ordinances 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 or ordinances until such changes, local laws or ordinances 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 Queensbury upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Town
Board, 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 Queensbury or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever
which will cause the legislation of the Town of Queensbury 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 and ordinances for publication as the Code of the Town of Queensbury, no changes in the meaning or intent of such local laws and ordinances have been made, except as provided for in Subsection B hereof. In addition, certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes, including subtitles and section captions, 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 and ordinances had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B.
In addition, the following changes, amendments or revisions
are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this local
law. (Chapter and section number references are to the local laws and ordinances
as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to § 1-11B, the following sections or chapters were added or amended: §§ 8-2, 14-3A, 14-5B, 27-2, 46-1, 46-3, Art. I of Ch. 52, §§ 55-5, 55-6A and B, 55-7, 60-3, 60-4, 60-7, 60-9, 60-11, 60-12, 61-3A, 61-4, 65-4, 73-4, 73-6B(1) and (2), 73-7, 80-3A, 80-5, 80-6B, 80-7G, H, I, J and N, 80-8, 80-10, 80-11A, 80-13, 88-24B, 91-8, 91-10, 94-18, 96-4, 96-5, 96-10, 96-11, 96-12, 96-13, 96-14, 96-15, 96-16, 102-15, 102-16, 109-2, 113-4, 113-5, 113-6, 113-9, 113-12D, 113-14, 113-17C and D, 113-20A(2), 113-21, 113-22, 118-3, 130-1, 130-4B and C, 130-5, 130-6, 130-7, 130-8, 130-9, 136-6, 136-14C, 136-15, 136-16B, 136-26A, 136-27, 136-38, 136-83A, 136-97A, 140-2, 140-4, 140-6, 140-8, 140-9D and E, 140-10, 140-11, 140-12A and D(1), 149-3, 149-6, 149-8, 152-6, 155-2A and C, 155-4A, 155-5, 168-1B, 168-2, 168-3, 168-5, 168-6, 165-8, 173-11 and 173-14.
The following sections were deleted: Sec. 3 of Ord. No. 12 (Ch. 113).
A complete description of each change may be found in L.L. No. 6-1991,
on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary
of State of the State of New York.
