[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Hudson:
Art. I, 7-26-1988 as Ord. No. O88-3.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Resolution No. R92-71, adopted 6-8-1992,
effective 7-1-1992, provided, in part, that "the Town of Hudson's
form of government has been transformed, effective July 1, 1992, from
a government comprised of a Town Council with Municipal Charter to
a government comprised of Board of Selectmen with Annual Town Meeting
. . . Furthermore, the Town Attorney is directed to work with publisher
of the Code to effect the changes of language necessary in the remaining
chapters of the Town Code to reflect the transition from a Council
form of government to a Selectmen form of government." Accordingly,
nomenclature changes have been made throughout this Code, where indicated.
[Adopted 7-26-1988 as Ord. No. O88-3]
Pursuant to § C-28 of the Charter, the legislation of the Town of Hudson of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Hudson, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp. and consisting of Chapters 1 to 334, inclusive, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Town of Hudson," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede all other general
and permanent legislation enacted prior to the enactment of this Code,
except such legislation as is hereinafter expressly saved from repeal
or continued in force.
All provisions of this ordinance and the Code shall be in full
force and effect on and after July 26, 1988.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form has been filed in the
office of the Town Clerk 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 Clerk of the Town of Hudson by impressing thereon the seal of
the town, as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain
on file in the office of the Clerk, to be made available to persons
desiring to examine the same during all times while the said Code
is in effect.
The repeal of legislation provided for in § 1-2 of this ordinance shall not affect the following classes of ordinances, resolutions, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A.
Any
legislation adopted subsequent to October 27, 1987.
B.
Any
right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative
provision of the Town of Hudson prior to the effective date of this
ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement
of such right or liability.
C.
Any
offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this
ordinance in violation of any legislative provision of the Town of
Hudson or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D.
Any
prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending
or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this ordinance
brought pursuant to any legislative provision of the Town of Hudson.
E.
Any
franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted
or conferred by the Town of Hudson.
F.
Any
ordinance or resolution of the Town of Hudson 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 Hudson, or any portion thereof.
G.
Any
ordinance or resolution of the Town of Hudson 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
Hudson or other instruments or evidence of the town's indebtedness.
H.
Ordinances
or resolutions authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of
property, or any lawful contract or obligation.
I.
The
levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.
J.
The
dedication of property.
K.
Any
ordinances or resolutions relating to salaries or employee health
or retirement benefits.
L.
Any
legislation relating to the control of motor vehicles and traffic
within the Town of Hudson.
M.
The
currently existing sewer legislation of the Town of Hudson, including
Ord. Nos. 77A (adopted 4-12-1982) and 77 (adopted 9-23-1985), as well
as any amendments thereto.
N.
The
currently existing taxicabs and taxicab drivers legislation of the
Town of Hudson, including Ord. No. 26 (adopted 7-24-1964), as well
as any amendments thereto.
O.
The
Town of Hudson Welfare Guidelines adopted 3-25-1986.
P.
The
Town of Hudson Conflict of Interest Ordinance adopted 3-11-1980.
A.
In
compiling and preparing the legislation for adoption and revision
as part of the Code, pursuant to § C-28 of the Charter,
certain grammatical changes and other minor changes were made in said
legislation. It is the intention of the Board of Selectmen that all
such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the legislation
so changed had previously been formally amended to read as such.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to Res. No. R92-71, adopted 6-8-1992,
effective 7-1-1992, this subsection has been revised to replace "Town
Council" with "Board of Selectmen."
B.
In
addition, the following changes, amendments or revisions are made
herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance.
(Chapter and section-number references are to the legislation as it
has been renumbered and appear in the Code.)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to § 1-6B, the following sections were added or amended: §§ 245-3, 245-6, 245-10, 245-13, 245-15A, 245-16, 245-17, 259-1, 264-3, 264-4D and E, 264-6, 264-7, 264-8, 264-9, 284-1, 284-4, 284-5, 284-9, 284-10 and 284-11. A complete description of each change is included in Ord. No. O88-3, adopted 7-26-1988, which is on file in the town offices.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, Article or part
of this ordinance or of any legislation included in this Code initially
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 or
part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
shall have been rendered.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk or someone authorized
and directed by the Town Clerk to keep up-to-date the certified copy
of the book containing the Code of the Town of Hudson required to
be filed in the office of the Clerk for the use of the public. All
changes in said Code and all ordinances and resolutions adopted by
the Board of Selectmen subsequent to the enactment of this ordinance
in such form as to indicate the intention of said Board of Selectmen
to be a part of said Code shall, when finally enacted or adopted,
be included therein by temporary attachment of a copy of such changes
or ordinances or resolutions until such change or ordinances or resolutions
are printed as supplements to said Code books, at which time such
supplements shall be inserted therein.
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to Res. No. R92-71, adopted 6-8-1992,
effective 7-1-1992, this section has been revised to replace "Town
Council" with "Board of Selectmen."
Copies of the Code book containing the Code of the Town of Hudson
may be purchased from the Clerk of the Town of Hudson upon the payment
of a fee to be set by resolution of the Board of Selectmen, which
may also arrange by resolution for procedures for the periodic supplementation
thereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to Res. No. R92-71, adopted 6-8-1992,
effective 7-1-1992, this section has been revised to replace "Town
Council" with "Board of Selectmen."
The Clerk of the Town of Hudson, pursuant to law, shall cause
to be published, in the manner required, notice of the introduction
and adoption of this ordinance in the official newspaper of the town.
A copy of the Code of the Town of Hudson shall be maintained in the
office of the Clerk for inspection by the public at all times during
regular office hours. The enactment and application 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 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 Hudson or who alters or tampers with such Code in any
manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the Town of
Hudson to be misrepresented thereby or who violates any other provision
of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a
fine of not more than $100.
