Town of Williamson, NY Article III Adoption of Renumbering of Code

[Adopted 2-13-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]

§ 1-9 Adoption of renumbering.

In accordance with Subdivision 3 of § 20 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the local laws, ordinances and resolutions of the Town of Williamson of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Williamson by ordinance on December 13, 1966, as codified and consolidated into chapters, articles and sections by General Code Publishers Corp. as set forth below, and as renumbered to consist of Chapters 1 through 178, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Town of Williamson," hereafter known and referred to as the "Code."

	Distribution Table
Chapter/Article in 1966 Code	Chapter/Article in 2001 Code
Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I, Compilation of Ordinances	Ch. 1, Art. I
Ch. 2, Adult Uses	Ch. 51
Ch. 3, Alcoholic Beverages	Ch. 54
Ch. 6, Bingo	Ch. 63
Ch. 11, Building Construction and Fire Prevention	Ch. 68
Ch. 13, Business Improvement Districts	Ch. 7
Ch. 14, Cemetery	Ch. 74
Ch. 15, Dogs	Ch. 58
Ch. 17, Electrical Inspections	Ch. 85
Ch. 18, Farming	Ch. 89
Ch. 20, Flood Damage Prevention	Ch. 92
Ch. 22, Games of Chance	Ch. 97
Ch. 23, Garbage and Rubbish	Ch. 147
Ch. 25, Hydrants	Ch. 102
Ch. 28, Mobile Homes	Ch. 113
Ch. 29, Noise: Unnecessary	Ch. 116
Ch. 31, Officers and Employees
Art. I, Term of Town Highway Superintendent	Ch. 29, Art. I
Art. I, Term of Town Clerk	Ch. 29, Art. II
Art. III, Defense and Indemnification	Ch. 15
Art. IV, Alternate Members of Board of Appeals and Planning Board	Ch. 4, Art. I
Ch. 32, Peace and Good Order	Ch. 108
Ch. 33, Personnel Policies
Art. I, Sexual Harassment	Ch. 39
Ch. 34, Procurement Policy	Ch. 35
Ch. 35, Rules and Regulations, Sewer Line	Ch. 140, Part 1
Ch. 36, Park and Recreation Impact Fees	Ch. 123, Art. I
Ch. 37, Property Nuisance Abatement	Ch. 135
Ch. 40, Maintenance and Licensing of Sewer	Ch. 140, Part 2
Ch. 40A, Smoking	Ch. 42
Ch. 41, Streets and Sidewalks
Art. I, Liability for Defects	Ch. 119
Ch. 42, Subdivision of Land	Ch. 152
Ch. 44, Taxation	Ch. 156
Ch. 47, Telecommunication Towers	Ch. 159
Ch. 50, Vehicle and Traffic
Art. I, General Regulations	Ch. 146, Art. I
Art. II, Standing and Parking	Ch. 146, Art. II
Art. III, Lugs on Wheels	Ch. 146, Art. III
Art. IV, Parking for Handicapped Persons	Ch. 146, Art. IV
Art. V, Unlicensed Vehicles	Ch. 169
Art. VI, Town Parking Lots	Ch. 126, Art. I
Art. VII, Library Parking Lot	Ch. 126, Art. II
Art. VIII, Uniform Speed Restriction in Residential Subdivisions	Ch. 146, Art. V
Ch. 51, Water Use	Ch. 173, Art. II
Ch. 52, Water Protection	Ch. 173, Art. I
Ch. 54, Zoning	Ch. 178
Appendix Chapters:
Part I, Board of Appeals Rules of Procedure	A183
Part II, Building Code Administration Rules	Obsolete
Part III, Street Dedications	A184

§ 1-10 Additional changes.

A. In compiling and preparing the local laws, ordinances and resolutions for publication as the Code of the Town of Williamson, 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. The following changes are hereby adopted as part of the process of republication:

(1) References to New York State statutes are hereby revised to cite the current provisions.

(2) In Chapter 156, references to the "State Board of Equalization and Assessment" are hereby revised to read "State Board of Real Property Services."

(3) In § 166-9, the former reference to "§ 50-41" is hereby changed to "Article VI."

§ 1-11 Continuation of existing provisions.

The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of the 1966 Code and the 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 Williamson, 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.

§ 1-12 Severability.

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.

§ 1-13 Amendments to Code.

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 Williamson" 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.

§ 1-14 Sale of Code book; supplementation.

Copies of the Code may be purchased from the Town Clerk of the Town of Williamson upon the payment of a fee as set forth by resolution of the Town Board. The Town Board may also arrange by resolution for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.

§ 1-15 Penalties for tampering with Code.

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 Williamson or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the Town of Williamson to be misrepresented thereby or who violates any other provision of this local law shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties set forth in Article II, Penalties for Offenses, of Chapter 1, General Provisions, of the Code of the Town of Williamson.

§ 1-16 Incorporation of provisions into Code.

The provisions of this local law are hereby made Article III of Chapter 1 of the Code of the Town of Williamson, to be numbered §§ 1-9 to 1-17, inclusive.

§ 1-17 When effective.

This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of New York.