Town of Waterford, NY General Provisions

The local laws, ordinances and resolutions of the Town of Waterford referred to in § 1-2 of this local law shall be known collectively as the "Code of the Town of Waterford," hereafter termed the "Code," and the various parts and sections of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions shall be distributed and designated as provided and set forth in § 1-2 of this local law.

§ 1-2 Distribution of local laws, ordinances and resolutions.

Derivation Table

(Sections providing for severability of provisions, repeal of conflicting legislation and effective dates which are covered by provisions of Chapter 1, Article I, have been omitted from the Code, and such sections are indicated as "omitted" in the table which follows.)

New Number (chapter, title, Article, section)	Old Number (source)	Adoption or Amendment Date
Chapter 12, Environmental Conservation Commission	L.L. No. 1-1977	3-1-1977
§ 12-1	Sec. 1
§ 12-2	Sec. 2
§ 12-3	Sec. 3
§ 12-4	Sec. 4
§ 12-5	Sec. 5
§ 12-6	Sec. 6, Subds. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11
§ 12-7	Sec. 6, Subd. 10
§ 12-8	Sec. 7
§ 12-9	Sec. 8
§ 12-10	Sec. 9
Omitted	Sec. 10
Chapter 14, Ethics, Code of	L.L. No. 2-1970	11-10-1970
§ 14-1	Art. I, Sec. 1
§ 14-2	Art. I, Sec. 2
§ 14-3	Art. II, Sec. 1
§ 14-4	Art. II, Sec. 2
§ 14-5	Art. II, Sec. 3
§ 14-6	Art. II, Sec. 4
§ 14-7	Art. III, Secs. 1, 2 and 3
§ 14-8	Art. IV, Secs. 1 and 2
§ 14-9	Art. IV, Sec. 3
Omitted	Art. V, Sec. 1
Omitted	Art. VI, Sec. 1
Chapter 26, Planning Board	L.L. No. 2-1986	1-28-1986
§ 26-1	Secs. 1 and 2
Omitted	Sec. 3
§ 26-2	Sec. 4
Omitted	Sec. 5
Chapter 31, Public Safety Commissioner	L.L. No. 4-1978	9-5-1978
§ 31-1	Sec. 1
§ 31-2	Sec. 2
§ 31-3	Sec. 3
§ 31-4	Sec. 4
§ 31-5	Sec. 5
Omitted	Sec. 6
Omitted	Sec. 7
§ 31-6	Sec. 8
§ 31-7	Sec. 9A
Omitted	Sec. 9B
Chapter 45, Zoning Board of Appeals	L.L. No. 1-1986	1-28-1986
§ 45-1	Secs. 1 and 2
Omitted	Sec. 3
§ 45-2	Sec. 4
Omitted	Sec. 5
Chapter 48, Alcoholic Beverages
Article I, Possession of Open Containers in Public Places	L.L. No. 2-1974	11-12-1974
§ 48-1	Sec. 1
§ 48-2	Sec. 2
§ 48-3	Sec. 3	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 48-4	Sec. 4
§ 48-5	Sec. 5	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Omitted	Sec. 6
Omitted	Sec. 7
Chapter 52, Animals
Article I, General Provisions		3-23-1978
§ 52-1	Art. II
§ 52-2	Art. III
§ 52-3	Art. IV
§ 52-4	Art. V, Sec. 5.1	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 52-5	Art. V, Sec. 5.2	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 52-6	Art. V, Sec. 5.3
§ 52-7	Art. V, Sec. 5.4
§ 52-8	Art. V, Sec. 5.5
§ 52-9	Art. V, Sec. 5.6
§ 52-10	Art. V, Sec. 5.7
§ 52-11	Art. V, Sec. 5.8
§ 52-12	Art. V, Sec. 5.9, first sentence
§ 52-13	Art. V, Sec. 5.9, second and third sentences
§ 52-14	Art. V, Sec. 5.10
§ 52-15	§ 52-15	Added at time of adoption of Code
§ 52-16	§ 52-16	Added at time of adoption of Code
§ 52-17	Art. VI, Sec. 6.1
§ 52-18	Art. VI, Sec. 6.2
§ 52-19	Art. VII, Sec. 7.1
§ 52-20	Art. VII, Sec. 7.2
§ 52-21	Art. VII, Sec. 7.3
§ 52-22	Art. VIII	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 52-23	§ 52-23	Added at time of adoption of Code
Chapter 58, Bingo		10-2-1958; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code
§ 58-1	§ 58-1
§ 58-2	§ 58-2
Chapter 68, Curfew		6-4-1963
§ 68-1	First paragraph
§ 68-2	Second paragraph
§ 68-3	Third paragraph
§ 68-4	Fourth paragraph
§ 68-5	Fifth paragraph	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Omitted	Sixth paragraph
Chapter 77, Dumps and Dumping	L.L. No. 3-1971	7-6-1971
§ 77-1	Sec. 1
§ 77-2	Sec. 2
§ 77-3	§ 77-3	Added at time of adoption of Code
§ 77-4	Sec. 3	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 77-5	Sec. 4, first and second paragraphs
§ 77-6	Sec. 4, third paragraph	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 77-7	Sec. 4, fourth paragraph	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 77-8	Sec. 5	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Omitted	Sec. 6
Omitted	Sec. 7
Chapter 84, Firearms	L.L. No. 2-1978	6-7-1978
§ 84-1	Sec. 1
§ 84-2	Sec. 2
§ 84-3	Sec. 3
§ 84-4	Sec. 4	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Omitted	Sec. 5
Chapter 86, Fire Lanes	Resolution	6-5-1984
§ 86-1	First clause
§ 86-2	Second and third clauses
Chapter 91, Flood Damage Prevention	L.L. No. 1-1979	11-29-1979
§ 91-1	Sec. 1
§ 91-2	§ 2
§ 91-3	§ 3	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 91-4	§ 4, first paragraph
§ 91-5	§ 4(a)
§ 91-6	§ 4(b)
§ 91-7	§ 4(c)
§ 91-8	§ 4(d)
§ 91-9	§ 4(e)
§ 91-10	§ 5, first paragraph
§ 91-11	§ 5(a) and (b)
§ 91-12	§ 5(c)(i)
§ 91-13	§ 5(c)(ii)
§ 91-14	§ 6(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
§ 91-15	§ 6(b)
§ 91-16	§ 6(c)
Omitted	§ 7
Chapter 95, Games of Chance	L.L. No. 3-1977	8-29-1977
§ 95-1	Sec. 1
§ 95-2	Sec. 2
§ 95-3	Sec. 3
§ 95-4	Sec. 4
Omitted	Sec. 5
Chapter 98, Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse	L.L. No. 2-1971	7-6-1971
§ 98-1	Sec. 1	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 98-2	§ 2a	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 98-3	§ 2b
§ 98-4	§ 2c
§ 98-5	§ 2d	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 98-6	§ 3
§ 98-7	§ 4	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Omitted	§ 5
Omitted	§ 6
Chapter 106, Noise	L.L. No. 5-1986	8-12-1986
§ 106-1	Sec. 1.1
§ 106-2	Sec. 1.2
§ 106-3	Secs. 1.3 and 1.4
§ 106-4	Sec. 1.5
§ 106-5	Sec. 1.6	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 106-6	Sec. 1.7
Omitted	Sec. 1.8
Chapter 115, Parks and Playgrounds	L.L. No. 3-1974	11-12-1974
§ 115-1	Sec. 1
§ 115-2	Sec. 2
§ 115-3	Sec. 3
§ 115-4	Sec. 4
§ 115-5	Sec. 5	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Omitted	Sec. 6
Omitted	Sec. 7
Chapter 118, Peddling and Soliciting		Adopted at time of adoption of Code
§ 118-1	§ 118-1
§ 118-2	§ 118-2
§ 118-3	§ 118-3
§ 118-4	§ 118-4
§ 118-5	§ 118-5
§ 118-6	§ 118-6
§ 118-7	§ 118-7
§ 118-8	§ 118-8
§ 118-9	§ 118-9
§ 118-10	§ 118-10
§ 118-11	§ 118-11
§ 118-12	§ 118-12
§ 118-13	§ 118-13
Chapter 122, Records, Public Access to		8-5-1975
§ 122-1	Sec. 1
§ 122-2	Sec. 2
§ 122-3	Sec. 3	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 122-4	Sec. 4
§ 122-5	Sec. 5	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 122-6	Sec. 6
§ 122-7	Sec. 7
§ 122-8	Sec. 8
§ 122-9	Sec. 9
Omitted	Sec. 10
Chapter 126, Sewers
Article I, Annual Benefit Assessments	L.L. No. 1-1978	12-29-1977
§ 126-1	Sec. 1
§ 126-2	Sec. 2
§ 126-3	Sec. 3
§ 126-4	Sec. 4
§ 126-5	Sec. 5
§ 126-6	Sec. 6
§ 126-7	Sec. 7
§ 126-8	Sec. 8
§ 126-9	Sec. 9
Article II, Sewer Rents	L.L. No. 3-1978	6-7-1978
§ 126-10	Sec. 1
§ 126-11	§ 2
§ 126-12	§ 3
§ 126-13	§ 4
§ 126-14	§ 5(a), first sentence
§ 126-15	§ 5(a), second and subsequent sentences, (b) and (c)
§ 126-16	§ 5(d) and (e)
§ 126-17	§ 5(f)
§ 126-18	§ 6
§ 126-19	§ 7
§ 126-20	§ 8
Omitted	§ 9
Omitted	§ 10
Article III, Sewer Use	L.L. No. 3-1984	7-10-1984
§ 126-21	Art. I
§ 126-22	Art. II
§ 126-23	Art. III
§ 126-24	Art. IV
§ 126-25	Art. V, Secs. 1, 2, 3 and 4
§ 126-26	Art. V, Sec. 5
§ 126-27	Art. V, Sec. 6
§ 126-28	Art. V, Sec. 7
§ 126-29	Art. V, Sec. 8
§ 126-30	Art. V, Sec. 9
§ 126-31	Art. V, Sec. 10
§ 126-32	Art. V, Sec. 11
§ 126-33	Art. VI
§ 126-34	Art. VII
§ 126-35	Art. VIII	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 126-36	Art. IX
§ 126-37	Art. X	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Omitted	Art. XI
Omitted	Art. XII
Rules Governing Use of Sewers and Installation of Residential and Commercial Service Connections	Rules Governing Use of Sewers and Installation of Residential and Commercial Service Connections	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Chapter 131, Site Plan Review	L.L. No. 4-1986	6-3-1986
§ 131-1	Art. I, Sec. 1.020
§ 131-2	Art. I, Sec. 1.030
§ 131-3	Art. I, Sec. 1.040
§ 131-4	Art. II, Secs. 2.010, 2.020 and 2.030
§ 131-5	Art. II, Sec. 2.040	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 131-6	Art. III, Sec. 3.010
§ 131-7	Art. III, Sec. 3.020
§ 131-8	Art. III, Sec. 3.030
§ 131-9	Art. III, Secs. 3.040 and 3.050
§ 131-10	Art. IV, Sec. 4.010
§ 131-11	Art. V, Sec. 5.010
§ 131-12	Art. V, Sec. 5.020
§ 131-13	Art. VI, Sec. 6.010
§ 131-14	Art. VII, Sec. 7.010
§ 131-15	Art. VII, Sec. 7.020
§ 131-16	Art. VII, Sec. 7.030
§ 131-17	Art. VII, Sec. 7.040
§ 131-18	Art. VII, Sec. 7.050
Omitted	Art. VII, Sec. 7.060
Omitted	Art. VII, Sec. 7.070
Chapter 134, Smoke Detectors	L.L. No. 2-1983	11-1-1983
§ 134-1	Sec. 1
§ 134-2	Sec. 2	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 134-3	Sec. 3
§ 134-4	Sec. 4
§ 134-5	Sec. 5
§ 134-6	Sec. 6
§ 134-7	Sec. 7
§ 134-8	Sec. 8
§ 134-9	Sec. 9
§ 134-10	Sec. 10
§ 134-11	Sec. 11	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 134-12	Sec. 12
Omitted	Sec. 13
Chapter 138, Solid Waste Disposal	L.L. No. 1-1971	7-6-1971
§ 138-1	Sec. I
§ 138-2	§ 2
§ 138-3	§ 3
§ 138-4	§ 4	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 138-5	§ 5
§ 138-6	§ 6	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Omitted	§ 7
Omitted	§ 8
Chapter 143, Streets Sidewalks
Article I, Excavations	L.L. No. 4-1974	11-12-1974
§ 143-1	Sec. 1
§ 143-2	Sec. 2
§ 143-3	Sec. 3
§ 143-4	Sec. 4
§ 143-5	Sec. 5
§ 143-6	Sec. 6
§ 143-7	Sec. 7
Omitted	Sec. 8
Omitted	Sec. 9
§ 143-8	§ 143-8	Added at time of adoption of Code
Article II, Notification of Defects	L.L. No. 2-1984	4-3-1984
§ 143-9	Sec. 1
§ 143-10	Sec. 2
§ 143-11	Sec. 3
§ 143-12	Sec. 4
§ 143-13	Sec. 5, first paragraph
Omitted	Sec. 5, second paragraph
Omitted	Sec. 6
Article III, Sidewalk Maintenance and Repair	L.L. No. 3-1986	3-4-1986
§ 143-14	Sec. 1
§ 143-15	Sec. 2
§ 143-16	Sec. 3
Omitted	Sec. 4
Chapter 148, Taxation
Article I, Business Tax Exemption	L.L. No. 2-1977	2-15-1977
§ 148-1	Sec. 1
Omitted	Sec. 2
Article II, Senior Citizens Tax Exemption	Resolution	3-23-1978
§ 148-2	First unnumbered clause	Amended 11-20-1979 by resolution; 3-8-1983 by resolution; 11-1-1983 by resolution; during codification
§ 148-3	Second unnumbered clause
§ 148-4	Third unnumbered clause
Omitted	Fourth unnumbered clause
Article III, Homestead Base Proportions	L.L. No. 2-1982	6-15-1982
§ 148-5	Sec. 1
§ 148-6	Sec. 2
Omitted	Sec. 3
Article IV, Tax Exemption for Handicapped Persons	L.L. No. 1-1984	4-3-1984
§ 148-7	Sec. 1
§ 148-8	Sec. 2
§ 148-9	Secs. 3 and 4
Omitted	Sec. 5
Article V, Alternative Veterans Exemption	L.L. No. 1-1985	3-12-1985
§ 148-10	Sec. 1
§ 148-11	Sec. 2
Omitted	Sec. 3
Article VI, Proportional Adjustment of Veterans Exemption	L.L. No. 2-1985	4-2-1985
§ 148-12	Sec. 1
Omitted	Sec. 2
Chapter 158, Vehicles and Traffic		Adopted at time of adoption of Code
Article I	Article I
§ 158-1	§ 158-1
§ 158-2	§ 158-2
§ 158-3	§ 158-3
Article II	Article II
§ 158-4	§ 158-4
§ 158-5	§ 158-5
§ 158-6	§ 158-6
§ 158-7	§ 158-7
§ 158-8	§ 158-8
§ 158-9	§ 158-9
§ 158-10	§ 158-10
§ 158-11	§ 158-11
Article III	Article III
§ 158-12	§ 158-12
§ 158-13	§ 158-13
§ 158-14	§ 158-14
§ 158-15	§ 158-15
§ 158-16	§ 158-16
§ 158-17	§ 158-17
§ 158-18	§ 158-18
§ 158-19	§ 158-19
§ 158-20	§ 158-20
Article IV	Article IV
§ 158-21	§ 158-21
§ 158-22	§ 158-22
§ 158-23	§ 158-23
§ 158-24	§ 158-24
§ 158-25	§ 158-25
§ 158-26	§ 158-26
§ 158-27	§ 158-27
Article V	Article V
§ 158-28	§ 158-28
§ 158-29	§ 158-29
§ 158-30	§ 158-30
Article VI	Article VI
§ 158-31	§ 158-31
§ 158-32	§ 158-32
§ 158-33	§ 158-33
§ 158-34	§ 158-34
Article VII	Article VII
§ 158-35	§ 158-35
§ 158-36	§ 158-36
§ 158-37	§ 158-37
§ 158-38	§ 158-38
§ 158-39	§ 158-39
§ 158-40	§ 158-40
§ 158-41	§ 158-41
§ 158-42	§ 158-42
§ 158-43	§ 158-43
§ 158-44	§ 158-44
§ 158-45	§ 158-45
§ 158-46	§ 158-46
§ 158-47	§ 158-47
§ 158-48	§ 158-48
§ 158-49	§ 158-49
§ 158-50	§ 158-50
Chapter 161, Zoning		6-7-1966
Article I
§ 161-1	Art. II
§ 161-2	Art. III, first and second paragraphs
§ 161-3	Art. III, third paragraph, and Appendix B
§ 161-4	Art. IV, Sec. 4.1
§ 161-5	Art. IV, Sec. 4.2
§ 161-6	Art. IV, Sec. 4.3
§ 161-7	Art. IV, Sec. 4.4
§ 161-8	Art. IV, Sec. 5.1
§ 161-9	Art. IV, Sec. 5.2
§ 161-10	Art. IV, Sec. 5.3
Article II
§ 161-11	Art. VI, Sec. 6.0	Amended 8-6-1968; 8-7-1984; amended at time of adoption of Code
	Art. VI, Sec. 6.1	Repealed 8-7-1984
§ 161-12	Art. VI, Sec. 6.2	Amended 8-7-1984
§ 161-13	Art. VI, Sec. 6.3	Amended 8-6-1968
§ 161-14	Art. VI, Sec. 6.4	Amended 8-6-1968; 5-9-1972
§ 161-15	Art. VI, Sec. 6.5	Amended 8-6-1968; at time of adoption of Code
§ 161-16	Art. VI, Sec. 6.6
§ 161-17	Art. VI, Sec. 6.7	Added 8-6-1968; amended at time of adoption of Code
Article III
§ 161-18	Schedule A entries for R-75 District	Amended 3-5-1972; 8-7-1984
§ 161-19	Schedule A entries for R-100 District	Amended 3-5-1972; 8-7-1984; at time of adoption of Code
§ 161-20	Schedule A entries for C-1 District
§ 161-21	Schedule A entries for C-2 District	Amended 5-9-1972
§ 161-22	Schedule A entries for M-1 District	Amended 8-6-1968
§ 161-23	Schedule A entries for M-Z District	Added 8-6-1968
Article IV
§ 161-24	Art. VII, Sec. 7.1
§ 161-25	Art. VII, Sec. 7.2
§ 161-26	Art. VII, Sec. 7.3
§ 161-27	Art. VII, Sec. 7.4	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 161-28	Art. VII, Sec. 7.5	Amended at time of adoption of Code
Article V
§ 161-29	Art. VIII, Sec. 8.1	Amended 8-6-1968
§ 161-30	Art. VIII, Sec. 8.2
§ 161-31	Art. VIII, Sec. 8.3
§ 161-32	Art. VIII, Sec. 8.4, and Schedule C
§ 161-33	Art. VIII, Sec. 8.5
§ 161-34	Art. VIII, Sec. 8.6
Article VI
§ 161-35	Art. IX, Sec. 9.1	Amended 3-5-1972
§ 161-36	Art. IX, Sec. 9.2
§ 161-37	Art. IX, Sec. 9.3
Article VII
	Art. X, Sec. 10.1	Deleted at time of adoption of Code
§ 161-38	Art. X, Sec. 10.2	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 161-39	Art. X, Sec. 10.3
§ 161-40	Art. X, Sec. 10.4, first paragraph	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 161-41	Art. X, Sec. 10.4, second paragraph	Added 8-6-1968; amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 161-42	§ 161-42	Added at time of adoption of Code
§ 161-43	§ 161-43	Added at time of adoption of Code
Article VIII
§ 161-44	Art. XI, Sec. 11.1
§ 161-45	Art. XI, Sec. 11.2
§ 161-46	Art. XII, Sec. 12.1
§ 161-47	Art. XIII, Sec. 13.1
Article IX
§ 161-48	Art. XIV, Sec. 14.1, first paragraph	Amended at time of adoption of Code
§ 161-49	Art. XIV, Sec. 14.1, second and third paragraphs Art. XIV, Sec. 14.1, fourth paragraph	Deleted at time of adoption of Code
§ 161-50	Art. XIV, Sec. 14.1, fifth paragraph
Omitted	Art. XV, Sec. 15.1
Omitted	Art. XVI, Sec. 16.1

§ 1-3 Repeal of enactments not included in Code.

All local laws, ordinances and resolutions of a general and permanent nature of the Town of Waterford 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.

§ 1-4 Enactments saved from repeal; matters not affected.

The repeal of local laws, ordinances and resolutions provided for in § 1-3 of this local law shall not affect the following classes of local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:

Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision of the Town of Waterford prior to the effective date of this local law, or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.

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 Waterford, or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.

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 Waterford.

Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the Town of Waterford.

Any local law, ordinance or resolution of the Town of Waterford 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 Waterford or any portion thereof.

Any local law, ordinance or resolution of the Town of Waterford 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 Waterford or other instruments or evidence of the town's indebtedness.

Local laws, ordinances or resolutions authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property, or any lawful contract or obligation.

The levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.

The dedication of property.

Any local laws, ordinances or resolutions relating to salaries.

An ordinance adopted 9-25-1962 dealing with trailers and trailer courts.

An ordinance adopted 7-6-1971 dealing with building permit fees.

Any local laws and ordinances dealing with fire prevention and building construction administration and enforcement.

All legislation adopted subsequent to August 12, 1986.

§ 1-5 Severability.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, Article or part of this local law or of any local law, ordinance or resolution cited in the table in § 1-2 hereof, or any local law, ordinance or resolution included in this Code 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.

§ 1-6 Copy of Code on file.

A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Waterford 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 Waterford by impressing thereon the Seal of the Town of Waterford, 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 the said Code is in effect.

§ 1-7 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 Waterford," 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.

§ 1-8 Code book to be kept up-to-date.

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 Waterford 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 or local laws, ordinances or resolutions until such change or local law, ordinances or resolutions are printed as supplements to said Code book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.

§ 1-9 Sale of Code book; supplementation.

Copies of the Code may be purchased from the Town Clerk of the Town of Waterford upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Town Board, which may also arrange by resolution for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.

§ 1-10 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 Waterford, or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the Town of Waterford 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.

§ 1-11 Changes in previously adopted legislation.

In compiling and preparing the local laws, ordinances and resolutions for publication as the Code of the Town of Waterford, as distributed and designated in the table in § 1-2 hereof, 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.

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, ordinances and resolutions as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)[1]

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Editor's Note: In accordance with the provisions of § 1-11B, the following sections have been added or amended: §§ 48-3, 52-4B(2), 52-5B, 52-15, 52-16, 52-22, 52-23, Ch. 58, §§ 77-3, 77-4, 77-6, 77-7, 77-8B, 91-3B, 98-1, 98-2, 98-5, Ch. 118, §§ 122-3B, 122-5, 126-35, the Rules Governing Use of Sewers and Installation of Residential and Commercial Service Connections, §§ 131-5, 134-2B, 138-4A, Ch. 158, §§ 161-11B(9), 161-15B and C(1), 161-17B and C(1), 161-19B(5)(b), 161-27B and E(3) and (4), 161-28, 161-38A, B, D and E, 161-40, 161-41B, C, D, E, F, G and H, 161-42, 161-43 and 161-48A.

The following sections have been deleted: former Section 10.1 and the fourth paragraph of former Section 14.1 of an ordinance adopted 6-7-1966.

The complete text of these changes is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.

The following sections are hereby added or amended to provide for penalties for offenses of a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both, for each offense.[2]

[2]

Editor's Note: In accordance with the provisions of § 1-11C, the following sections have been added or amended: §§ 48-5, 68-5, 84-4, 98-7, 106-5, 115-5, 126-37B, 134-11, 138-6B and 143-8.

§ 1-12 When effective.

This local law shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State and State Comptroller as required by Section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.

Article II Legislation Enacted During Codification

[During the process of codification, certain substantive revisions, changes and/or additions to various existing legislation were approved by the Town Board for inclusion in the Code of the Town of Waterford. Such amendments are noted in the histories of individual chapters as ". . . amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II." During the course of routine supplementation, specific amendment dates will be inserted where pertinent in the text of the various chapters.

The listing below sets forth each chapter and, where applicable, each section affected by any such legislation adopted during codification. The complete text of such amendments is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, where it may be inspected during regular office hours.]

Chapter/Section	Adoption Date	Legislation
Chapter 148, Taxation, § 148-2	8-4-1987	Resolution
Chapter A165, Building Sewer Installation Rules, § A165-6	8-4-1987	Resolution
Chapter A166, Subdivision Regulations, § 166-18B(2)	8-4-1987	Resolution
Chapter A167, Zoning Board of Appeals Rules and Regulations	8-4-1987	Resolution