[Adopted 6-10-1980]
A.
An ordinance adopted February 27, 1974, pertaining to the Historic
District and Commission,[1] is hereby amended as follows:
(1)
Paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Section I are amended so that said section
will read as follows:
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"1. Historic District No. 1 is situated in the center of Town
and is located on both sides of a portion of Route 25 beginning at
the intersection of Route 133 and traveling south for approximately
0.4 mile to include property owned by Bradley on the westerly side
and Ceysens on the easterly side.
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"2. Also on both sides of Route 25 beginning at the intersection
of Route 133 and traveling north for approximately 0.4 mile to include
property owned by Gregory on the westerly side and Baker on the easterly
side.
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"3. Also on both sides of Long Meadow Hill Road beginning at
the intersection of Route 25 and traveling north for approximately
0.4 mile to include property owned by Douglas on the westerly side
and the trustees of the Fund for Ministers on the easterly side.
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"4. Also on both sides of Winding Road beginning at the intersection
of Route 25 and traveling east for approximately 0.2 mile to include
property owned by B. Rippy on the northerly side and C. Rippy on the
southerly side.
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"5. Also on both sides of School Street beginning at the intersection
of Route 25 and traveling east for approximately 0. 1 mile to include
property owned by Phillips on the northerly side and Narwold on the
southerly side. All the property owners hereinbefore set forth being
now or formerly."
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(2)
Sections
II and IV are hereby deleted from said ordinance.
B.
An ordinance
pertaining to the Inland Wetlands Commission, adopted February 27,
1974,[2] is amended to delete the second paragraph of Section 3,
which reads as follows:
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"The first two persons named shall serve for a period of one
year, term to run until March 31, 1975; the next two persons named
for a period of two years, term to run until March 31, 1976; and the
fifth person named shall serve for a period of three years, term to
run until March 31, 1977. All appointments subsequent to the original
appointment shall be for a term of two years commencing April 1 in
the year of appointment."
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D.
An ordinance pertaining to the termination of the Planning and Zoning
Commissions and the adoption of a separate Zoning Commission and Planning
Commission, adopted October 2, 1968,[4] is hereby amended to change the term of office in Sections
(b) and (c) from six to four years and to delete the following wording
in each of those sections: "except that in the first election the
terms of office shall be staggered: two members, two years; two members,
four years; and one member, six years" so that said sections may read
as follows:
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"(b) The Brookfield Zoning Commission shall consist of five
members who shall be electors of the Town not holding any other elected
or appointed Town office and who shall be elected biennially on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the odd years.
The term of office for each member of said Commission shall be four
years. In the event of the resignation or death of any member of said
Commission, or in the event of any other vacancy existing of said
Commission, the Board of Selectmen shall appoint a successor who shall
serve until the next regularly scheduled biennial election, at which
time the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term for
which the original member was elected. The representation of the minority
political party on said Commission shall be guaranteed in accordance
with Section 9-167a of the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision
of 1958, as amended.
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"(c) The Brookfield Planning Commission shall consist of five
members who shall be electors of the Town not holding any other elected
or appointed Town office and who shall be elected biennially on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the odd years.
The term of office for each member of said Commission shall be four
years. The representation of the minority political party on said
Commission shall be guaranteed in accordance with Section 9-167a of
the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958, as amended. Any
vacancies in the Commission shall be filled as provided by law."
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E.
An ordinance creating a Sewer Commission to serve as the Sewer Authority
of the Town and providing for its organization and proceedings and
certain of its duties, adopted July 11, 1972,[5] as amended March 5, 1975, is hereby further amended to
read as follows:
(1)
The name of the authority will be changed throughout the ordinance
and wherever it may appear in the proposed Code of the Town of Brookfield
to the Water Pollution Control Authority so as to conform to the state
statutes.
(2)
The balance of said ordinance shall read as follows:
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"1. The Town of Brookfield does hereby create a Water Pollution
Control Authority to serve as the Sewer Authority of the Town under
and pursuant to Chapter 103 of the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision
of 1958, as amended.
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"2. (a) The Authority shall consist of seven electors and taxpayers
of the Town who shall hold no other Town office, shall be sworn to
the faithful performance of their duties and shall serve without compensation.
The Water Pollution Control Authority members shall be appointed by
the Board of Selectmen. The terms of office of said members shall
be in accordance with the Charter; members to serve until their successors
shall be appointed and shall have qualified. A certificate of the
appointment of a member by the Selectmen shall be filed with the Town
Clerk and shall be conclusive evidence of the legal appointment of
such member.
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"3. The Authority shall choose one of its members to be Chairman
and shall appoint a Clerk, who need not be a member of the Authority,
and such agents and employees as it may require and determine their
qualifications, duties and compensation. At all meetings of the Authority,
four members shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of four
votes shall be necessary for the transaction of business. Said Authority
may hold such regular and special meetings as may be advisable at
any time upon giving at least 24 hours' notice to each member
before the time of such meeting. The Clerk shall issue a call for
a special meeting either at the direction of the Chairman or upon
the written request of any two members. The Clerk shall keep a complete
record of the proceedings of the Authority and forthwith after each
regular or special meeting of the Authority shall cause a copy of
the minutes thereof to be filed with the Town Clerk.
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"4. The Authority shall have authority in the name and on behalf
of the Town:
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"(a) To do any and all things necessary or appropriate to construct
any sewerage system authorized by the Town, including, but not in
limitation thereof, the taking and holding by purchase, condemnation
or otherwise of the whole or any part of any real property or interest
therein which it may determine to be necessary or desirable for use
in connection therewith, to apportion and assess lands and buildings
in the Town which shall, in its judgment, be specially benefited thereby
and upon the owners of such lands and buildings in such proportions
as it may deem equitable, to establish such charges as it may deem
proper for connections with and the use of said sewerage system, and
to maintain and operate said system, all in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 103 of the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958,
as amended.
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" (b) Subject to the prior approval of the Board of Selectmen,
to contract for engineering services required to comply with the State
of Connecticut order to the Town to abate pollution and to design
and supervise the construction of the sewerage systems contemplated
under the agreements between the Town and the Town of New Milford,
and the Town and the City of Danbury, said agreements having been
authorized by Town Meetings.
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" (c) To establish and revise rules and regulations for the
supervision, management, control and operation and use of the sewerage
system, including rules and regulations prohibiting or regulating
the discharge into the sewerage system of any sewage or any stormwater
runoff which, in the opinion of the Authority, will adversely affect
any part or any process of the sewerage system.
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"(d) To fulfill contracts entered into between the Town and
other municipalities to obtain sewerage system service.
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"(e) Through its Chairman, to execute and file applications
and agreements with the Cornmissioner of Environmental Protection
for state grants and/or advances pursuant to the provisions of Public
Act 872 of the 1971 General Assembly, and to execute all the applications,
instruments and documents and accept payments and do all other things
that may be necessary for state grants and/or advances, and to apply
for and accept any and all federal grants-in-aid in connection with
the sewerage system."
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F.
An ordinance pertaining to the Zoning Board of Appeals, adopted August
29, 1959,[6] is amended to delete the last sentence of the ordinance
which reads as follows: "No person can serve on the Planning Commission
or the Zoning Board of Appeals simultaneously."
G.
A Town ordinance pertaining to building permit fees, adopted March
12, 1965,[7] is hereby amended to delete the fees for building permits
so that the first paragraph of said section reads as follows: "The
schedule of fees required for building permits issued in accordance
with the terms of the Building Code to be paid before a building permit
is issued shall be as established from time to time by the Board of
Selectmen, based on the valuation of work."
H.
An ordinance pertaining to fees to be charged for demolition permits,
adopted March 12, 1965,[8] is hereby amended to delete the fees for permits so that
the first sentence of the ordinance reads as follows: "The fees to
be paid to the Demolition Officer of the Town of Brookfield, acting
by and for the Town of Brookfield, prior to the granting of any permit
to demolish any structure in the Town of Brookfield by said Demolition
Officer shall be as established from time to time by the Board of
Selectmen."
I.
A Town ordinance pertaining to a permit for vendors and peddlers,
adopted December 17, 1962,[9] is amended in Section 3 to delete the reference to the
specific fee so that said section reads as follows:
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"Said license shall be valid for a period of one year from the
date of issue. The fee for such license shall be as established from
time to time by the Board of Selectmen.
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J.
An ordinance pertaining to sewers, adopted July 22, 1959,[10] as amended April 30, 1975, is hereby further amended in
Section II to delete the reference to the specific fees for applications
so that said section reads as follows:
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"All applications for approval of the sewerage facilities shall
be filed with the Director of Health or the inspector appointed by
him. All applications for approval shall be accompanied by a plan
of the proposed sewerage facilities. The fees which shall accompany
said application shall be as established from time to time by the
Board of Selectmen."
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K.
An ordinance pertaining to speed limits on Town roads, adopted June
25, 1951,[11] is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"There is hereby established a maximum speed limit of 35 miles
per hour on all Town roads in the Town of Brookfield, except as otherwise
posted."
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L.
Throughout the proposed Code of the Town of Brookfield, the term
"Building Inspector" will be changed to "Building Official."
