[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Old Lyme as
indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Adoption of Part II of the Code — See Ch. 180.
[Adopted 1-27-2003]
The compilation of the ordinances of the Town of Old Lyme, codified
and consolidated into chapters and sections in the form attached hereto and
made a part hereof, is hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as "Part
I of the Code of the Town of Old Lyme, Connecticut," hereinafter called the
"Code." All provisions contained in Part I of the compilation provided for
herein and known as the "Code of the Town of Old Lyme" shall be in force and
effect on and after the effective date of this ordinance.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same
as those ordinances in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code
by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not
as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from
the date of adoption of the prior ordinance. All such provisions are hereby
continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption
by the Town Meeting.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Town of Old Lyme of a general
and permanent nature in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance
which are inconsistent with any provisions of the Code are hereby repealed
from and after the effective date of this ordinance.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part of this
ordinance or of any ordinance appearing in the Code or 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
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 Old Lyme 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
Town Clerk of the Town of Old Lyme by impressing thereon the Seal of the Town
of Old Lyme, 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 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 and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to any of
the ordinances in the Code of the Town of Old Lyme, or any new ordinances,
when enacted or adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Town
Meeting 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 ordinance shall affect the status of any ordinance
or contained herein, and such ordinances may be amended, deleted or changed
from time to time as the Town Meeting deems desirable.
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 Old Lyme required to be
filed in the office of the Town Clerk for use by the public. All changes in
said Code and all ordinances adopted by the Town Meeting subsequent to the
enactment of this ordinance in such form as to indicate the intention of said
Meeting to be a part of said Code shall, when finally enacted or adopted,
be included therein by temporary attachment of copies of such changes until
such changes 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 Old Lyme upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Board
of Selectmen, 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 Old Lyme, or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever
which will cause the legislation of the Town of Old Lyme to be misrepresented
thereby, or who violates any other provision of this ordinance, shall be guilty
of an offense and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of
not more than $100.
A.Â
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for publication as the Code of the Town of Old Lyme, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made, except as provided in Subsections B and C of this section. Certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of the Town Meeting that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B.Â
The following changes are made throughout the Code:
(1)Â
References to specific chapters and sections of the Connecticut
General Statutes are revised to reflect the numbering of the statutes as of
the publication of this Code.
(2)Â
References to the "Building Inspector" are amended to
"Building Official."
(3)Â
References to the "Health Officer," "Health Director"
and "Director of Public Health" are amended to "Director of Health."
(4)Â
References to the "Department of Health" of the State
of Connecticut are amended to "Department of Public Health."
(5)Â
References to the "Park and Recreation Commission" and
"Recreation and Park Commission" are amended to "Parks and Recreation Commission."
C.Â
In addition, the amendments and/or additions as set forth
in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith, to
become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter and section
number references are to the ordinances as they have been renumbered and appear
in the Code.)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-10C, the chapters and sections which were added or amended by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments or additions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added) 1-27-2003." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Town offices.
This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication as required
by law.
