§1001.  AUTHORITY

Pursuant to the authority granted in Chapter 50A of Title 24 of the Vermont Statutes annotated, this Title, and the following Titles, are enacted and shall be known as the “Revised Ordinances of Wallingford” hereinafter sometimes referred to as “this Revision”.  Citations to this revision, and any amendments or additions hereto, shall be as follows: “R.O.W. §6/20/74.”

§ 1002.  REVOCATION OF PRIOR ORDINANCES: ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES EXCEPTED:

(a)   Except as herein provided all ordinances, or parts of ordinances of the Town of Wallingford enacted or in effect prior to the effective date hereof are hereby repealed and declared to be of no further force and effect.

(b)   Nothing contained in this Revision shall in any way be deemed to revoke, amend or modify the Zoning Regulations of the Town of Wallingford, Vermont approved on March 2, 1971 andamended on September 2, 1972, except that the penalty and enforcement provision of this Revision shall apply to all violations of said Zoning Regulations.

(c)   Nothing contained in this Revision shall in any way be deemed to revoke, amend, or modify the Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Wallingford, Vermont approved on March 3, 1974 except that the penalty and enforcement provisions of this Revision shall apply to all violations of said Subdivision Regulations.

(d)   This repeal shall not apply to or affect any ordinance heretofore adopted which accepts or adopts the provisions of any statute of the state or which accepts any grant, gift or other benefit to the Town or to any segment thereof. No ordinance which has been repealed heretofore shall be revived by the repeal provisions contained in this section.

§1003.  CATCHLINES

Title, chapter, and section captions are included for convenience of users, but they are not to be construed as a part of the text to which they relate.

§1004.  REPEALS: SAVING PROVISIONS

This Revision shall not affect an act done, a right or obligation accruing, accrued, acquired or established, a penalty incurred, or suit, prosecution or proceedings pending, at the time when it takes effect.

§1005.  NOTICE TO PUBLIC – EFFECTIVE DATE

This Ordinance shall be duly published in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 50A of Title 24 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, and shall take effect and be in operation in accordance therewith.

§ 1006.  SEPARABILITY

It is the intention of the Selectmen that each separate provision of this Revision shall be deemed independent of all other provisions therein, and it is the further intention of the Selectmen that if any provision of this Revision be declared invalid, all other provisions thereof shall remain valid and enforceable.

§1007.  GENERAL PENALTY

Violation of any provision of this Revision, any Ordinance of the Town of Wallingford not revoked hereby, or any Ordinance adopted by the Town of Wallingford in the future, shall subject the violator to a fine of not more than $500.00 and imprisonment for not more than one year, and may subject the violator to such other Remedies as may be pursued by the Town of Wallingford under the provisions of 24 VSA §1974.

§1008.  LIABILITY TO TOWN

In addition to any other penalty provided by this Revision violation of any provision of this Revision or any Ordinances of the Town of Wallingford not revoked hereby, or any Ordinance adopted by the Town of Wallingford in the future, shall render the violator liable to damage occasioned by said Town of Wallingford by reason of such violation.

Adopted on 6/20/74.

Wallingford Selectboard