Local Law 11-2018NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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Town of WAPPINGER
Local Law No. 11 of the year 2018
A local law entitled "A Local Law for the Purpose of Amending Chapter 85, Building Construction:
Administration of Uniform Code, of the Town Code with Respect to Small Accessory Buildings."
Be it enacted by the TOWN BOARD of the Town of WAPPINGER as follows:
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LOCAL LAW No. 11 OF THE YEAR 2018
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger as follows:
Section 1. Title
This Local Law shall be known and cited as "Local Law No. 11 of 2018, for the Purpose of
Amending Chapter 85, Building Construction: Administration of Uniform Code, of the Town Code
with Respect to Small Accessory Buildings."
Section 2. Legislative Intent
The Town Board believes that it is reasonable and appropriate to update and amend Chapter 85,
Building Construction: Administration of Uniform Code, of the Town Code with respect to small
accessory buildings. This local law is determined to be an exercise of the police powers of the
Town to protect the public health, safety and welfare of its residents.
Section 3. Amendments to Chapter 85, Building Construction: Administration of Uniform
Code
Sections 85-5.B and 85-5.B(1) shall be revised to read as follows:
B. Exemptions. No building permit shall be required for work in any of the following
categories:
(1) Reserved.
Section 4. Ratification, Readoption and Confirmation
Except as specifically modified by the amendments contained herein, the Code of the Town of
Wappinger as adopted and amended from time to time thereafter is otherwise to remain in full force
and effect and is otherwise ratified, readopted and confirmed.
Section 5. Numbering for Codification
It is the intention of the Town of Wappinger and it is hereby enacted that the provisions of this
Local Law shall be included in the Code of the Town of Wappinger; that the sections and sub-
sections of this Local Law may be re -numbered or re -lettered by the Codifier to accomplish such
intention; that the Codifier shall make no substantive changes to this Local Law; that the word
"Local Law" shall be changed to "Chapter," "Section" or other appropriate word as required for
codification; and that any such rearranging of the numbering and editing shall not affect the validity
of this Local Law or the provisions of the Code affected thereby.
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Section 6. Separability
The provisions of this Local Law are separable and if any provision, clause, sentence, subsection,
word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any person or
circumstance, such illegality, invalidity, or unconstitutionality, or inapplicability, shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, subsections, words or parts of this
Local Law or their application to other persons or circumstances. It is hereby declared to be the
legislative intent of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger that this Local Law would have been
adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional provision, clause, sentence, subsection, word or
part had not been included therein, and if such person or circumstance to which the Local Law or
part thereof is held inapplicable had been specifically exempt therefrom.
Section 7. Effective Date
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided by
the Municipal Home Rule Law.
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