Cato Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVII
Severability, Repealer, and Effective Date
§ 114-95 Severability.
It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that:
Should the courts declare any provision of this chapter to be invalid or ineffective in whole or in part, the effect of such decision shall be limited to those provisions which are expressly stated in the decision to be invalid or ineffective, and all other provisions of this chapter shall continue to be separately and fully effective.
Should the court find the application of any provision or provisions of this chapter to any lot, building or other structure, or tract of land, to be invalid or ineffective, in whole or in part, the effect of such decision shall be limited to the person, property or situation immediately involved in the controversy, and the application of any such provision to other person, property or situations shall not be affected.
§ 114-96 Repealer.
Chapter 76 of the Code of the Town of Cato entitled and cited as "The Town of Cato Land Use Ordinance" and all supplements and amendments thereto, are hereby repealed. Provided, however, if the present Law is held to be ineffective or invalid by reason or some irregularity in or impediment to its passage, this repealer shall also be ineffective, it being the legislative intention that if the present enactment shall be ineffective, as aforesaid, then in that event the Law entitled and cited as the "The Town of Cato Land Use Ordinance" together with its supplements and amendments, would necessarily remain in full force and effect.
Chapter 28 of the Code of the Town of Cato entitled "Planning Board" and all supplements and amendments thereto are hereby repealed.
Chapter A119 of the Code of the Town of Cato entitled "Board of Appeals Rules" and all supplements and amendments thereto, are hereby repealed.
If this chapter entitled "The Town of Cato Zoning Ordinance" adopted and effective as noted in § 114-97 herein, is held to be ineffective or invalid by reason or some irregularity in or impediment to its passage, this repealer shall also be ineffective, it being the legislative intention that if the present enactment shall be ineffective as aforesaid, then in that event the laws listed above together with their supplements and amendments, would necessarily remain in full force and effect until this chapter is found to be effective and valid.
§ 114-97 Effective date.
Be it enacted this 1st day of February 2022 by the Town Board of the Town of Cato in Cayuga County, New York that this chapter shall be effective immediately.
(NOTE: ERRATA - Wherever in this enactment words other than "Zoning Ordinance" have been used and referring to this enactment, those words shall mean "Zoning Ordinance.")