§ 1-5. Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.  


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  • (a)

    All ordinances adopted subsequent to this Code that amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of the Code and printed for inclusion in the Code.

    (b)

    Amendments to provisions of this Code may be made with the following language: "Section (chapter, article, division or subdivision, as appropriate) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Prattville, Alabama, is hereby amended to read as follows:…." The section (chapter, article, division, or subdivision) should be set out in full.

    (c)

    If a new section, subdivision, division, article or chapter is to be added to the Code, the following language may be used: "Section (chapter, article, division or subdivision, as appropriate) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Prattville, Alabama, is hereby created to read as follows:…." The section (chapter, article, division, or subdivision) should be set out in full.

    (d)

    All provisions desired to be repealed should be repealed specifically by section, subdivision, division, article or chapter number, as appropriate, or by setting out the repealed provisions in full in the repealing ordinance.

(Code 1992, § 1-5)