HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 0559-1980CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 559-80
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA TO
AMEND SECTION 10.15.050 OF THE KENAI MUNICIPAL CODE TO
PROVIDE AUTHORITY TO AUTHORIZE REVISIONS TO KEEP THE CODE
CURRENT AND TO CORRECT MINOR ERRORS THEREIN AND TO ALLOW
CHANGES TO CORRECT NUMBERING, SECTION TITLES, AND MINOR
ERRORS WHICH DO NOT MODIFY THE INTENT OF ORDINANCES PASSED.
WHEREAS, minor errors of spelling, grammer, typographical
nature, numbering, titles, chapters, and sections, have been
made in preparation of the Kenai Municipal Code of ordinances,
and will undoubtedly be made in ordinances amending said
Code, and
WHEREAS, it is desirable to give authority to the City
Attorney or other Revisor to correct such errors without
making any change of the intent of the ordinances in order
to make the Code more uniform, more understandable, and
easier to use, without the necessity of going through the
ordinance procedure to make such minor corrections,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, ALASKA as follows:
Section 1: That the City of Kenai Code of Ordinances
is hereby amended by repealing and re-enacting Section
10.15.050 to read as follows:
10.15.050 Appointment and Authority of Revisor: (a)
The City Attorney 3s designated as Revisor of ordinances and
may act either in person or by delegating authority contained
herein to another, and where "Revisor" is used herein, it
will apply either to the City Attorney or his delegate.
(b) In the case of additions to this Code or amendments
to, or repeal of, any provisions of this Code by subsequent
ordinances, the Revisor shall prepare new pages of the Code
to be placed in the proper order to show such added provisions,
to replace the amended provisions with the new provisions as
amended, and t!3 omit the repealed provisions.
(c) The Revisor of ordinances shall revise for�jFonsolidation
in the Kenai Municipal Code all ordinances of a perma ent
and general nature enacted by the Council.
(d) The Revisor shall edit and revise the ordinances
for consolidation without changing the meaning of any
ordinance in the following manner:
Ordinance No. 559-80, Page 2
(1) renumber sections, parts of sections, chapters,
and titles;
(2) change, delete, or provide new titles for sections,
chapters, and titles;
(3) change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity;
(4) substitute the proper designation for the terms
"the preceding section," "this ordinance" and like
terms;
(5) substitute the proper calendar date for "effective
date of this act," "date of passage of this act," and
other phrases of similar import;
(6) strike out figures if they are merely a repetition
of written words or vice versa, or substitute figures
for written words or vice versa for the purpose of
uniformity;
(7) correct manifest errors which are clerical or
typographical, errors in spelling or grammar, or
errors by way of additions or omissions;
(8) correct manifest errors in reference to laws,
regulations, ordinances, or other sections of this
Code.
(9) rearrange sections, combine sections or parts of
sections with other sections or parts of sections,
divide long sections into two or more sections, and
rearrange the order of sections to conform to a logical
arrangement of subject matter as may most generally be
followed in the Kenai Municipal Code.
(10) change all sections, when possible, to read in the
present tense, indicative mood, active voice, third
person, and singular number, or any other necessary
grammatical change in the manner generally followed
in the Kenai Municipal Code.
(11) delete or change sections or parts of sections if
a deletion or change is necessary because of ordinance
amendments which did not specifically amend or repeal
them;
(12) omit all temporary laws, all titles to acts, all
enacting and repealing clauses, all declarations of
emergency, and all purpose, validity, and construction
clauses unless, from their nature, it may be necessary
to retain some of them to preserve the full meaning and
intent of the ordinances.
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Ordinance No. 559-80, Page 3
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA this 16th
day of April, 1980.
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NCENT O'REILLY,— YOR
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Ja• t Whelan, City Clerk
First Reading: April 2, 1980
Second Reading: April 16, 1980
Effective Date: May 16, 1980
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