HomeMy WebLinkAbout2973 Authorizing City Manager and City Clerk to Make Minor Edits to OrdinancesOrdinance No. 2973
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND ADDING A
NEW SECTION TO THE PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL CODE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO MAKE
MINOR EDITS TO ORDINANCES FOR CONSOLIDATION, AND
WITHOUT CHANGING THE MEANING OF ANY SUCH ORDINANCES
WHEREAS, The City Council deems it appropriate to authorize the City Manager and
City Clerk to edit and revise ordinances fox municipal code consolidation, to the extent deemed
necessary or desirable by the City Manager and City Clerk, and without changing the meaning of
any such ordinances, as set forth in this Ordinance, and in a manner that is consistent with the
authority the state legislature has conferred on the state code reviser (RCW 1.08.015).
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains as
follows:
SECTION 1. NEW SECTION. There is hereby adopted and added as a new section to
the Port Townsend Municipal Code the following section:
1.01.015 Revisions of ordinances.
The administration, under the authority and direction of the City Manager and City Clerk, has the
authority when codifying ordinances into the Port Townsend Municipal Code to:
A. Edit and revise such ordinances for such consolidation, to the extent deemed necessary or
desirable by the City manager and City Clerk and without changing the meaning of any
such ordinances, in the following respects only:
Make capitalization uniform with that followed generally in the code.
2. Make chapter or section division, and subdivision designations uniform with that
followed in the code.
3. Substitute for the term "this act," or "this ordinance" or the like, where necessary,
the term "section," "part," "code," "chapter," or "title" or reference to specific
section or chapter numbers as the case may require.
4. Substitution for reference to a section of an "act," the proper code section mm~ber
reference.
5. Substitute for "as provided in the preceding section" and other phrases of similar
import, the proper code section number references.
6. Substitute the proper calendar date for "effective date of this act," "date of passage
of this act." and other phrases of similar import.
Strike out figures where merely a repetition of written words, and substitute,
where deemed advisable for uniformity, written words for figures.
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8. Rearrange any misplaced statutory material, incorporate any omitted ordinance
material as well as correct manifest errors in spelling, and manifest clerical or
typographical errors, or errors by way of additions or omissions.
9. Correct manifest errors in references, by chapter or section number, to other laws.
10. Correct manifest errors or omissions in numbering or renumbering sections of the
revised code.
11. Divide long sections into two or more sections, and rearrange the order of sections
to conform to such logical arrangement of subject matter as may most generally be
followed in the code, when to do so will not change the meaning or effect of such
sections.
12. Change the wording of section captions, if any, and provide captions to new
chapters and sections.
13. Strike provisions manifestly obsolete.
B. Create new code titles, chapters, and sections of the Port Townsend Municipal Code, or
otherwise revise the title, chapter, and sectional organization of the code, all as may be
required from time to time, to effectuate the orderly and logical arrangement of the
ordinances. Such new titles, chapters, and sections, and organizational revisions, shall
have the same force and effect as the code originally enacted and designated as the Port
Townsend Municipal Code.
C. All edits and revisions shall be reported to the City Council within 30 days of when Port
Townsend Municipal Code updates occur as authorized by this Ordinance. All edits and
revisions shall be approved by the City Council as part of a consent agenda prior to taking
effect.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of
the provision to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after the date of its publication
in the manner provided by law.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular
meeting thereof, held this third day of March, 2008.
Michelle Sandoval, Mayor
Arrest: Approved as to Form:
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Pamela Kolacy, MMC, City Clerk John P. Watts, City Attorney
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