Chapter 1.05 NOME CODE OF ORDINANCES

Chapter 1.05
NOME CODE OF ORDINANCES

Sections:

1.05.010 Designation and citation.

The ordinances embraced in the following titles shall constitute and be designated the “Code of Ordinances of Nome, Alaska,” and may be cited “NCO” followed by the number of the title, chapter and section, separated by periods. Except as otherwise indicated by the context, citations in accordance with this section include amendments and reenactments of the provisions cited. (Ord. O-93-6-6 § 1 (part), 1994)

1.05.020 Revision of ordinances.

(a) The city clerk, acting in consultation with the city attorney, shall be the revisor of ordinances. The revisor shall revise for consolidation into this code all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted from time to time by the city council.

(b) The revisor shall edit and revise the ordinances as they are enacted by the city council, without changing the meaning of any law, so as to avoid the use of pronouns denoting masculine or feminine gender. The revisor shall edit and revise the ordinances for consolidation without changing the meaning of any law in the following manner:

(1) Renumber sections, parts of sections, articles, chapters and titles;

(2) Change the wording of section or subsection titles, or delete subsection titles, and change or provide new titles for articles, 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 that are clerical, typographical, or errors in spelling, or errors by way of additions or omissions;

(8) Correct manifest errors in references to laws;

(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 Nome Code of Ordinances;

(10) Change all sections, when possible, to read in the present tense, indicative mood, active voice and if the use of personal pronouns cannot be avoided in a section change the section to read in the third person, and singular number, or any other necessary grammatical change in the manner generally followed in the Nome Code of Ordinances;

(11) Delete or change sections or parts of sections if a deletion or change is necessary because of other ordinance amendments that 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 law. (Ord. O-93-6-6 § 1 (part), 1994)