(A) Any chapter, section or division amended or added to this code by ordinances passed subsequent to this code may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this code and printed for inclusion herein. Any chapter, section or division repealed by subsequent ordinances may be excluded from this code by omission from reprinted pages. Subsequent ordinances as printed or omitted shall be prima facie evidence of the subsequent ordinances until the Board of Commissioners shall adopt a new code of ordinances.
(B) Ordinances to amend shall set out in full the amended ordinance or section indicating any text that is being added by a single solid line drawn underneath it. The new text shall also be italicized and in bold. Text that is intended to be removed shall be marked at the beginning with an opening bracket and at the end with a closing bracket. The text between the brackets shall be striken through with a single solid line.
(C) The following language should be used by the city to amend, add or repeal a chapter, section or division:
(1) Section amended: “Section of the Covington Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows: ...”;
(2) Section added: “Section , which reads as follows, is added to and amends the Covington Code of Ordinances: ...”; or
(3) Section repealed: “Section of the Covington Code of Ordinances, which reads as follows, is repealed: ...”
(D) Municipal orders to be amended shall be set out in full the amended order indicating any text that is being added by a single solid line drawn underneath it. The new text shall also be italicized and in bold. Text that is intended to be removed shall be marked at the beginning with an opening bracket and at the end with a closing bracket. The text between the brackets shall be striken through with a single solid line.
(E) The following language should be used by the city to amend or repeal an order:
(1) Order amended: “Order No. is amended to read as follows: ...”; and
(2) Order repealed: “Order No. , which reads as follows, is repealed: ...”
(1984 Code, § 10.16) (Ord. O-15-18, passed 3-27-2018)