(A) This code shall be amended by ordinance. The title of each amendatory ordinance, adapted to the particular circumstances and purposes of the amendment, shall be substantially as follows:
(1) To amend any section: “An ordinance to amend section (or sections and ) of Chapter of Title of the Code of the City of East Grand Rapids”;
(2) To insert a new section, chapter or title: “An ordinance to amend the Code of the City of East Grand Rapids by adding a new section ( new sections, a new chapter, or a new title, as the case may be) which new section (sections, chapter or title) shall be designated as section (sections and ) of Chapter of Title (or proper designation if a chapter or title is added) of said Code”; and
(3) To repeal a section, chapter or title: “An ordinance to repeal section (sections and Chapter , Title , as the case may be) of the Code of the City of East Grand Rapids”.
(B) Any amending ordinance, when printed for insertion in this code, shall reflect at the bottom of the printed copy the date on which it was adopted.
(C) The City Clerk shall retain permanently copies of all original ordinances, as well as amendments thereto.
(Prior Code, § 1.2)