(A) All ordinances passed subsequent to this code which amend, repeal or in any way affect this code may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this code and printed for inclusion in it. When subsequent ordinances repeal any chapter, section or subsection or any portion thereof, such repealed portions may be excluded from the code by omission from reprinted pages. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed, or omitted in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of such subsequent ordinances until such time that this code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are readopted as a new code by the City Council.
(B) Amendments to any of the provisions of this code shall be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this code in the following language: “Section ________ of the Code of the City of Eden, North Carolina, is hereby amended to read as follows: . . . .” The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.
(C) If a new section is to be added to the code, the following language shall be used: “The Code of the City of Eden, North Carolina, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered ________ which section reads as follows:. . . ..” The new section shall then be set out in full as desired.
(D) All sections, divisions, articles, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed should be specifically repealed by section, division, article or chapter number, as the case may be.
(1989 Code, § 1-12)