A. The town attorney and town clerk are hereby each individually authorized to correct scrivener's errors in the town code and in ordinances and resolutions adopted by the council without the need for re-adoption of the town code provision, ordinance or resolution.
B. For purposes of this section, a scrivener's error includes one or more of the following:
1. Misspelling.
2. Grammatical error.
3. Numbering error.
4. Cross-referencing error.
5. Inconsistency with the rules of style adopted for the reformatted town code.
C. A scrivener's error correction made under the authority granted by this section shall be documented as follows:
1. A correction to the town code shall be noted with the explanatory and historical notes in the right-hand margin of the town code.
2. A correction to an ordinance or resolution shall be accompanied by a scrivener's note on or attached to the corrected ordinance or resolution.
Section 1-4-5 was added by Ordinance 2008.16
The numbering of subparagraphs C.1 and C.2 was corrected on July 13, 2022