(A) All ordinances passed subsequent to this code, which amend, repeal or in any way affect this code, shall be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this code and printed for inclusion herein. In the case of repealed chapters, sections and divisions or any part thereof, by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from the code by omission from reprinted pages affected thereby. 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 re-adopted 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: “That section __________ of the Code of the City of Mount Holly, North Carolina, is hereby amended to read as follows...”. The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.
(C) In the event that a new section, not heretofore existing in the code, is to be added, the following language shall be used: “That the Code of the City of Mount Holly, 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. All sections, articles, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed must be specifically repealed by section, article or chapter number, as the case may be.
(Code 2019, § 1-7) (Code 1961, § 1-7)