(a) When reference is made to any section or group of sections of the codified ordinances, such reference shall extend to and include any amendment of or supplement to the section or group of sections so referred to or any section or sections hereafter enacted in lieu thereof; and unless otherwise provided, whenever a reference to a section or group sections is made in any amendment or supplement to any section of the codified ordinances hereafter enacted, such reference shall be deemed to refer to the section or sections as the same shall then stand or as thereafter amended.
(b) Whenever in a penalty section reference is made to a violation of a section or an inclusive group of sections, such reference shall be construed to mean a violation of any provision of the section or sections included in such reference.
(c) References in the codified ordinances to action taken or authorized under designated sections of the codified ordinances include, in every case, action taken or authorized under the applicable legislative provision which is superseded by the codified ordinances. If a section refers to a series of numbers or letters, the first and the last number or letters in the series are deemed to be included.