A. The provisions of this Code shall not be amended by adding or striking out words, but all amendments shall be made by reordaining the chapter, section or subsection as amended.
(1979 Code § 1.04.180)
B. Any ordinance amending the Code shall set forth the title, chapter and section number of the section or sections to be amended, and this shall constitute sufficient compliance with any statutory requirement pertaining to the amendment or revision by ordinance of any part of this Code. All such amendments or revisions by ordinance shall be immediately forwarded to the duly-authorized codifiers, and the said ordinance material shall be prepared for insertion in its proper place in each copy of this Code. Each such replacement page shall be properly identified and shall be inserted in each individual copy of the Code.
(1999 Code)
The City Recorder shall number all ordinances, including ordinances not reflected in this Code, by first designating the year of adoption (using the last 2 digits of the applicable calendar year through 1999 and using all 4 digits thereafter) and beginning with number "one" for the first ordinance adopted in such year and continuing thereafter to consecutively number all ordinances passed in the order of their passage during such year. Chapter and section numbers shall be assigned in conformity with the numbering system used in this Code.
(1999 Code)
It shall be deemed unlawful for any person to alter, change, replace or deface in any way any section or any page of this Code in such manner that the meaning of any phrase or order may be changed or omitted. Replacement pages may be inserted according to the official instruction when so authorized by the City Council. The City Recorder shall see that the replacement pages are properly inserted in the official copies maintained in the office of the City Recorder. Any person having custody of a copy of the Code shall make every effort to maintain said Code current as to the most recent ordinances passed. Such person shall see to the immediate insertion of new or replacement pages when such are delivered or made available to such person through the office of the City Recorder. Said books, while in actual possession of officials and other interested persons, shall be and remain the property of the City and shall be returned to the office of the City Recorder when directed by order of the City Council.
(1999 Code)