Upon the adoption by the city council, this code is hereby declared to be and shall hereafter constitute the official city code of Okemah. This code of ordinances shall be known and cited as the OKEMAH CITY CODE and is hereby published by authority of the city council and 11 Oklahoma Statutes sections 14-108 and 14-109 and shall be supplemented to incorporate the most recent legislation of the city as provided in section 1-1-3 of this chapter. Any reference to the number of any section contained herein shall be understood to refer to the position of the same number, its appropriate chapter and title heading, and to the general penalty clause relating thereto, as well as to the section itself, when reference is made to this code by title in any legal documents. (1985 Code § 1-101; amd. 2007 Code)
The code, as hereby presented in printed form, shall hereafter be received without further proof in all courts and in administrative tribunals of the state as the ordinances of the city of general and permanent effect, except the excluded ordinances enumerated in section 1-2-1 of this title. (2007 Code)
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 therein. When subsequent ordinances repeal any chapter, section or subsection or any portion thereof, the repealed portions may be excluded from this code by omission from reprinted pages.
B. Amendments to any of the provisions of this code may be made by amending the provisions by specific reference to the section of this code in substantially the following language: "Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Okemah, Oklahoma, that Section of the code of ordinances of the City of Okemah, Oklahoma, is hereby amended to read as follows:" (set out new provisions in full).
C. When the council desires to enact an ordinance of a general and permanent nature on a subject not heretofore existing in the code, which the council desires to incorporate into the code, a section in substantially the following language may be made part of the ordinance:
Section Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Okemah, Oklahoma, that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the code of ordinances of the City of Okemah, Oklahoma, and the sections of this ordinance may be renumbered to accomplish this intention.
D. All sections, articles, chapters or provisions of this code desired to be repealed may be specifically repealed by section or chapter number, as the case may be. (1985 Code § 1-106; amd. 2007 Code)
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