§ 32.35 ADOPTION OF STANDARD CODES BY REFERENCE.

   The City Council may adopt the provisions of any local, statewide or nationally recognized standard code and codifications of entire bodies of local legislation by an ordinance that identifies the subject matter by title, source and date and incorporates the adopted provisions by reference without setting them out in full, if a copy accompanies the adopting ordinance and is made a part of the permanent records of the city.

(KRS 83A.060(5)) (Prior Code, § 32.40)

§ 32.36 OFFICIAL CITY RECORDS.

   (A)   Every action of the City Council is hereby made a part of the permanent records of the city, and on passage of an ordinance, the vote of each member of the City Council shall be entered on the official record of the meeting.

   (B)   The City Council has provided, under the provisions of §§ 31.31(C) and 32.37 of this code, for the maintenance and safekeeping of the permanent records of the city. The City Clerk-Treasurer and the presiding officer shall sign the official record of each meeting.

(KRS 83A.060(8)) (Prior Code, § 32.41)

§ 32.37 INDEXING AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.

   At the end of each month, all ordinances adopted in the city shall be indexed and maintained by the City Clerk-Treasurer in the following manner.

   (A)   The city budget, appropriations of money and tax levies shall be maintained and indexed so that each fiscal year is kept separate from other years.

   (B)   All other city ordinances shall be kept in the minute book or an ordinance book in the order adopted and maintained in this code of ordinances.

(KRS 83A.060(8)) (Prior Code, § 32.42)

§ 32.38 PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

   (A)   Except as provided in § 32.33(B) of this code, no ordinance shall be enforceable until published, pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.

   (B)   Ordinances may be published in full or in summary as designated by the City Council. If the City Council elects to publish an ordinance in summary, the summary shall be prepared and certified by an attorney licensed to practice law in the commonwealth and shall include the following:

      (1)   The title of the ordinance;

      (2)   A brief narrative setting forth the main points of the ordinance in a way reasonably calculated to inform the public in a clear and understandable manner of the meaning of the ordinance; and

      (3)   The full text of each section that imposes fines, penalties, forfeitures, taxes or fees.

   (C)   Ordinances that include descriptions of real property may include a sketch, drawing or map, including common landmarks, such as streets or roads in lieu of metes and bounds descriptions.

(KRS 83A.060(9)) (Prior Code, § 32.43)

§ 32.39 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY CITY.

   The city may, by ordinance, specify additional requirements for adoption of ordinances in greater detail than contained herein, but the city may not lessen or reduce the substantial requirements of this chapter or any statute relating to adoption of ordinances.

(KRS 83A.060(10)) (Prior Code, § 32.44)

§ 32.40 PERIODIC REVIEW REQUIRED.

   Not less than once every five years, all ordinances in this code of ordinances shall be examined for consistency with state law and with one another and shall be revised to eliminate redundant, obsolete, inconsistent and invalid provisions.

(KRS 83A.060(11)) (Prior Code, § 32.45)

§ 32.41 MUNICIPAL ORDERS.

   (A)   The City Council may adopt municipal orders. All municipal orders shall be in writing and shall be adopted only at an official meeting. Orders may be amended only by a subsequent municipal order or ordinance. All orders adopted shall be maintained in an official order book.

   (B)   In lieu of an ordinance, municipal orders may be used for matters relating to the internal operation and functions of the city and to appoint or remove or approve appointment or removal of members of boards, commissions and other agencies over which the City Council has control.

(KRS 83A.060(12), (13)) (Prior Code, § 32.46)

§ 32.42 PROVED BY CITY CLERK-TREASURER; RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.

   All ordinances and orders of the city may be proved by the signature of the City Clerk-Treasurer; and when the ordinances are placed in this code of ordinances by authority of the city, the printed copy shall be received in evidence by any state court without further proof of such ordinances.

(KRS 83A.060(14)) (Prior Code, § 32.47)