(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 hereof and printed for inclusion herein. When subsequent ordinances repeal any chapter, section, or subsection or any portion thereof, such repealed portions may be excluded from this code by omission from reprinted pages. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed or omitted, in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of the subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are re-adopted as a new code by the city.
(B) Amendments to any of the provisions of the code shall be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this code in language substantially similar to the following: “Section of the Code of Ordinances, City of Rockingham, North Carolina, is hereby amended as follows....” The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.
(C) If a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, language substantially similar to the following shall be used: “The Code of Ordinances, City of Rockingham, North Carolina, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered , which section shall read as follows:....” The new section shall then be set out in full as desired.
(D) All sections, subchapters, chapters, or provisions desired to be repealed must be specifically repealed by section, article, or chapter number, as the case may be.
(Prior Code, § 10.17)