§ 1-5. Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.

(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 herein. In the case of repealed chapters, sections and subsections or any part thereof, by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages affected thereby. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed or omitted, in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of such subsequent ordinances until such time that this Code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are readopted as a new Code of Ordinances by the city council.

(b)

Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code shall be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in the following language: "Section (chapter, article, division or subdivision, as appropriate) ____________ of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Layton, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:…." The provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.

(c)

In the event a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, the following language shall be used: "The Code of Ordinances of the City of Layton, Florida, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered ____________, which section reads as follows:…." The new section shall then be set out in full as desired.

(d)

All sections, articles, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed shall be specifically repealed by section, article or chapter number, as the case may be.

State law reference

Procedure for adoption of ordinances and resolutions, F.S. § 166.041.