1.01.055 Revisions of ordinances.
The city clerk, under the authority and direction of the mayor, has the authority when codifying ordinances into the Lynnwood Municipal Code to:
A. Edit and revise such ordinances for such consolidation, to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by the mayor and without changing the meaning of any such ordinances, in the following respects only:
1. Make capitalization uniform with that followed generally in the code.
2. Make chapter or section division, and subdivision designations uniform with that followed in the code.
3. Substitute for the term “this act,” or “this ordinance” or the like, where necessary, the term “section,” “part,” “code,” “chapter,” or “title” or reference to specific section or chapter numbers as the case may require.
4. Substitute for reference to a section of an “act,” the proper code section number reference.
5. Substitute for “as provided in the preceding section” and other phrases of similar import, the proper code section number references.
6. Substitute the proper calendar date for “effective date of this act,” “date of passage of this act,” and other phrases of similar import.
7. Strike out figures where merely a repetition of written words, and substitute, where deemed advisable for uniformity, written words for figures.
8. Rearrange any misplaced statutory material, incorporate any omitted ordinance material as well as correct manifest errors in spelling, and manifest clerical or typographical errors, or errors by way of additions or omissions.
9. Correct manifest errors in references, by chapter or section number, to other laws.
10. Correct manifest errors or omissions in numbering or renumbering sections of the revised code.
11. Divide long sections into two or more sections, and rearrange the order of sections to conform to such logical arrangement of subject matter as may most generally be followed in the code, when to do so will not change the meaning or effect of such sections.
12. Change the wording of section captions, if any, and provide captions to new chapters and sections.
13. Strike provisions manifestly obsolete.
B. Create new code titles, chapters, and sections of the Lynnwood Municipal Code, or otherwise revise the title, chapter, and sectional organization of the code, all as may be required from time to time, to effectuate the orderly and logical arrangement of the ordinances. Such new titles, chapters, and sections, and organizational revisions, shall have the same force and effect as the code originally enacted and designated as the Lynnwood Municipal Code.
C. All edits and revisions shall be reported to the city council at the next work session after Lynnwood Municipal Code updates occur. (Ord. 3404 § 3 (Att. A), 2021; Ord. 2130 § 1, 1997)