Sec. 1-6Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language

(a) All ordinances passed subsequent to this Code of Ordinances which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code of Ordinances may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion in this Code. In the case of the repeal of chapters, sections and subsections by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from this Code by their omission from reprinted pages affected. 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 as this Code of Ordinances 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 may be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in substantially the following language: "That section _____ of the Code of the City of Ashburn, Georgia, is hereby amended to read 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, substantially the following language shall be used: "That the Code of the City of Ashburn, Georgia, is hereby amended by adding a section (division, article or chapter) to be numbered _____, which section (division, article or chapter) reads as follows:…." The new section, division, article or chapter shall then be set out in full as desired.

(d) All sections, divisions, articles, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed must be specifically repealed by section, division, article or chapter number, as the case may be.

History: (Code 1983, § 1-9)