(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 In the case of repealed titles, chapters, articles, sections and subsections or any part thereof, by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from the code by omission from reprinted pages affected thereby.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 numbered or omitted are readopted as a new code by the assembly.

(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: “That section ... of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Code is hereby amended to read as follows: ... ” The new provisions shall then be set out by showing the entire section or subsection of the existing ordinance or code provision being amended, enclosing the deleted portion in brackets, capitalizing all the letters of the text deleted and adding the new words with underlining beneath them. If the new words and deleted words are next to each other, the new words occur first. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the borough attorney, borough clerk or borough manager may draft legislation to repeal and reenact a provision of law without the use of the deletion and insertion format described above when that format renders the changes unduly complicated or confusing. In such case, the ordinance shall be accompanied by a copy of the existing text of the affected section.

(c) In the event a new section not heretofore existing in the code is to be added, the following language may be used: “That the KGB Code is hereby amended by adding a section (or article, chapter, title or other designation as the case may be), to be numbered _____, which reads as follows: ... ” The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired, except that the assembly by ordinance may adopt by reference a standard code of regulations or a portion of the statutes of the state of Alaska. [Ord. No. 1211, §3, 3-18-02. Code 1974 §5.45.020.]