1.02.100 Codification and revision of laws—Scope of revision.

Subject to such general policies as may be promulgated by the council and to the general supervision of the council, the code reviser shall:

(1)    Codify for consolidation into the Clark County Code all resolutions, ordinances and other official documents of a general and permanent nature heretofore or hereafter enacted by the council and assign permanent numbers to all new titles, chapters, and sections so added to the code.

(2)    Edit and revise such official documents for such consolidation to the extent deemed necessary or desirable and without changing the meaning of any such resolutions or ordinances, in the following respects only:

(a)    Make capitalization uniform with that followed generally in the Revised Code of Washington.

(b)    Make chapter or section division and subdivision designations uniform with that followed in the Revised Code of Washington.

(c)    Substitute for the term “this resolution,” “this ordinance,” or the like document where necessary, the term “section,” “part,” “code,” “chapter,” or “title,” or reference to specific section, chapter, or title numbers, as the case may require.

(d)    Substitute for reference to a section of a “resolution” and “ordinance” or similar document the proper code section number for reference.

(e)    Substitute for “as provided in the preceding section” and other phrases of similar import the proper code section number references.

(f)    Substitute the proper calendar date for “effective date of this resolution or ordinance,” “date of passage of this resolution or ordinance,” and other phrases of similar importance.

(g)    Strike out figures where merely a repetition of written words, and substitute, where deemed advisable for uniformity, written words or figures.

(h)    Rearrange any misplaced statutory material, incorporate any omitted statutory material, correct manifest errors in spelling and manifest clerical or typographical errors, or errors by way of additions or omissions.

(i)    Correct manifest errors in references, by title, chapter, or section number, to other resolutions or ordinances.

(j)    Correct manifest errors or omissions in numbering or renumbering sections of the code.

(k)    Divide long sections into two (2) or more 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.

(l)    Change the wording of section captions, if any, and provide captions to new titles, chapters and sections.

(m)    Strike provisions manifestly obsolete.

(3)    Create new code titles, chapters, and sections of the Clark County 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 provisions of the code. Such new titles, chapters, sections, and organizational revisions shall have the same force and effect as the titles, chapters, sections and organizational revisions originally designated and recognized in the Clark County Code. (Sec. 11, Ord. No. 1976-09-57; amended by Sec. 6 of Ord. 2018-12-15)