1.02.170 Official document form.

Generally, those documents which simply are an expression of the opinion or mind of the council concerning some particular item of business or matter of administration coming within its official cognizance shall be passed as resolutions, except as required differently by state law. Resolutions shall not have the force of law, and the council, in passing resolutions, need not comply with procedure requirements for the introduction, consideration and passage of ordinances. Documents which create, amend or repeal permanent and general laws shall be passed as ordinances. If a document which creates, amends or repeals permanent and general laws is passed as a resolution, or if the document should have been an ordinance, it shall have the same force and effect as if it were passed as an ordinance if the document is passed with all the formalities required for enacting ordinances. If a document which creates, amends or repeals permanent and general laws is passed as an ordinance, or if the document should have been a resolution, it shall have the same force and effect as if it were passed as a resolution if the document is passed with all the formalities required for enacting resolutions. All resolutions or ordinances which prescribe a permanent rule of conduct of government and which are of a legislative nature shall be published in the Clark County Code. All resolutions which deal with matters of a special or temporary character shall not be printed in the Clark County Code. (Sec. 18, Ord. No. 1976-09-57; amended by Sec. 10 of Ord. 2018-12-15)