Chapter 1.01
CODE ADOPTION

Sections:

1.01.010    Adoption, amendment and repeal.

1.01.020    Reservation of prosecutions.

1.01.030    City clerk or designee authorized to edit code.

1.01.010 Adoption, amendment and repeal.

A. There is hereby adopted the Milton Municipal Code which consists of the ordinances of the city that have ongoing effect and which have not expired according to their own terms.

B. This code may be cited as the Milton Municipal Code.

C. This code may be amended by reference to code section without the necessity of referring to the underlying ordinance.

D. New ordinances may be added to the code, and if an ordinance is enacted with a numbering system that is inconsistent with the code numbering system, the city clerk is authorized to assign an appropriate code number to codify the ordinance accordingly.

E. The repeal of any code section does not revive the original text of the code section, but rather, repeal of an existing section repeals the underlying ordinance section and all its amendments. (Ord. 1233 § 1, 1994).

1.01.020 Reservation of prosecutions.

The adoption of this code shall not affect any prosecution for violations or ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date of the adoption of the Milton Municipal Code, nor shall the adoption of the code be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, or penalty due and owing at the effective date of the code adoption, nor shall adoption affect the validity of any bond or cash deposited with the city pursuant to the terms of any ordinances, upon its codification; but rather, all rights and obligations pertaining under ordinances in effect prior to codification shall remain in full force and effect. (Ord. 1233 § 1, 1994).

1.01.030 City clerk or designee authorized to edit code.

A. The city clerk or designee shall provide for a uniform style and form of the Milton Municipal Code by making minor corrections to ordinances submitted for filing which do not affect the sense, meaning, effect, or substance of any ordinance.

B. Such changes are subject to the approval of the city attorney and include: renumbering, relettering, capitalizing, punctuation, dividing provisions of the code, and correcting omissions, or captions.

C. The city clerk or designee may substitute a current title of an agency, bureau, commission, or committee, or commission to accord with changes of titles or duties enacted by law or ordinance.

D. The city clerk or designee may substitute references to a title, chapter, or section of the Milton Municipal Code to accord with changes of the Milton Municipal Code enacted by ordinance. (Ord. 1233 § 1, 1994).