Section 1-2-1. Amendment of Code by Ordinance. Amendments to the Municipal Code shall be made by ordinance.

[Source: Ord. 192, 1973]

Section 1-2-2. Amendments Effective, When.

An amendment to the Municipal Code shall take effect on the date specified in the amending ordinance; provided that such effective date specified shall not be sooner than the effective date of the amending ordinance.

When no effective date is specified in the amending ordinance, an amendment to the Municipal Code shall take effect on the effective date of the amending ordinance.

[Source: Ord. 192, 1973]

Section 1-2-3. Amendment of Titles and Numbers. The title or number of any chapter, article, section or subsection of the Municipal Code may be amended without setting forth in full in the amending ordinance the content of the chapter, article, section or subsection so amended.

[Source: Ord. 192, 1973]

Section 1-2-4. Effect on Penalties. An ordinance containing an amendment of a previous ordinance which imposed a penalty for violations of the ordinance shall also contain a provision imposing a penalty for violations of the ordinance as amended. Such amending ordinance need not amend any existing penalty provision unless the penalty for violation is changed.

[Source: Ord. 192, 1973]

Section 1-2-5. Descriptive and Explanatory References.

There may be inserted in any compilation or publication of the Municipal Code such descriptive and explanatory references, including tables of contents, indexes, notes, and other references and cross-references, as may be necessary to identify the source of any amendment or the effective date thereof, or to facilitate reference to and use of the Municipal Code. Such references shall not be a part of the ordinances of the City and shall not be deemed to restrict, qualify or limit the effect of any provisions contained in an ordinance or in the Municipal Code.

The descriptive and explanatory references referred to in section 1-2-5(a) may be changed, amended or deleted by the City Administrator at any time and from time to time.

[Source: Ord. 192, 1973]

Section 1-2-6. Form of Changes.

In all cases of amendments to the Municipal Code and the ordinances of the City, the City Clerk shall cause the Municipal Code to be changed as directed by the amendment, and it shall not be necessary to include in the Municipal Code, or any provision thereof, the direction for amendment, or any language which has been directed to be deleted. Any provision or provisions of the Municipal Code repealed by any ordinance shall not thereafter appear in the Code. Any provision or provisions of the Municipal Code repealed and reenacted by ordinance shall thereafter appear in the Municipal Code in the form in which reenacted.

Ordinance provisions imposing penalties for violations solely for the purposes provided in section 1-2-4(a) shall not be duplicated in any compilation or publication of the Municipal Code when such code already contains a provision imposing the same penalty for the same violation.

[Source: Ord. 192, 1973]

Section 1-2-7. Compliance with Provision for Amendment.

Any ordinance, or any chapter, article or section of the Municipal Code which contains specific provisions for amendment thereof shall be amended only in compliance with such provisions and in compliance with the provisions of this article.

Amendments to the zoning ordinances and regulations of the City shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 11 of the Municipal Code.

[Source: Ord. 192, 1973]

Section 1-2-8. Amendment of Special Ordinances.

An amendment to a special ordinance of the City shall describe such special ordinance by number and series, and a copy of such amendment shall be filed in and become a part of the public record known as Northglenn Special Ordinances.

The provisions of section 1-2-2 of this article shall apply to special ordinances.

[Source: Ord. 192, 1973]