1.01.060 Reviser of ordinances.
A. The city clerk is designated as the reviser of ordinances. The reviser of ordinances shall consolidate in this code all ordinances enacted by the city council that are not of a temporary or special nature.
B. The reviser, with the concurrence of the city attorney, shall edit and revise the ordinances for consolidation without changing the meaning of any ordinance in the following manner:
1. Number or renumber sections, parts of sections, parts, chapters and titles.
2. Change or delete the wording of sections or subsection titles, and change or provide new titles for sections, chapters and titles.
3. Change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity.
4. Substitute the proper designation for the terms “the preceding section,” “this ordinance” and like terms.
5. Substitute the calendar date for “effective date” or other phrases of similar import.
6. Strike out figures if they are merely a repetition of written words or vice versa, or substitute figures for written words or vice versa for the purpose of uniformity or clarity.
7. Correct manifest errors that are clerical, typographical, or errors in spelling, or errors by way of additions or omissions.
8. Rearrange sections, combine sections or parts of sections with other sections or parts of sections, divide long sections into two (2) or more sections, and rearrange the order of sections to conform to a logical arrangement of subject matter as may most generally be followed in this code.
9. Correct mistakes in grammar.
10. Change sections, when possible, to read in the present tense, indicative of mood, active voice and if the use of personal pronouns cannot be avoided in a section, change the section to read in the third (3rd) person, and singular number, or any other necessary grammatical change in the manner generally followed in this code.
11. Delete or change sections or parts of sections if a deletion or change is necessary because of other council amendments that did not specifically amend or repeal them.
12. Omit all temporary ordinances, all titles to ordinances, all enacting or repealing clauses, all declarations of emergency, and all purpose, validity and construction clauses unless, from their nature, it may be necessary to retain them to preserve the full meaning and intent of the ordinance.
13. Correct citations or references to laws, regulations, statutes, ordinances and this code whose designations have changed because of renumbering or revision of the Alaska Statutes, federal or state law, or this code.
C. In exercising authority under this section, the reviser of ordinances shall be guided by conventions and policies followed by the State Reviser of Statutes in the exercise of authority under AS 01.05.031.
D. The reviser shall edit and revise the ordinances by the city council, without changing the meaning of any ordinance and so as to avoid the use of pronouns denoting masculine or feminine gender.
E. The reviser shall, with the assistance and advice of the city attorney, make recommendations to the city council concerning deficiencies, conflicts or obsolete provisions in the code. [Ord. 17-10 § 2; Ord. 98-01 § 2. Formerly 1.01.035.]