(1) This code may be amended pursuant to state law.

(2) As a codification of ordinances, this code may only be amended by ordinance, except for the correction mechanisms described in RCW 35.21.500, which may be directed by resolution.

(3) The city council should take action by ordinance to enact or amend a local law, to create permanent policies for governance of the city, or when directed by state law to take a particular action by ordinance. The city council should codify ordinances that enact or amend local laws or create permanent policies for governance of the city. When the city council desires to include such an ordinance within this code, the city council must include direction to codify the ordinance or otherwise amend the code in the text of the ordinance.

(4) Per RCW 35A.12.130, no section of the code may be revised and amended unless the ordinance amending the code section sets forth the revised section in full.

(5) Per RCW 35A.12.130, no ordinance may contain more than one subject, and that subject must be clearly expressed in its title.

(6) If the existing code section need only be amended, the text of the ordinance should expressly amend the code sections as follows:

Section X.YY.ZZZ is hereby amended to read as follows:”

(7) If the prior code section is to be totally replaced by the new ordinance, the text should specifically repeal the prior code section by stating:

“Section X.YY.ZZZ is hereby repealed.”

(8) Chapters and titles may be amended or repealed in a similar manner. (Ord. 1512 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).