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<br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />HANDBOOK FOR MINNESOTA ClTIES <br /> <br />Alteration of ordinances <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Amendment <br /> <br />The council must follow the same procedures for amending an <br />ordinance as those followed for passing an ordinance. After the <br />amendment is passed by a majority of the council, it must be attested <br />to, published and included in the ordinance book. In addition, the <br />fonn of the amendment should be like new ordinances with respect <br />to title, enacting clause, body, closing and signatures. The council <br />cannot change an ordinance by resolution; it must pass an amending <br />ordinance. <br /> <br />If the ordinance is short or if the changes are numeroUs, the council <br />will usually re-pass the entire ordinance in its amended fonn, <br />repealing the old ordinance in a separate section. An optional form <br />would be to title the new ordinance as an amendment, and then recite <br />the entire ordinance as it would read after amendment. <br /> <br />If the ordinance to be amended is so long that the cost of publishing <br />it in its entirety would be prohibitive, the council may pass an <br />amending ordinance that sets forth only the sections that will change. <br />The council may include several amendments to the same ordinance <br />in different sections of the same amending ordinance. The council <br />should label an amending otdinanceas such, and should state the <br />ordinance and sections in the proposed change. <br /> <br />The council should avoid the practice of amending a single word 6r <br />picking out a single sentence from a paragraph. This practice <br />frequently leads to confusion and the possible invalidation of an <br />entire section of an ordinance. Abetter practice is to reprint the <br />section or subsection in full as it would read after amendment. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />If the council wishes to re-number its present ordinances, it may pass <br />a re-numbering ordinance. The city must publish the re-numbering <br />ordinance, but it does not have to include the text of the old <br />ordinances. <br /> <br />Repeal <br /> <br />A city may repeal an ordinance only by passing another ordinance <br />stating the title,nurriber, subject and date of the ordinance being <br />repealed. The ordinance must explicitly statethat it is repealing the <br />ordinance. To repeal an ordinance the council must follow the same <br />requirements for adopting ordinances. The council can repeal any <br />number of ordinances in a single repealing ordinance. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />,. <br />172 <br />