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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 10/20/2025 Item No.: 7.c. Department ApprovalCity Manager Approval Item Description:Consider an Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New City Code 1 2 Background 3 The City has been engaged in a comprehensive recodification of the City Code. This process began in 4 2022 with staff research on codification service providers, and on April 24, 2023, Council approved a 5 contract with Municode for recodification, supplementation, and online hosting of our City Code. Since 6 that time, staff, the City Attorney and attorneys from Municode have been reviewing, researching and 7 editing the final city code. 8 9 Recodification modernizes the code's organization and legal conformity. The process was a detailed, 10 multi-stage project designed to streamline, and legally align our ordinances. The project included a full 11 legal review to ensure consistency with state statutes, identification and removal of obsolete or 12 conflicting provisions, and preparation of the Code for online hosting with enhanced functionality such as 13 advanced search features, translation, and gender-neutralization options. This process consolidated 14 duplicate sections, corrected outdated citations, and cleaned up style/numbering for clarity and future 15 maintenance. No substantive changes have been made to the code. Staff and the City Attorney have 16 identified areas where changes may be needed, however, those items will come to council for full review 17 and consideration at separate times. 18 19 For context, the following stages were part of the recodification process: 20 Materials collection and initial organization All ordinances were compiled, normalized to 21 Municode's format, and arranged into a draft Code structure. Adoption dates were recorded for 22 history notes. 23 Legal Review – A Code Attorney conducted a statute-level analysis to flag conflicts/obsolete 24 text and recommend fixes (e.g. update or adopt state definitions by reference, remove repealed 25 statute references, consolidate duplicative provisions). These recommendations appeared as 26 strike-throughs (deletions), underlines (additions), and explanatory footnotes in the Code 27 Attorney's first rough draft. 28 Conference – Staff worked with Municode and the City Attorney to confirm recommendations 29 and set a cut-off date; ordinances adopted after that date will be queued for the first Supplement. 30 Post-Conference Follow-Up Staff responded to outstanding questions and continued to 31 submit newly adopted ordinances. 32 Implementation, Editing, and Proofreading Municode’s editorial team incorporated changes, 33 styled and numbered the Code, and provided draft proofs for staff review. 34 Final Printing and Adoption Ordinance The final Code was prepared and is now ready to be 35 adopted by ordinance. After Council adoption, online hosting and scheduled supplementation will 36 begin on the Municode platform. 37 38 What Changed 39 Earlier drafts went through extensive legal review, editorial revisions, and proofing stages, which Page 1 of 3 Qbhf!54!pg!:29