1.01.110 Codifier authority – Editorial corrections.
The council hereby grants Code Publishing the authority to make editorial corrections to future amendments, updates, and revisions of the Bellingham Municipal Code. Editorial corrections made pursuant to this limited authority shall not be interpreted as changing the substantive meaning of any ordinance enacted by the council.
A. Code Publishing Company shall provide for a uniform style and form of the Bellingham Municipal Code by making minor corrections or revisions to any ordinances submitted for filing which do not affect their sense, meaning, effect or substance.
B. Such changes include renumbering, relettering, capitalizing, punctuating, dividing provisions of the code, providing new headings and catchlines, or correcting omissions or captions.
C. Code Publishing Company may substitute a current title of an agency, bureau, committee, or commission to conform to changes to titles or duties enacted by law or ordinance.
D. Code Publishing Company may substitute references to a title, chapter, or section of the Bellingham Municipal Code to conform to changes to the Bellingham Municipal Code enacted by ordinance.
E. Code Publishing Company may also make minor editorial changes consistent with those outlined in BMC 1.01.100.
F. Changes are subject to the approval of the Bellingham city attorney. [Ord. 2013-03-016 § 6].