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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />The council should label an amending ordinance as such, and should state <br />the ordinance and sections in the proposed changes. <br />The council should avoid the practice of amending a single word or picking <br />out a single sentence from a paragraph. This practice frequently leads to <br />confusion. A better practice is to reprint the section or subsection in full as <br />it would read after amendment. <br />If the council wishes to re -number its present ordinances, it may pass a re- <br />numbering ordinance. The city must publish the re -numbering ordinance, <br />but it does not have to include the text of the old ordinances. <br />b. Repeal <br />See section tv C t j - <br />A city may repeal an ordinance only by passing another ordinance stating <br />Notice of Proposed <br />Ordinance for more <br />the title, number, subject, and date of the ordinance being repealed. The <br />information about the <br />ordinance must explicitly state it is repealing the ordinance. A city must <br />notice requirements of <br />Minn. stat. § 415.19. <br />provide notice of the proposed repealing ordinance at least ten days before <br />the city council meeting at which the proposed repealing ordinance is <br />scheduled for a final vote. <br />To repeal an ordinance, the council must follow the same requirements for <br />adopting ordinances. The council can repeal any number of ordinances in a <br />single repealing ordinance. <br />Frequently, when a council passes a new ordinance or revises an ordinance, <br />the new ordinance will contain provisions that are inconsistent with or <br />replace similar provisions in an existing ordinance. Some cities insert a <br />provision in the new ordinance repealing any or all ordinances or portions <br />of ordinances inconsistent herewith. A better practice is to repeal, by name <br />and number, any inconsistent provisions of former ordinances. If this is <br />impractical, it is best to say nothing about the repeal of inconsistent <br />ordinance provisions since the new ordinance automatically supersedes all <br />inconsistent provisions in existing ordinances. <br />7. Codification of ordinances <br />a. Purposes of codification <br />Citizens have a right to know what their government requires of them. This <br />is a fundamental due process right in our legal system. <br />If a citizen is to know the law on a particular matter, he or she must first <br />know where to find it. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 8/30/2022 <br />Meetings, Motions, Resolutions, and Ordinances Chapter 7 1 Page 50 <br />