Section 2-5-9 Authority to Correct Scrivener’s Errors
A. The Town Attorney and Town Clerk are hereby each individually authorized to correct scrivener’s errors in the Town Code/Zoning Code and in ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Council without the need for readoption of the Town Code/Zoning Code provision, ordinance or resolution.
B. For purposes of this section, a scrivener’s error includes one (1) or more of the following:
1. Misspelling;
2. Grammatical error;
3. Numbering error;
4. Cross-referencing error; or
5. Inconsistency with the rules of style adopted for the reformatted Town Code/Zoning Code.
C. A correction to an ordinance or resolution shall be accompanied by a scrivener’s note on or attached to the corrected ordinance or resolution.
D. Corrections to complete sections of the Town Code/Zoning Code shall be noted in the code. [Ordinance #337, 2011; prior code § 2-5-9.]