§ 4.21 — Authentication; codification

§ 4.21. - Authentication; codification.

(a) Authentication and maintenance. The city clerk shall authenticate by signature and shall maintain in the City's official records all ordinances and resolutions adopted by the council. (b) Codification. The City Clerk shall maintain a current codification of all city ordinances and resolutions having the force and effect of law. The codification shall be published, together with this charter and any amendments thereto, pertinent provisions of the constitution and other laws of the State of Florida, and such codes of technical regulations and other rules and regulations as the council may specify. This compilation shall be known and cited officially as the Cape Coral City Code. Copies of the code shall be maintained on file with the City Clerk, shall be made accessible for the use of the public, and made available for purchase by the public at a reasonable price fixed by the council, all as required by resolution. (c) Availability of ordinances and resolutions. The council shall cause each ordinance and resolution to have the force and effect of law and each amendment to this charter to be available promptly following its adoption, and the ordinances, resolutions and charter amendments shall be accessible to the public. Following publication of the first Cape Coral City Code and at all times thereafter, the ordinances, resolutions and charter amendments shall be in substantially the same style as the code currently in effect and shall be suitable in form for integration therein. The council shall make such further arrangements as it deems desirable with respect to reproduction and distribution of any current changes in or additions to the provisions of the constitution and other laws of the state, or the codes of technical regulations and other rules and regulations included in the code.

(Ord. No. 28-22, Exh. A, 4-6-2022, approved by a referendum vote on August 23, 2022)