Except as hereinafter provided, no ordinance for any purpose shall be adopted by the Council on the day of its introduction nor within five days thereafter nor at any other than a regular or an adjourned regular meeting.
Urgency ordinance providing for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, however, may be adopted at either a regular, adjourned regular or special meeting and may become effective immediately upon a four-fifth's vote of the Council.
No resolution or ordinance granting any fran-chise shall be adopted within thirty days after its introduction, and no franchise shall be renewed before one year prior to its expiration. The grant of a franchise under the Franchise Act of 1937, to any person, firm or corporation holding an existing franchise under Section 157 of Article XXI of this Charter, which existing franchise has an unexpired term of more than one year, shall not be prohibited by this section.
Editor's note: This section was amended by Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 162, which was approved by the voters of the City at an election held June 8, 1965; and amended further as approved by the voters of the city at a general municipal election held November 4, 1986; and amended further by the voters of the city at a special municipal election held March 5, 2002.