Emergency ordinances or resolutions necessary for the preservation of public peace, health and safety, shall go into immediate force and effect from and after their passage, subject to the provisions of Section 11 of this Charter. No ordinance or resolution granting, renewing, or extending a franchise or other special privilege, or regulating a rate to be charged for its services by any privately owned public utility, shall ever be passed as an emergency ordinance or resolution. Emergency ordinances or resolutions must, upon a “yes” or “no” vote, receive a two-thirds vote of all the members of Council.
(Amended 11-6-18)