123.10 LEGISLATION.

   Council shall act by ordinance, resolution or motion duly adopted at a regular or special meeting, and shall require for its passage or adoption the concurrence of at least four (4) members of Council. The vote upon its passage or adoption shall be taken by ayes and nays and entered on the Journal.

   Where, by the affirmative vote of six (6) of the members elected to Council, a motion is passed to suspend the rules requiring that an ordinance or resolution be read on three (3) different days, such ordinance or resolution shall be read on one (1) day only, except in the case of zoning ordinances requiring mandatory referral to the Planning Commission pursuant to Section 1921.01 herein. Following the reading thereof, such ordinance or resolution shall require for its passage or adoption the concurrence of at least four (4) members of Council, and the vote upon its passage or adoption shall be taken by ayes and nays and entered on the journal. The ordinance or resolution so passed or adopted in the manner hereinbefore described shall become effective thirty (30) days following the date of passage or adoption.

   An ordinance or resolution which shall contain an emergency provision, stating therein the reason for the emergency, shall require a suspension of the rules in the manner and form hereinbefore stated on first and second readings and shall further require for its passage or adoption the concurrence of at least five (5) members of Council. The vote upon its passage or adoption shall be taken by ayes and nays and entered on the journal. The ordinance or resolution shall, upon passage, become effective immediately.

   Ordinances or resolutions which require the reading thereof on three (3) different days shall, on the first reading, be read in their entirety or by heading an explanation of the Law Director where such legislation is of unusual length and without the request of Council for reading in its entirety. The second and third readings thereof may be restricted to the reading of the ordinances or resolutions by title only, unless at least two (2) members of Council request a complete reading thereof.
(Ord. 5641-86. Passed 5-19-86)