(A) All ordinances and resolutions shall be filed regularly with the Clerk-Treasurer at least three working days before a regular meeting, except in emergencies. The Clerk-Treasurer shall, immediately after filing, number the ordinance and deliver copies to the Mayor and work copies to all Council members at least two working days prior to the Council meeting at which it is to be introduced. The Council may waive this rule by a majority vote of those Council members present at any meeting.
(B) All ordinances shall be read three times before being passed, but the second and third readings may be by title only, and no ordinance shall pass on the same day in which it is introduced unless the provisions of IC 36-4-6-13 are complied with. On passage or adoption of any ordinance or resolution, the yeas and nays shall be determined by the Mayor and entered in the record by the Clerk-Treasurer, and the ordinance shall be processed in accordance with IC 36-4-6-14 through 17.
(C) A majority of the Council members elected shall be present in order to conduct any business of the Council. All ordinances shall be adopted by at least a majority vote of the Council elected as defined in IC 36-4-6-11 and 36-4-6-12.
(D) A resolution may be read one time only, and may be passed on the same day on which it is introduced. Resolutions shall be adopted by a majority vote of the Common Council elected as defined by IC 36-4-6-11.
(E) All ordinances shall be designated as either general ordinances or special ordinances. A general ordinance is an ordinance which shall have general application throughout the city. A special ordinance is an ordinance which has special application to a particular situation and may not have general application throughout the city; e.g., an annexation ordinance or the declaration of property as obsolete.
(F) Any ordinance of more than two single-spaced pages in length introduced to the Common Council for passage may be read by title only upon acknowledgment of all voting councilmen that they have read and considered the ordinance in its entirety.
(Ord. 2-1983, passed 7-18-83; Am. Ord. 5-2004, passed 12-6-04)