(A) Except as provided in division (B) below, an ordinance for the government of the municipality which has been adopted by the governing body without submission to the voters of the municipality shall not go into effect until 15 days after the passage of the ordinance.
(B) In the case of riot, infectious or contagious diseases, or other impending danger, failure of a public utility, or any other emergency requiring its immediate operation, an ordinance shall take effect upon the proclamation of the Mayor and the posting thereof in at least three of the most public places in the municipality. Such emergency ordinance shall recite the emergency, be passed by a three-fourths vote of the governing body, and be entered of record on the City Clerk’s minutes.
(Prior Code, § 1-710) (Ord. 631, passed 9-15-1997)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-613, 19-3701