(a) Each proposed ordinance shall be introduced in written form. The style of all ordinances adopted by the Council shall be “The City of Burton Ordains”.
(b) Unless declared to be an emergency ordinance by an affirmative vote of four (4) or more members of the Council, no ordinance shall be adopted by the Council except at a regular Council meeting held not less than one (1) week subsequent to its introduction. An emergency ordinance may be introduced and adopted at any regular or special meeting of the Council. An ordinance which is declared therein to be an emergency ordinance which is immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety may be enacted at the meeting at which it is introduced and may be given effect earlier than fifteen (15) days after enactment but in no event shall the effective date be prior to publication, unless so permitted by state law and, in that event, such ordinance shall be published as soon as reasonably possible after enactment.
(c) Each proposed ordinance which is properly introduced as herein required shall be acted upon by the Council within six months after its introduction. If any proposed ordinance be not so acted upon, the Clerk shall present it to the Council for adoption or rejection at the first meeting of the Council following the expiration of the six-month period.
(d) Ordinances may be amended or repealed in the same manner as provided in this charter for adoption of ordinances. No ordinance shall be amended by reference to the title only, but the amended section or sections of the ordinance as amended shall be re-enacted and published. An ordinance or section thereof may be repealed by references to its title and ordinance or code number only.
(e) Each ordinance shall be recorded by the Clerk in the Ordinance Book and such recording shall be prima facie evidence of the due and proper adoption thereof.
(f) All ordinances, resolutions, and official proceedings of the city may be placed in evidence in all courts and tribunals by a copy thereof certified as true by the Clerk, under the seal of the city, as an alternate to other methods of proving the same which may be provided or permitted by law.