Each resolution and ordinance providing for the appropriation of money, or for an annual tax levy, or for improvements petitioned for by the owners of a majority of the front footage of property to be benefitted and specially assessed therefor, and any emergency resolution or ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health, or safety, shall take effect, unless a later date be specified therein, upon its approval by the Mayor, or upon the expiration of the time within which it may be vetoed by the Mayor, or upon its passage after veto by the Mayor, as the case may be, but subject to the referendum as provided by Section 14.02, Referendum, of this Charter.
No other resolution or ordinance shall become effective until thirty (30) days after its approval by the Mayor, or upon the expiration of the time within which it may be vetoed by the Mayor, or upon its passage after veto by the Mayor, as the case may be.
All resolutions and ordinances legally in effect, at the time of adoption of this Charter, shall remain in effect until such time as it is repealed or amended in the manner provided herein except when in conflict with this Charter .
Council shall, at the earliest possible time, enact an up-to-date Code of Ordinances. Such Code of Ordinances shall be compiled and published, including an appropriate index, in book form for use by officials of the Municipality and for others at a fee approximating the printing costs. A master book of ordinances and resolutions shall be maintained by the Clerk of Council who shall be responsible for entering changes as they occur. Council shall provide revised editions of the Code of Ordinances at regular intervals not to exceed ten (10) years.
Each emergency resolution and ordinance shall contain a statement of the necessity for such emergency action, and its enactment shall require the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of Council.
No action of Council authorizing the surrender or joint exercise of any of its powers, or in granting any franchise, or in the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any zoning or building resolution or ordinance, shall be enacted as an emergency measure.