It shall not be necessary to the validity of any ordinance that it be read more than one (1) time or considered at more than one (1) session of the Council; but this provision shall not apply to the appropriation and budget ordinance, which shall be controlled by the provisions relative thereto in other portions of this Charter. Every ordinance imposing a fine, penalty or forfeiture for the violation of its provisions shall, after the passage thereof, be published twice in the official newspaper of the City or in lieu thereof a descriptive caption or title stating in summary the purpose of the ordinance and the penalty for violation thereof may be published twice in the official newspaper of the City, before such ordinance shall take effect. All ordinances granting or confirming a franchise or easement over, across or upon the streets, highways or public places of the City, shall be accepted in writing by the grantees, and before taking effect a summary shall be published once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks within a period of thirty (30) days after its passage in the official newspaper of the City. But the time for publication of any ordinance of the City may be extended beyond the period herein provided by express provision to that effect, in which event such ordinance shall not take effect until after the time therein expressly prescribed. Ordinances not requiring publication shall take effect from and after their passage, unless otherwise therein expressly provided. No publication of any ordinance shall be required excepting those imposing a fine, penalty or forfeiture, or those granting a public easement or franchise, or the general appropriation ordinance, as provided for in the Chapter of this Charter dealing with the appropriation ordinance.
Revised or digested ordinances published in pamphlet form by authority of the City Council shall not be required to be published in any newspaper, and the publication in pamphlet form of such ordinance shall be held and taken as sufficient publication, notwithstanding such ordinance may impose a fine, penalty or forfeiture, or should contain a grant of easement or public franchise.
(Ord. 16797, § 1(XV), 1-24-2006, approved 5-13-2006)