The requirements of this section shall apply to all ordinances other than ordinances dealing with the budget, with appropriations, and with the levy of taxes.
(A) Form. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced in writing and in the form required for final adoption. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject which shall be clearly expressed in its title. The enacting clause shall be "The City of Garden City hereby ordains..."
(B) Enactment. An ordinance may be introduced by any member at any regular meeting of the Council. Upon introduction of any ordinance, the City Clerk shall distribute a copy to each Council member and to the Manager, shall file a reasonable number of copies in the office of the City Clerk and such other public places as the Council may designate, and shall publish the ordinance together with a notice setting the time and place for a public hearing thereon and for its consideration by the Council. The public hearing shall follow the publication by at least seven days, may be held separately or in connection with a regular or special Council meeting and may be adjourned from time to time. All interested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard. After the hearing, the Council may adopt the ordinance with or without amendment or reject it, but if it is amended as to any matter of substance, the Council may not adopt it until the ordinance or its amended sections have been subjected to all the procedures required above in the case of a newly introduced ordinance. Ordinances may be enacted by the affirmative vote of not less than five members of the Council. Following enactment, ordinances shall again be published within ten days together with a notice of adoption.
(C) Effective date. All ordinances shall take effect ten days after their enactment, or on such date thereafter as the Council shall declare, but in no event prior to publication.
(D) Publication of ordinances. As used in this section, the term “publish” shall mean to print the ordinance approved by Council in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the City, or on the City’s official website or other official form of electronic communication and shall be available in the office of the City Clerk. All ordinances shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least once during its consideration.
(E) Emergency ordinances. To meet a public emergency affecting life, health, property, or the public peace, the Council may adopt one or more emergency ordinances, but such ordinances may not levy taxes, grant, renew or extend a franchise, regulate the rate charged by any public utility for its services, or authorize the borrowing of money except as provided in Article IX. An emergency ordinance shall be introduced in the form and manner prescribed for ordinances generally, except that it shall be plainly designated as an emergency ordinance and shall contain, after the enacting clause, a declaration stating that an emergency exists and describing it in clear and specific terms. An emergency ordinance may be adopted with or without amendment or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced, but the affirmative vote of at least four members shall be required for adoption. After its adoption the ordinance shall be published and printed as prescribed for other adopted ordinances. It shall become operative upon publication or at such later time as it may specify. Every emergency ordinance shall automatically stand repealed as of the thirty-fifth day following the date on which it was adopted, but this shall not prevent reenactment of the ordinance in the manner specified in this section if the emergency still exists. An emergency ordinance may also be repealed by adoption of a repealing ordinance in the same manner specified in this section for adoption of emergency ordinances.
(F) Amendments. An ordinance may be amended only by an ordinance passed in the manner provided in this section, and no such ordinance shall be amended by reference to its title only, but the section or subsection amended shall be reenacted in full.
(G) Traffic and parking regulations. Any ordinance regulating traffic or parking of vehicles may delegate, subject to adequate standards to be set forth therein, to a traffic engineer, who may be the City Manager, authority to adopt or establish rules and regulations. Such rules and regulations shall be set forth in traffic control orders which shall be subject to the prior approval of the Council.
(H) Repeal of ordinances. An ordinance may be repealed only by an ordinance passed in the manner provided in this article, except that the ordinance to be repealed may be referred to by its number and title only.
(I) Enactment by reference. Ordinances and codes may be enacted by reference to the extent and in the manner provided by law.
(Amendment adopted by electorate, 11-4-14)