No ordinance shall be passed without the affirmative vote of four members of Council, except that emergency ordinances shall require concurrence of five members of Council. Upon introduction, each ordinance shall be read once at length before the Council by the Clerk of Council or a Council member, if there is any request to do so. It shall then lie over for at least fourteen days, or until the next regular meeting of the Council, unless an emergency is declared, as hereinafter provided. In this interval, and at least one week before the next meeting of the Council, the Clerk shall cause a summary of such ordinance to be published with a notice of the place where the text of the ordinance is available for reading by the public, which shall be in the office of the Manager, and of the time and place of the Council meeting at which it will be next considered, inviting interested persons to attend such meeting and to express their opinions thereon. At the time and place so advertised the Council shall convene. The ordinance shall be given a second reading and the persons present who desire to be heard for or against its adoption shall be heard, under such rules as the Council may provide. Written arguments and briefs for or against may also be filed at this hearing for consideration by the Council. The hearing may be continued from day to day until concluded.
(Amended 11-3-81)