(A) Preparation of ordinances. All ordinances shall be prepared by the attorney for the city or by city staff. No ordinance shall be prepared for presentation to the Council unless ordered by a majority vote of the Council, or requested in writing by the Mayor or City Manager or his or her authorized representative, where there are substantive matters of administration involved.
(B) Introducing for passage or approval.
(1) Ordinances, resolutions and other matters or subjects requiring action by the Council must be introduced and sponsored by a member of the Council; except that, the City Manager or the attorney for the city may present ordinances, resolutions and other matters or subjects to the Council, and any Council member may assume sponsorship thereof by moving that such ordinances, resolutions, matters or subjects be adopted; otherwise, they shall not be considered.
(2) No ordinance shall relate to more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in the title, and no ordinance, or section thereof, shall be amended or repealed unless the new ordinance contains the title of the ordinance or section amended or repealed, and when practicable all ordinances shall be introduced as amendments to existing ordinances or sections thereof.
(2000 Code, § 30.15)