A. Form Of Ordinances Amending Code: An ordinance amending this code must specify the chapter, article, section, subsection or clause to be amended. Language to be added must be underlined; language to be repealed must be stricken. An ordinance repealing an entire chapter, article, section, subsection or clause need refer only to that chapter, article, section, subsection or clause, and the text need not be reproduced. The text of an ordinance adding only new provisions to the code need not be underlined.
B. Ordinances, Resolutions, Motions, Petitions And Communications: Every ordinance and resolution shall be presented in writing and shall be read in full before a vote is taken thereon, but reading in full may be dispensed with by unanimous consent. All motions shall be recorded in the minutes and stated in full before they are submitted to a vote by the presiding officer. All petitions and other communications addressed to the council shall be in writing and shall be read in full upon presentation of the same to the council. They shall then be recorded in the minutes by title and filed with the minutes in the office of the clerk.
C. Signatures: Every ordinance and resolution passed by the council shall be signed by the mayor, attested by the clerk, and filed in the ordinance or resolution book. Proof of publication of every ordinance shall be attached to and filed with the ordinance.
D. Passage Of Ordinances:
1. Every proposed ordinance shall be in writing. After amendments, if any, have been made and accepted by the council, the ordinance, in its then final form, shall receive a reading in the following two (2) regular council meetings. If the proposed ordinance is passed by a majority of the council at each of the following two (2) regular council meetings, with or without additional amendments, as may be accepted by the council in either or both of said meetings, then the ordinance shall become effective in the form as finally passed as provided herein.
2. An ordinance may be presented, read and passed at any one council meeting if the rules are suspended by unanimous vote of the whole council. The ordinance may then be passed by a majority vote.
E. Effective Date Of Ordinances: No ordinance shall become effective until five (5) days after it is published in the official newspaper. (1974 Code § 110.03)
F. Emergency Ordinances: When the council, by a unanimous vote of the council members present at any regular or special meeting, declares emergency action appropriate with reference to fire, civil disorder, riot, flood, tornado, and other disasters or other acts of nature, then any ordinance dealing with such declared emergency situation may be passed at that meeting and shall be effective at a time and date set forth in said ordinance. An ordinance passed under this emergency rule shall automatically be suspended and be of no further effect following the tenth day after the ordinance has been passed unless another termination date is specified within the ordinance. (1974 Code § 110.03; amd. 2008 Code)
G. Exceptions: Subsections D, E and F of this section do not apply to an ordinance, such as a rezoning or zoning code amendment or subdivision regulation amendment, which by law is required to be considered by either the planning commission or city council at a public hearing upon published notice or upon published or mailed notice to affected property owners. In such instances, the ordinance may be presented, read and passed at any one council meeting. (1974 Code § 110.03)