§ 2-67 INTRODUCTION; PUBLIC INSPECTION.

   (A)   An ordinance may be proposed by the Mayor or any member of the Council. When appropriate, a proposed ordinance shall be referred to the Town Attorney for approval as to legality and form. The Town Attorney shall render assistance in the preparation of ordinances when requested to do so.

   (B)   After an ordinance is in its proper form, the Clerk shall hold the ordinance for public inspection. An ordinance shall be deemed to be introduced when, at a public meeting of Council, its title is read.

Statutory reference:

   For “initiative and referendum” which permits electors to propose ordinances, except an ordinance appropriating money or authorizing the levy of taxes, see S.C. Code §§ 5-17-10 et seq.

§ 2-68 ORIGINAL ENTERED INTO ORDINANCE BOOK.

   (A)   The Clerk shall enter in an ordinance book the original copy of all ordinances passed by the Council.

   (B)   The book shall be known as the “Ordinance Book” and it shall be indexed.

Statutory reference:

   Municipal ordinances to be codified, see S.C. Code § 5-7-290

§ 2-69 NOTING AMENDMENTS OR REPEALS.

   The Clerk shall write on the first page of every ordinance, subsequent to entry in the ordinance book, if the same shall be amended or repealed, as the case may be, the words amended, or repealed with a reference on the ordinance in the ordinance book as to where the amending or repealing ordinance can be found.

§ 2-70 ENACTMENT; SIX DAYS BETWEEN READINGS; EMERGENCY ORDINANCES.

   (A)   An ordinance to levy a tax, adopt a budget, appropriate funds, grant a franchise, license or right to use or occupy a public street or public property for commercial purposes shall be complete in the form in which it is finally passed, and in such form remain on file with the Clerk for public inspection at least six days before the final adoption.

   (B)   No ordinance shall be adopted until it has been read two times and on two separate days with at least six days between each reading.

   (C)   Emergency ordinances may be adopted on one reading, without notice or hearing by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present. An emergency ordinance may not levy taxes, relate to a franchise or service rate and shall expire automatically on the sixty-first day following its enactment.

   (D)   The introduction and reading of any ordinance may be by the reading of the title only unless a full reading is requested by a Council member.

   (E)   After the introduction of an ordinance, any Council member or town citizen taxpayer interested therein may request a public hearing which shall be held at a time designated by the Council prior to the final adoption.

Statutory reference:

   Form and procedures for introducing and passing ordinances, see S.C. Code § 5-7-270

§ 2-71 EMERGENCY ORDINANCES TO COMPLY WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW.

   Emergency ordinances shall conform to the provisions of state law and § 2-35 of this chapter.

Statutory reference:

   Emergency ordinances, see S.C. Code § 5-7-250(d)

§§ 2-72—2-100 RESERVED.