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Every ordinance or resolution passed by the council shall be signed by the mayor or in their absence by the president pro tem of the council, attested to, filed, and preserved by the city. Every ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper. To the extent and in the manner provided by law an ordinance may incorporate by reference a statute of Minnesota, a state administrative rule or a regulation, a code, or ordinance or part thereof without publishing the material referred to in full.
(Ord. 556, passed 6-27-2016)
A resolution and an emergency ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage or at such later date as is fixed therein. Every other ordinance shall take effect seven (7) days after one publication or at such later date us is fixed therein. Every ordinance and resolution adopted by the voters of the city shall take effect immediately upon its adoption, or at such later time as is fixed therein.
Every ordinance or resolution repealing a previous ordinance or resolution or section or subdivision thereof shall give the number, if any, and the title of the ordinance or resolution to be repealed in whole or in part. No ordinance or resolution or section or subdivision thereof shall be amended by reference to the title alone, but such an amending ordinance or resolution shall set forth in full each section or subdivision to be amended together with the amended form thereof. In newspaper publications a method shall be used that will clearly indicate new matter and old matter to be omitted.
The council may by majority vote of the full council revise and codify in book, pamphlet or newspaper form, any ordinances, resolutions, and rules of the city and include therein for reference any applicable general or special laws. Such codification shall be a sufficient publication of any ordinance included in it and not previously published in a newspaper if a substantial quantity of the codification is printed for general availability to the public. A notice that copies of the codification are available at the office of the city clerk shall be published for at least two successive weeks in the official publication.