Each ordinance, upon its final passage, shall be signed by the Mayor or, in his or her absence, by the President Pro Tem and shall be attested by the City Clerk, who shall then file and preserve it in his or her office in a book to be known as the record of ordinances. Each ordinance so passed and filed shall be numbered consecutively by the City Clerk, if it were unnumbered at the time of passage, and he or she shall, without delay, provide a true copy thereof to the publisher of the official newspaper with instructions as to publication; and he or she shall file with the ordinance the copy of the publication and the publisher’s affidavit as soon as furnished to him or her by the publisher.
(1973 Code, § 2-13)
Charter reference:
Publication of amendatory ordinances by method that will clearly indicate new matter added and old matter to be omitted, see Charter § 3.10
When ordinances take effect, see Charter § 3.09