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Sec. 252. Effective Date of Ordinances, Orders and Resolutions.
 
   Orders and resolutions shall take effect upon their passage unless requiring Mayoral approval, in which case they shall take effect upon Mayoral approval or override of Mayoral veto. An ordinance shall go into effect 31 days from its publication, except for urgency ordinances adopted pursuant to Section 253, and except for the following ordinances, which shall take effect upon their publication:
 
   (a)   an ordinance ordering, or otherwise relating to an election;
 
   (b)   an ordinance ordering or otherwise relating to the levying or collection of the annual City taxes;
 
   (c)   an ordinance which provides for or changes any of the following with respect to streets, boulevards, alleys, courts or other public places: name, curb lines, grade, improvement, opening, widening, straightening or extension;
 
   (d)   an ordinance relating to the construction of sewers or storm drains;
 
   (e)   an ordinance relating to the bringing or conduct of suits or actions or the levying or collection of local assessments upon private property for any of the purposes referenced in subsections (c) and (d);
 
   (f)   an ordinance relating to the condemnation of lands for parks, boulevards or playgrounds under laws or ordinances providing for the payment of the expense thereof by local assessment upon private property;
 
   (g)   an ordinance relating to creating classes of positions, setting salaries, authorizing the employment of personnel or prescribing conditions of employment;
 
   (h)   an ordinance establishing Council or Board of Education districts;
 
   (i)   an ordinance establishing pension or retirement benefits in accordance with Article XI of the Charter;
 
   (j)   an ordinance making or authorizing any contract, other than an ordinance granting any franchise, right or privilege; and
 
   (k)   any ordinance making or authorizing the sale or issuance of bonds of the City or of any district within the City.