121.03 ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, MOTIONS AND CONTRACTS.

   (a)    Prior Approval. All ordinances, resolutions and contract documents shall, before presentation to Council, have been approved as to form and legality by the Law Director or his authorized representative.

   (b)    Introduction and Passage of Ordinances and Resolutions.

      (1)    Ordinances and resolutions shall be introduced and sponsored by a member of Council or the Mayor; otherwise they shall not be entertained by Council. However upon the unanimous vote of Council, a resolution may be sponsored by the entire Council.

      (2)    No ordinance or resolution requiring more than one reading shall be put on its final passage on the same day on which it was introduced, except emergency legislation.

      (3)    All ordinances, except emergency legislation, shall have three separate readings on three separate days.

      (4)    No ordinance shall relate to more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, and no ordinance or section thereof shall be amended or repealed unless the new ordinance contains the title of the ordinance or section amended or repealed. When practicable, ordinances shall be introduced as amendments to existing ordinances or sections thereof.

      (5)    The rule requiring that an ordinance or resolution shall be read on three different days may be dispensed with upon the affirmative vote of five of the members of Council and the legislation may be read by title only prior to its passage.

   (c)    Amendments. It shall be in order to amend an ordinance, resolution or measure at any time, but if amended after its second reading, it shall again be read as the second reading.

   (d)    Suspension of Rules. Any provision of these rules may be suspended at any meeting of Council by an affirmative vote of five members except when a greater number is required by law or by the rules of Council.

(Ord. 75-32. Passed 12-23-75.)