SECTION 3.13 EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
A.   Each ordinance or resolution providing for the appropriation of money or for any annual tax levy, or for the authorization or making of improvements petitioned for by the owners of not less than a majority of the front footage or area of property to be benefited and specially assessed therefor, or the submission of any question to the vote of the electors of the Municipality, and any emergency ordinance or resolution declared by the Council to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety shall take effect, unless a later date be specified therein, (1) upon its approval by the Mayor, (2) upon the expiration of the time within which it may be disapproved by the Mayor, or (3) upon the passage thereof after disapproval by the Mayor, as the case may be.
B.   No other ordinance or resolution shall become effective until thirty (30) days after, (1) its approval by the Mayor, (2) the expiration of the time within which it may be disapproved by the Mayor, or (3) its passage after disapproval by the Mayor, as the case may be. Each emergency measure shall contain a statement of the necessity for such emergency action and shall require the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council for its enactment, provided that if it fails to receive such affirmative vote but receives the necessary majority for passage as a non-emergency measure, it shall be considered passed and shall be effective as a non-emergency measure. The first ordinance, resolution or action of the Council authorizing any change in the boundaries of the Municipality, or authorizing the surrender or joint exercise of its powers, or granting, renewing or extending any franchise, or contracting for the supply to the Municipality or its inhabitants of the product or service of any utility shall not be taken as an emergency measure.