(A) Title. Each ordinance shall embrace only one (1) subject and shall have a title that shall clearly state the subject.
(B) Enacting clause. Each ordinance shall be introduced in writing and shall have an enacting clause styled, “Be it ordained by the City of Morgantown”.
(C) Amendments. No ordinance shall be amended by reference to its title only, and an ordinance to amend shall set out in full the amended ordinance or section indicating any words being added by a single solid line drawn underneath them, and any words being deleted by a single broken line drawn through them.
(D) Reading. Except as provided in subsection (F) of this section, no ordinance shall be enacted until it has been read on two (2) separate days. The reading of an ordinance may be satisfied by stating the title and reading a summary rather than the full text.
(E) Adoption by reference. The City Council may adopt the provisions of any local, statewide, or nationally recognized standard code and codifications of entire bodies of local legislation by an ordinance that identifies the subject matter by title, source and date, and incorporates the adopted provisions by reference without setting them out in full, if a copy accompanies the adopting ordinance and is made a part of the permanent records of the city.
(F) Emergency. In an emergency, upon the affirmation vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership, the City Council may suspend the requirements of second reading and publication to provide for an ordinance to become effective by naming and describing the emergency in the ordinance. Publication requirements of subsection (H) of this section shall be complied with within ten (10) days of the enactment of the emergency ordinance.
(G) Permanent record. Every action of the City Council shall be made a part of the permanent records of the city and on passage of an ordinance the vote of each member of the City Council shall be entered on the official record of each meeting. All ordinances adopted in the city shall, at the end of each month, be indexed and maintained in the following manner:
(1) The city budget, appropriations of money, and tax levies shall be maintained and indexed so that each fiscal year is kept separate from other years.
(2) All other city ordinances shall be kept in the minute book or an ordinance book in the order adopted and indexed in a composite index or maintained in a code of ordinances.
(3) At least once every five (5) years, the city shall cause all ordinances in the composite index or code of ordinances to be examined for consistency with state law and with one another, and to be revised to eliminate redundant, obsolete, inconsistent, and invalid provisions.
(H) Publication.
(1) No ordinance shall be effective until published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
(2) Ordinances may be published in full or in summary as designated by the City Council. If the Council elects to publish an ordinance in summary, the summary shall be prepared and certified by an attorney licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth and shall include the following:
(a) The title of the ordinance;
(b) A brief narrative setting forth the main points of the ordinance in a way reasonably calculated to inform the public in a clear and understandable manner the meaning of the ordinance; and
(c) The full text of each section that imposes fines, penalties, forfeitures, taxes, or fees.
(3) Ordinances that include descriptions of real property may include a sketch, drawing, or map, including common landmarks, such as streets or roads in lieu of metes and bounds descriptions.
(I) Signature or veto by Mayor. All ordinances adopted by the City Council shall be submitted to the Mayor who shall, within ten (10) days after submission, either approve the ordinance by affixing his signature or disapprove it by returning it to the Council together with a statement of his objections. No ordinance shall take effect without the Mayor’s approval unless he fails to return it to the Council within ten (10) days after receiving it or unless the Council votes to override the Mayor’s veto, upon reconsideration of the ordinance not later than the second regular meeting following its return, by the affirmative vote of one (1) more than a majority of the membership.
(J) Municipal orders.
(1) The City Council may adopt municipal orders. Orders shall be in writing and may be adopted only at an official meeting. Orders may be amended by a subsequent municipal order or ordinance. All orders adopted shall be maintained in an official order book.
(2) A municipal order may be used for matters relating to the internal operation and functions of the city and to appoint or remove or approve appointment or removal of members of boards, commissions, and other agencies over which the city has control.
(KRS 83A.060(12), (13))
(K) Proof. All ordinances and orders of the city may be proved by the signature of the City Clerk; and when the ordinance is placed in a printed composite index or code of ordinances by authority of the city, the printed copy shall be received in evidence by any state court without further proof of the ordinance.
(KRS 83A.060(14))