(A) Preparation and introduction. All legislation of the municipality shall be by ordinance. Ordinances, resolutions and other matters requiring Council action shall be prepared at the direction of the Council; provided, however, that, the City Administrator or Attorney may present ordinances, resolutions and other matters for consideration.
(B) Enactment of ordinances and amendments. Every ordinance and amendment of an ordinance shall be enacted by a majority vote of all of the members of the Council, except where a larger number is required by law. It shall be signed by the Mayor or, in the Mayor’s absence, by the Acting Mayor, attested by the City Administrator and published once in the legal newspaper. Proof of the publication shall be attached to and filed with the ordinance book within 30 days after its publication. All ordinances shall be suitably entitled to clearly express its subject.
(C) Emergency ordinances. An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare in which ordinance the emergency is defined and declared in a preamble thereto. An emergency ordinance must be approved by a majority of available members of the City Council. An emergency ordinance must be in writing but may be enacted without previous filing or voting and may be adopted finally at the meeting at which it is first introduced and voted upon by the Council. An emergency ordinance shall remain in effect for the duration of the emergency. No prosecution shall be based upon the provisions of an emergency ordinance until 24 hours after the ordinance has been adopted, filed with the City Administrator and has either been posted in three conspicuous places in the city or published as provided for by the Home Rule Charter or the person charged with violation thereof had actual notice of the ordinance prior to the act or omission resulting in the prosecution.
(Prior Code, § 105.05) (Ord. 844, passed 05-20-2010)