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The Clerk of Council shall promptly deliver each ordinance and resolution passed by Council to the Mayor or to his or her office in the municipal building for his or her approval or disapproval. The Clerk of Council shall note the date and time of delivery in the journal of Council. The Mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any part of any ordinance or resolution appropriating money, but otherwise his or her approval shall be addressed to the entire ordinance or resolution. If the Mayor approves the ordinance or resolution, he or she shall sign it and file it with the Clerk of Council. If the Mayor disapproves such legislation or any item of such legislation appropriating money, he or she shall file it, together with his or her objections, in writing, with the Clerk of Council. The Mayor's objections shall be entered in full on Council's journal. Unless the ordinance or resolution is filed with the Clerk of Council with the Mayor's written notice of disapproval within seven days after delivery to the Mayor, it shall take effect as though the Mayor had signed it. Upon the Mayor's disapproval, as provided herein, Council, no later than its next regular meeting, may reconsider the ordinance or resolution and if upon such reconsideration, the legislation is approved by a vote of at least seven Council members, it shall take effect notwithstanding the Mayor's disapproval.
(A) Ordinances initiated by an applicant or Council establishing, amending, revising, changing or repealing zoning classifications, districts, uses or regulations shall be introduced in Council. Immediately after the first reading of such an ordinance, the Clerk of Council or his or her designee shall set a date for a public hearing before the Planning Commission, not earlier than fifteen days after the first reading. The Clerk of Council or his or her designee shall cause a notice of such public hearing to be published one time in a newspaper determined by Council to be of circulation within the City at least seven days prior to the date of such public hearing. The Clerk of Council or his or her designee shall mail written notice of the public hearing to the owners of the property within, contiguous to and directly across the street from the affected parcel or parcels. The failure of delivery of the notice shall not invalidate any zoning ordinance.
(B) Within sixty days of the public hearing referred to in subsection (A) of this section, the Planning Commission shall cause such ordinance to be returned to the Clerk of Council together with the Commission's written recommendations. Immediately after receipt of the Commission's recommendations, the Clerk of Council shall cause a notice of public hearing to be published one time in a newspaper determined by Council to be of circulation within the City at least seven days prior to the date of the public hearing. Such public hearing shall also constitute the second reading of the proposed ordinance or resolution.
(C) An affirmative vote of at least six Council members shall be necessary to adopt or defeat a zoning ordinance as to which the Planning Commission has recommended approval or has made no recommendation. An affirmative vote of at least seven Council members shall be necessary to adopt a zoning ordinance as to which the Planning Commission has recommended against approval.
(A) Council may, by ordinance or resolution, adopt technical codes for the purpose of drawing on the latest scientific and technological advances, including, but not limited to, construction standards, and such other matters as Council may determine to be appropriate for adoption by reference.
(B) An ordinance adopting any technical code shall make reference to the date and source of the technical code without reproducing it at length in the ordinance. In such cases, publication of the technical code shall not be required. A copy of each technical code and a copy of the adopting ordinance shall be authenticated and recorded by the Clerk of Council as provided in Sections 4.08 and 4.09 of this Charter. If the technical code is amended after its adoption by reference, Council may adopt the amendment or change by incorporation by reference under the same procedure established for the adoption of the original technical code.
Council shall provide for the preparation of a general codification, a recodification, a revision or a rearrangement of all City ordinances and resolutions which shall be adopted by Council by ordinance or resolution and shall be published in printed form, together with this Charter. A current service supplementing the City's codified ordinances and resolutions shall be maintained in the manner prescribed by Council.
(A) Each ordinance and resolution passed by Council shall be published pursuant to the form determined by Council at least once in a newspaper determined by Council to be of circulation within the City of Newark. Failure to publish legislation as required by this section shall not invalidate the legislation, and in such event, the Clerk of Council may authorize the legislation to be published at a later date.
(B) The Clerk of Council shall make and retain a certificate as to the times and places by which the legislation is published. The certificate shall be prima facie evidence that the legislation was published as required by subsection (A). Failure to make or retain the certificate required by this section shall not invalidate any legislation.
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