(A) (1) An emergency ordinance may be enacted only to meet public emergencies affecting life, health, safety, or the property of the people.
(2) The ordinance may not levy taxes, grant, renew, or extend a franchise, nor may it impose or change a service rate.
(B) Each emergency ordinance shall contain a declaration that an emergency exists, defining the emergency, and shall be entitled an Emergency Ordinance.
(C) Emergency ordinances require no readings or prior publications before adoption by County Council.
(D) Emergency ordinances require a 2/3 affirmative vote of members present for adoption.
(E) An emergency ordinance is effective immediately on the date of adoption and shall expire automatically on the sixty-first day following the date of enactment.
(F) The Clerk to Council shall be responsible for indexing and providing for compilation of the emergency ordinance adopted and shall, with the County Attorney's assistance, cause a copy of the emergency ordinance to be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court.
(Ord. 05-06-01, passed 5-2-2001)