Each ordinance or resolution providing for the appropriation of money or for an annual tax levy, or for improvements petitioned for by the owners of a majority of the front footage of property to be benefited or specially assessed therefor and any emergency ordinance or resolution necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare of the City, shall take effect, unless a later date be therein specified, upon its approval by the Mayor, or upon the expiration of the time within which it may be vetoed by the Mayor, as the case may be. No other ordinance or resolution shall become effective until after the expiration of thirty (30) days following its approval by the Mayor or at the expiration of the time within which it may be vetoed by the Mayor or upon its passage after veto 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 two-thirds of the members of Council eligible to vote for its enactment. No action of Council authorizing the surrender or joint exercise of any of its powers, or in granting any franchise, or rezoning ordinance, or amendment or repeal of any zoning ordinance or section thereof, or expenditure for capital improvements or expenditure for the purchase of public lands or grounds or expenditure for construction of public buildings shall be designated an emergency measure nor enacted under a suspension of the rules adopted by Council.
(Amended 11-4-80.)