(A) Any Council member who has the floor shall confine himself or herself to the question under debate, avoid personalities and refrain from impugning the motives of any member argument or vote. No member shall address the chair or demand the floor while any vote is being taken.
(B) Council members shall limit their remarks on a subject to five minutes unless granted additional time by the majority of the Council. No Council member shall be allowed to speak more than once upon any one subject, until every other member choosing to speak thereon has spoken.
(C) A Councilor once recognized shall not be interrupted while speaking, unless called to order by the Presiding Officer, or unless a point of order is raised by any Council member while they are speaking, in which case the speaker shall cease speaking immediately until the point is determined. If ruled to be in order, the speaker shall be permitted to proceed; if ruled to be out of order, he or she shall remain silent or shall alter his or her remarks as to comply with the ruling.
(Prior Code, § 1.05.187) (Ord. 264, passed 7-6-1999; Ord. 298, passed - -; Ord. 299, passed 10-21-2002; Ord. 305, passed 3-17-2003; Ord. 362, passed 6-18-2007; Ord. 386, passed 3-1-2010; Ord. 396, passed 10-3-2011; Ord. 412, passed 2-4-2013)