(A) Every motion except to adjourn, postpone, reconsider, commit, lay on the table or for the previous question shall be reduced to writing if the chair or any member requires it; when made and seconded, it shall be stated by the chair or if written shall be read by the City Manager. A motion may be withdrawn before decision or amendment, any disposition thereof has been made or a vote taken thereon.
(B) When a question is under debate no motion shall be entertained, unless to adjourn or lay on the table, to act on the previous questions, to postpone, to commit or to amend, which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are named and the first three shall be decided without debate.
(`89 Code, § 4.070)