(a) Each ordinance providing for the appropriation of money for the current expenses of the City, for improvements or for the assessment of the cost of improvements petitioned for by the owners of not less than sixty (60) per centum of the foot frontage or three-fourths in interest of the property benefited and to be specially assessed therefor, and any emergency ordinance or resolution necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, shall take effect, unless a later time be specified therein, upon its signature by the Mayor, or upon the expiration of the time within which it may be disapproved by the Mayor, or upon its passage after disapproval by the Mayor, as the case may be.
(b) No other ordinance or resolution shall go into effect until thirty (30) days after its final passage by the Council. Each emergency measure shall contain a statement of the necessity for such emergency action and shall require the affirmative votes of at least five (5) members of the Council for its enactment. No action of the Council in authorizing any change in the boundaries of the Municipality, or the surrender or joint exercise of any of its powers, or in granting, renewing or extending any franchise, or in contracting for the supply to the Municipality or its inhabitants of the product or service of any public utility, whether municipally owned or not, or levying or imposing an income tax shall be considered or taken as an emergency measure.
(Amended 11-5-02)
(Amended 11-5-02)