(a) Council Member to Sponsor. Ordinances, resolutions, and other matters or subjects requiring action by the council must be introduced and sponsored by a council member, except that the city manager or city attorney may present ordinances, resolutions or other matters or subjects to the council for consideration.
(b) Second Reading of Ordinance. With the sole exception of ordinances which take effect upon adoption, no ordinance shall be passed by the council on the day of its introduction nor within ten days thereafter, nor at any other time than at a regular or special meeting. Ordinances presented to the council for second reading shall be agendized as consent items and may be removed for debate and discussion only upon a majority vote of the council members present and voting. This section shall not prevent council members from making short comments on consent items.
(c) Amendments. A proposed ordinance may be amended between the time of its introduction and the time of its final passage, providing its general scope and original intention are retained. The correction of typographical or clerical errors shall not constitute an amendment within the meaning of this section.
(d) Emergency Ordinances Preserving Public Peace, Health or Safety. Any ordinance declared by the council to be necessary as an emergency measure for preserving the public peace, health or safety, and containing a statement of the reasons for its urgency, may be introduced and adopted at one and the same meeting if passed by a vote of four-fifths of the council members present.
(Ord. 5117, 2011: Ord. 4692 § 1 (part), 2001)