All legislative action shall be by ordinance or resolution introduced in written or printed form except when otherwise permitted by the Constitution or laws of the State of Ohio. A copy of each ordinance and resolution shall be provided to each member of Council by the Clerk of Council, not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the regular or special meeting at which the ordinance or resolution is to be introduced. This requirement shall be suspended if a written waiver thereof shall be signed by all members of Council as an emergency and with the affirmative vote of all members of Council present at the meeting. No ordinance or resolution shall be passed without the concurrence of a majority of the members of Council.
Every ordinance or resolution shall be fully and distinctly read at three (3) different Council meetings unless five (5) members of Council vote affirmatively to dispense with the rule. No ordinance or resolution shall contain more than one subject which shall be clearly expressed in its title; and no ordinance or resolution shall be revised or amended unless the ordinance or resolution superseding it contains the entire ordinance or resolution so revised or amended or the section or sections so revised or amended, and having been revised or amended the original ordinance, resolution or section shall be repealed.
(Amended by voters 11-4-69) (Ord. 2019-39. Passed 12-9-19.)