(A) For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) ORDINANCE. An official legislative action of the City Commission, which is a regulation of a general and permanent nature and enforceable as a local law.
(2) RESOLUTION. An expression of the City Commission concerning matters of administration, an expression of a temporary character, or a provision for the disposition of a particular item of the administrative business of the Commission.
(B) Each ordinance or resolution shall be introduced in writing and shall embrace but one subject and matters properly connected herewith. The subject shall be clearly stated in the title. No ordinance shall be revised or amended by reference to its title only. Ordinances to revise or amend shall set out in full the revised or amended act, section or subsection, or paragraph of a section or subsection.
(C) Except as provided in division (E) below, a proposed ordinance may be read by title, or in full, on at least two separate days and shall, at least ten days prior to adoption, be noticed once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. The notice of proposed enactment shall state the date, time, and place of the meeting; the title or titles of proposed ordinances; and the place or places within the municipality where such proposed ordinances may be inspected by the public. The notice shall also advise that interested parties may appear at the meeting and be heard with respect to the proposed ordinance.
(D) The City Commission may, by a two-thirds vote, enact an emergency ordinance without complying with the requirements of division (C). However, no emergency ordinance shall be enacted which enacts or amends a land use plan or which rezones private real property.
(E) Ordinances initiated by the City Commission or its designee which rezone specific parcels of private real property or which substantially change permitted use categories in zoning districts shall be enacted pursuant to the following procedure:
(1) In cases in which the proposed rezoning or change in permitted use involves less than 5% of the total land area of the municipality, the City Commission shall direct the City Clerk to notify by mail each real property owner whose land the municipality will rezone or whose land will be affected by the change in permitted use by enactment of the ordinance and whose address is known by reference to the latest ad valorem tax records. The notice shall state the substance of the proposed ordinance as it affects that property owner and shall set a time and place for one or more public hearings on such ordinance. Notice shall be given at least 30 days prior to the date set for the public hearing, and a copy of the notice shall be kept available for public inspection during the regular business hours of the office of the City Clerk. The City Commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and may, upon the conclusion of the hearing, immediately adopt the ordinance.
(2) In cases in which the proposed ordinance deals with more than 5% of the total land area of the municipality, the City Commission shall provide for public notice and hearings as follows:
(a) The Commission shall hold two advertised public hearings on the proposed ordinance. Both hearings shall be held after 5:00 p.m. on a weekday, and the first shall be held approximately seven days after the day that the first advertisement is published. The second hearing shall be held approximately two weeks after the first hearing and shall be advertised approximately five days prior to the public hearing. The day, time, and place at which the second public hearing will be held shall be announced at the first public hearing.
(b) The required advertisements shall be no less than one- quarter page in a standard size or a tabloid size newspaper, and the headline in the advertisement shall be in a type no smaller than 18 point. The advertisement shall not be placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements appear. The advertisement shall be published in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the municipality and of general interest and readership in the community, not one of limited subject matter, pursuant to F.S. Chapter 50. Whenever possible, the advertisement should appear in a newspaper that is published at least five days a week unless the only newspaper in the community is published less than five days a week.
(c) The advertisement shall be in the following form:
NOTICE OF ZONING (PERMITTED USE) CHANGE
The (name of local governmental unit) proposes to rezone (change the permitted use of) the land within the area shown in the map in this advertisement.
A public hearing on the rezoning will be held on (date and time) at (meeting place).
The advertisement shall also contain a geographic location map which clearly indicates the area covered by the proposed ordinance. The map shall include major street names as a means of identification of the area.
(d) In lieu of publishing the advertisement set out in (c) above, the municipality may mail a notice to each person owning real property within the area covered by the ordinance. The notice shall clearly explain the proposed ordinance and shall notify the person of the time, place, and location of both public hearings on the proposed ordinance.
(F) A majority of the members of the City Commission shall constitute a quorum. An affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum present is necessary to enact any ordinance or adopt any resolution; however, two-thirds of the membership of the Commission is required to enact an emergency ordinance. On final passage, the vote of each member of the Commission voting shall be entered on the official record of the meeting. All ordinances or resolutions passed by the Commission shall become effective ten days after passage or as otherwise provided therein.
(G) Every ordinance or resolution shall, upon its final passage, be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be signed by the Presiding Officer and the City Clerk.
(H) The procedure as set forth herein shall constitute a uniform method for the adoption and enactment of municipal ordinances and resolutions and shall be taken as cumulative to other methods now provided by law for adoption and enactment of municipal ordinances and resolutions. By future ordinance or charter amendment, the city may specify additional requirements for the adoption or enactment of ordinances or resolutions or prescribe procedures in greater detail than contained herein. However, the city shall not have the power or authority to lessen or reduce the requirements of this section or other requirements as provided by general law.
(F.S. § 166.041)