All legislative action by Council shall be by ordinance or resolution, except when otherwise required by the Constitution or the laws of the State of Ohio, and shall be introduced in written or printed form. An affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of Council shall be required for the passage of every ordinance or resolution. A written or printed copy of any ordinance or resolution shall be forwarded in person or electronically to each member of Council and to the Mayor twenty-four (24) hours prior to the introduction thereof, and there shall be no authority to dispense with this requirement except by an affirmative vote by at least five (5) members of Council. The Clerk of Council's certificate as to the giving of such notice shall be conclusive and the failure of delivery shall not invalidate any ordinance or resolution.
Non-emergency ordinances and resolutions shall be read at three (3) meeting of Council, two (2) of which meetings must be regular meetings. The first and second readings of non-emergency ordinances and resolutions shall be by title only and the third reading shall be in full unless a majority of Council approves reading by title only. Emergency ordinances and resolutions shall be read only once and such reading shall be in full unless a majority of Council approves reading by title only.
On the passage of every ordinance or resolution or the suspension of any rule contained in this Article, the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and each Councilman's vote shall be entered on the journal.
No ordinance or resolution shall contain more than one (1) subject, which subject shall be clearly expressed in its title. 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. Having been revised or amended, the original ordinance, resolution, section or sections shall be expressly repealed.
All ordinances, resolutions, statements, orders, proclamations and reports required by law or by this Charter or by ordinance to be published or posted shall be posted for a period of fifteen (15) days after passage on the City of Seven Hills website (www.sevenhillsohio.org).
Emergency ordinances and resolutions shall contain a statement clearly evidencing the immediate necessity for such action and shall state the nature of the emergency. Passage of emergency ordinances and resolutions shall require the approval of five (5) members of Council. (Amended 11-3-15; 11-7-23)