(A) The enacting clause of all ordinances shall read "The City of Sterling Heights Ordains." Such caption may be omitted when said ordinances are published in book form by authority of the council. Each proposed ordinance shall be introduced in written or printed form in the English language.
(B) No ordinance shall be passed at the same meeting at which it is introduced, unless the same is declared to be an emergency action by a vote of not less than five (5) members of the council.
(C) An ordinance may be repealed, amended or modified by re-enacting the section or sections of the ordinance to be amended.
(D) An ordinance may be repealed by reference only to its number and title.
(E) All ordinances shall become effective immediately after publication and recording pursuant to law; unless a different effective date is provided in the ordinance.
(F) The council shall have the authority to provide in any ordinance for the punishment of those who violate the same, by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the city prison, a county jail, or such other penal institution authorized to receive city prisoners for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
(G) Prosecution for violation of any ordinance of the city shall be commenced within two (2) years after the commission of the offense; provided, that the limitation herein imposed shall not be construed as a limitation of the city's rights to forfeit any franchise, grant or license for violation of the terms and conditions thereof after said two (2) year period.