(A) Preparation of ordinances. All proposed ordinances shall either be prepared by the City Attorney, or approved by the City Attorney, before being presented for consideration to the Commission. No ordinance shall be prepared for presentation to the Commission unless ordered by a majority vote of the Commission, or requested in writing by a Commissioner, the Mayor, City Manager, or prepared by the City Attorney on his own initiative.
(B) Prior approval by administrative staff. All ordinances and contract documents shall, before presentation to the Commission, have been approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney or his authorized representative, and shall have been examined for administration by the City Manager where there are substantive matters of administration involved.
(C) Introducing for passage or approval.
(1) Ordinances, resolutions and other matters or subjects requiring action by the Commission must be introduced and sponsored by a member of the Commission, except that the City Manager or City Attorney may present ordinances, resolutions and other matters or subjects to the Commission, and any Commissioner may assume sponsorship thereof by moving that such ordinances, resolutions, matters or subjects be adopted; otherwise, they shall not be considered.
(2) No ordinance shall be put on its final passage on the same day on which it was introduced, except those declared emergency measures by the Mayor in writing.
(3) All ordinances shall have two separate readings, but shall not be on the same day, except emergency ordinances.
(4) When practicable, all ordinances shall be introduced as amendments to existing chapters of this code or sections thereof. Any resolution providing for the appropriation of money shall designate the particular fund from which the appropriation is to be made, and shall not be granted immediate consideration unless the votes of the number of members required for the affirmance of such resolution shall be cast in favor of immediate consideration. An objection voiced by one member shall require a roll call upon the motion for immediate consideration. If no objection is voiced, the Clerk shall record an unanimous consent to the motion for immediate consideration, and the presiding officer shall proceed to state the principal question.
(1990 Code, § 1.70) (Am. Ord. 656, passed 7-27-2020)