(A) When necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, welfare, or safety, the Council, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members, may adopt an emergency ordinance or resolution. The reason for the emergency shall be set forth in the ordinance or resolution.
(B) Ordinances or resolutions establishing zoning districts or regulations, subdivision regulations, levying taxes, authorizing the sale or purchase of real property or the vacation of streets or other public grounds shall not be adopted as emergency measures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ordinances authorizing the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds or bond anticipation notes to fund, renew or refund outstanding general obligation securities may be adopted as emergency measures.
(Amended 11-5-91)
(C) If an emergency ordinance or resolution fails to receive a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members of Council, such measure shall cease to be before the Council as an emergency measure and shall have the standing that a measure would have had if it had not been read as an emergency measure. (Amended 11-8-11)