Sec. 10. Publication, effective date of ordinances.

All ordinances adopted under this Charter, except emergency ordinances, shall be published forthwith in the usual manner three (3) consecutive times in the official newspaper, and no [such] ordinance shall take effect until thirty (30) days after its passage.

Annotation--Chapter IX, § 10 does not mean that emergency measures passed pursuant to ch. IX, § 8 will not become effective until thirty days after passage; they become effective upon passage under ch. IX, § 8, Burton v. City of Tucson, 88 Ariz. 320, 356 P. 2d 413. The word [such] was inserted by editors to show effect of said case.

Sec. 11. Manner of repealing or suspending ordinances.

No ordinance or section thereof shall be repealed or suspended except by ordinance adopted in the manner provided in this chapter.

Sec. 12. Minutes to be public.

Any citizen of the city may have access to the minutes, upon application to the clerk.

Sec. 13. Right to petition mayor and council; consideration of petitions.

Any citizen of the city may appear before the mayor and council at any regular meeting, and present a written petition; such petition shall be acted upon by the mayor and council in the regular course of business, within fifteen (15) days.

Sec. 14. Failure to vote.

No member shall be excused from voting except upon matters involving the consideration of his own official conduct. In all other cases a failure to vote shall be entered on the minutes as an affirmative vote.

Sec. 15. Exercise of powers under Charter when no procedure prescribed by law.

Wherever, by any provision of this Charter, it is prescribed that any power, duty or procedure shall or may be exercised, performed or adopted in the manner established by any law of the State of Arizona, and there be no procedure established by state law therefor, then the mayor and council shall by ordinance prescribe the procedure.