Each ordinance or resolution shall be read by title on two separate days with the second reading of any such ordinance or resolution being no earlier than the next regularly scheduled Council meeting. Copies of the ordinance or resolution before Council for each reading shall be made available to the public at the Council meeting and shall be posted in the Council Room.
(A) The Council may, by an affirmative vote of at least five members, dispense with the requirement that an ordinance or resolution shall be read on two separate days, and authorize the adoption of an ordinance or resolution upon its first reading.
(B) The Council may, by an affirmative vote of at least four members, require that an ordinance or resolution shall be read fully and distinctly for its first or second reading or for both its first and second reading.
(C) Motions to dispense with any requirements of this section as authorized by paragraphs (A) and (B) hereof shall be separately stated.
(D) Unless approved by an affirmative vote of at least six members of Council, motions authorized by paragraph (A) shall not apply to ordinances or resolutions that pertain to zoning classifications, districts or regulations, regulations governing the platting and subdivision of land, the levying of a tax, the incurring of a debt to be evidenced by bonds or notes, or the changing of salaries of members of Council or the Mayor.
(Amendments approved 11-7-2000)