An emergency ordinance is an ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety, or welfare in which the emergency is set forth and defined in a preamble thereto.
Each emergency ordinance shall require the affirmative vote of at least six (6) members of Council if all members are present, or the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members if one or more members are absent.
No action of Council authorizing the surrender or joint exercise of any of its power, or in granting any franchise, shall be enacted as an emergency ordinance.