All legislative action by the Council shall be by ordinance or resolution introduced in written or printed form. An affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of Council shall be required for the passage of every ordinance or resolution.
Every ordinance or resolution shall be read three (3) consecutive times to Council. The first reading to be in full and second and third readings by number and title only. An ordinance or resolution shall be fully and distinctly read each time, if requested, by any member of Council. No ordinance or resolution shall contain more than one general subject which shall be clearly expressed in its title. Any ordinance or resolution revising or amending previous legislation shall set forth the entire section or sections thereof so revised or amended, as revised or amended, and the original section or sections so revised or amended shall be deemed repealed.
The Council may adopt standard codes prepared by public or private agencies on such matters as fire prevention, building construction, electric wiring, plumbing, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and similar subjects by reference to the date and source of such codes without reproducing the same at length in the adopting ordinance. In the case of such adoption, publication of the code at length shall not be required but there shall be, at the time of adoption thereof and at the times thereafter, on file for public inspection, at least one copy of such code. The Clerk of Council shall make additional copies thereof available for sale to interested persons at such prices as may be established by Council.
Revisions, codification, or rearrangements of ordinances may be published in book form if so specified therein. If so revised, codified and rearranged under appropriate titles, chapters and sections, such revisions codification or rearrangements may be made in one ordinance comprising one or more subjects. The publication in book form as aforesaid with certification of the passage and adoption thereof by the Clerk of Council shall constitute sufficient publication of the ordinance or ordinances contained therein. The book so published and certified shall be received in evidence in any court, for the purpose of providing the ordinance or ordinances therein contained in the same manner and for the same purpose as the original book, ordinances, minutes, or journal would be received. If a revision codification or rearrangement or ordinances contains new matter not previously published, a notice of the reenactment thereof, setting forth the titles of the ordinances and the title of the chapters and sections containing such new matter, shall be published in the manner provided in Section (3.11) of this Article, which notice shall constitute a sufficient publication of such new matter. The Clerk of Council shall maintain a master copy which shall clearly indicate any changes or revisions of the Municipal Code made after the publication of aforementioned book.