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(A) No ordinance shall be amended by reference to its title only, and ordinances to amend shall set out in full the amended ordinance or section indicating any text being added by a single solid line drawn underneath it.
(B) Text that is intended to be removed shall be marked at the beginning with an opening bracket and at the end with a closing bracket. The text between the brackets shall be stricken through with a single solid line.
(KRS 83A.060(3))
(A) (1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no ordinance shall be enacted until it has been read on two separate days.
(2) The reading of an ordinance may be satisfied by stating the title and reading a summary rather than the full text.
(KRS 83A.060(4))
(B) (1) In an emergency, upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the membership, the Council may suspend the requirements of second reading and publication to provide for an ordinance to become effective by naming and describing the emergency in the ordinance.
(2) Publication requirements of § 32.38 shall be complied with within ten days of the enactment of the emergency ordinance.
(KRS 83A.060(7))
(A) All ordinances adopted by the Council shall be submitted to the Mayor who, within ten days after submission, shall either approve the ordinance by affixing his or her signature or disapprove it by returning it to the Council together with a statement of his or her objections.
(B) No ordinance shall take effect without the Mayor’s approval unless he or she fails to return it to the Council within ten days after receiving it or unless the Council votes to override the Mayor’s veto, upon reconsideration of the ordinance not later than the second regular meeting following its return, by the affirmative vote of one more than a majority of the membership.
(KRS 83A.130(6))
The Council may adopt the provisions of any local, statewide, or nationally recognized standard code and codifications of entire bodies of local legislation by an ordinance that identifies the subject matter by title, source, and date and incorporates the adopted provisions by reference without setting them out in full, if a copy accompanies the adopting ordinance and is made a part of the permanent records of the city.
(KRS 83A.060(5))
(A) Every action of the Council shall be made a part of the permanent records of the city, and on passage of an ordinance the vote of each member of the Council shall be entered on the official record of the meeting.
(2) The City Clerk and the presiding officer shall sign the official record of each meeting.
(KRS 83A.060(8))
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