Article VII
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
SECTION 7.01 ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
   Action of Council shall be by ordinance, resolution, or motion. Every action of a general or permanent nature, including but not limited to granting a franchise; or levying a tax; or appropriating money; or contracting an indebtedness, to be evidenced by the issuance of bonds or notes; or for the purchase, lease, sale, or transfer of real property; or establishing an offense and fixing the penalty therefor shall be taken by ordinance, in the manner hereinafter provided. All other action may be by resolution or motion.
SECTION 7.02 SUBJECT OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
   Each ordinance or resolution shall contain only one subject which shall be expressed in its title, provided however, that appropriation ordinances may contain the various subjects, accounts, and amounts for which moneys are appropriated, and that ordinances and resolutions which are codified or recodified are not subject to the limitations of containing one subject.
SECTION 7.03 MAJORITY REQUIRED.
   The affirmative vote of four (4) members of the Council shall be necessary for the passage of any ordinance unless otherwise provided herein. A resolution may be enacted on a formal motion by a majority vote of the members of Council present.
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