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<br />Ordains." No ordinance, except an emergency ordinance, shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is <br />introduced and at least three days shall elapse between its introduction and final adoption. <br />(Ord. No. 85-09, 9-28-1985) <br /> <br />Sec. 3.6. - Emergency ordinances. <br />An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public <br />peace, health, morals, safety or welfare, and in such ordinance the emergency is defined and declared in <br />a preamble thereto. An emergency ordinance must be approved by a majority of available members of the <br />city council. An emergency ordinance must be in writing but may be enacted without previous filing or voting, <br />and may be adopted finally at the meeting at which it is first introduced and voted upon by the council. An <br />emergency ordinance shall remain in effect for the duration of the emergency. No prosecution shall be <br />based upon the provisions of an emergency ordinance until 24 hours after the ordinance has been adopted, <br />filed with the city clerk, and either has been posted in three conspicuous places in the city or published as <br />provided for in this Charter, or the person charged with violation thereof had actual notice of the ordinance <br />prior to the act or omission resulting in the prosecution. <br />(Ord. of 1-24-2001) <br /> <br />Sec. 3.7. - Signing and publication of ordinances. <br />The final version of every ordinance shall be read in full prior to passage by council unless such reading <br />is waived by a majority vote of the council, provided that a copy of the ordinance is posted or otherwise <br />made available to the public at least three working days prior to the meeting at which it is to be adopted. <br />The ordinance shall then be signed by the mayor, attested to by the city clerk, and filed and preserved by <br />the city clerk. Each ordinance, or summary of such ordinance, shall be published at least once in the official <br />newspaper. This summary of each ordinance shall include, in layman's terms, the intent of the ordinance. <br />To the extent and in the manner provided by state statutes, an ordinance may incorporate by reference, a <br />state statute, a state administrative rule or a state regulation, a code, or an ordinance or part thereof, without <br />publishing the material referred to in full. <br />(Ord. of 1-24-2001) <br /> <br />Sec. 3.8. - Procedure on resolutions. <br />Every resolution shall be presented in writing and shall be filed and preserved by the city clerk. <br />(Ord. No. 85-09, 9-28-1985; Ord. of 1-24-2001) <br /> <br />Sec. 3.9. - When ordinances and resolutions passed by city council take effect. <br />Every resolution and emergency ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption or at such <br />later date as it specifies. Every other ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its publication or at such later <br />date as it specifies. <br /> <br />Sec. 3.10. - Amendment and repeal of ordinances and resolutions. <br />3.10.1 An ordinance or resolution which repeals all or part of a previous ordinance or resolution, <br />respectively, shall give the number, if any, in the title of the ordinance or resolution to be repealed in <br />whole or in part. No ordinance or resolution shall be amended by reference to the title alone, but an <br />ordinance or resolution which amends such ordinance or resolution, respectively, shall set forth in full <br />each section to be amended and shall indicate by appropriate type or symbols, matter to be omitted <br /> Page 2 <br /> <br />