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ORDINANCE NO. 790 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF MOUNDS VIEW BY AMENDING CHAPTER 3 AND CHAPTER 5 OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY CHARTER The Council of the City of Mounds View does hereby ordain: SECTION I. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 of the Mounds View City Charter by deleting the stricken material and adding the underlined material as follows: CHAPTER 3 COUNCIL PROCEDURE Section 3.05. Procedure on Ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be presented in writing and read in full before adoption, unless the reading is dispensed with by unanimous consent of the Council. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject. Such subject shall be clearly expressed in its title. The enacting clause shall be "The City of Mounds View ordains". No ordinance, except an emergency ordinance, shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced and at least fourteen (14) calendar days shall elapse between its introduction and final adoption. Every ordinance must contain a specified effective date as noted in Section 3.09 of this Charter. Section 3.07. Signing, and Publication of Ordinances. Every ordinance adopted by the Council shall be signed by the Mayor, and attested to, filed and preserved by the Clerk-Administrator. Every ordinance shall be published at least once in the official newspaper as soon as practicable no earlier than eight (8) calendar days nor later than seventeen (17) calendar days from the date of passage, either in its complete form preceded by a summary of its contents or as a title and summary.1 The Ordinance or the Ordinance Title and Summary shall be published in a body type no smaller than brevier or eight (8) point type. A copy of any new ordinance may be obtained from the City at no cost. The entire text of the ordinance shall be posted on the City’s web site, if there is one, in a manner that can be identifiable by subject matter or ordinance number. A copy shall also be available in the community library, if there is one, or if not, in any other public location which the Council designates. In the case of lengthy ordinances, or ordinances that include charts or maps, if the Council determines that publication of the title and a summary of an ordinance would clearly inform the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance, the Council may by a four-fifths (4/5th) vote of its members, direct that only the title of the ordinance and a summary be published, with notice that a 1 It is the intent of the Charter Commission that the Council will determine which is less costly.