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Section 3 . 06 Emergency Ordinances . An emergency ordinance <br /> is an ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the <br /> public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare. The ordinance <br /> must define the emergency in its preamble. An emergency ordinance <br /> must be approved by a majority of available members of the City <br /> Council. An emergency ordinance must be in writing but may be <br /> enacted without previous filing or voting, and may be adopted <br /> finally at the meeting at which it is first introduced and voted <br /> upon by the Council. An emergency ordinance remains in effect for <br /> the duration of the emergency. No prosecution may be based upon <br /> the provisions of an emergency ordinance until twenty-four hours <br /> after the ordinance has been adopted, filed with the Clerk- <br /> Administrator, and has either been posted in three conspicuous <br /> places in the City, .or published as provided for in this Charter, <br /> unless the person charged with violating the emergency ordinance <br /> had actual notice of. the ordinance before the act or omission which <br /> resulted in the violation. <br /> Section 3 . 07 Signing and Publication of Ordinances . Every <br /> ordinance adopted by the Council must be signed by the Mayor, and <br /> attested to, filed and preserved by the Clerk-Administrator. Every <br /> ordinance must be published at least once in the official newspaper <br /> as soon as practical, and must be preceded by a summary of the <br /> ordinance. An ordinance may incorporate by reference, in whole or <br /> part, the following published material without publishing the <br /> material in full: (a) State Laws, (b) State administrative rules <br /> (94-2) 8 <br />