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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 3/14/2007 Revision—Chapter 5 Clear Text used to produce Res 2007-Old Page 1 of 5 t CHAPTER 3 2 3 COUNCIL.PROCEDURE 4 5 Section 3.05. Procedure on Ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be presented in 6 writing and read in full before adoption, unless the reading is dispensed with by unanimous consent of 7 the Council. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject. Such subject shall be clearly expressed 8 in its title. The enacting clause shall be "'The City of Mounds View ordains". No ordinance, except an 9 emergency ordinance shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced and at least fourteen(14) 10 days shall elapse between its intrcxiuction raid final adoption. Every ordinance must contain a 11 specified effective date as noted in Section 3,09 of this Charter. 12 13 Section 3.07, Signing and I Publication o1'Orduianees, 1 very ordinance adopted by the Council 14 shall be signed by the Mayor, and attested to, filed and preserved by the Clerk-Administrator. Every 15 ordinance shall be published at least once in the official newspaper no earlier than seven eight (78) 16 calendar days nor later than fourteenrseventeen (4-417)calendar days from the date of passage,either 17 in its complete form preceded by a summary of its contents or as a title and summary.' 18 t9 The Ordinance or the Ordinance Title and Summary shall he published in a body type no 20 smaller than brevier or eight (8) point type. A copy of any new ordinance may be obtained from 21 the City at no cost, The entire text of the ordinance shall be posted on the City's web site, if 22 there is one, in a manner that can he identifiable by subject matter or ordinance number, A copy 23 shall also he available in the community library, if there is one, or if not, in any other public 24 location which the Council designates. 25 26 In the case of lengthy ordinances, or ordinances that include charts or maps, if the 27 Council determines that publication of the title and a summary of an ordinance would clearly 28 inform the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance, the Council may by a four-fifths 29 (4/5th)vote of its members, diiree that only the title of the ordinance and a summary be 30 published, with notice that a printed copy of the ordinance is available for inspection during 31 regular office hours at the Aloe of lime ('Jerk-Administrator, Prior to the publication of the title 32 and summa,.y, the Council shall approve the text o1'the summary and determine that it clearly 33 informs the public of the intent and affea of the ordinance, and shall further slate that tine 34 complete text of the ordinance is on file at the office of the(`tcrl.-A rninistrater. 'fire• 35 publishing of the title and summary shall be deemed to fulfill all legal publication requirements 36 a.;completely as if the entire ordinance had been published. A copy of the publication shall he 37 attached to and filed with the ordinance for reference, 't'o the extent.and :. , runes provided 38 by law an ordinance may incorporate by reference a statute of Minncsui, ,.ilminisirativ-e. 39 rule or a regulation, a code or ordinance or purl thereof without publishing the material referred 40 it) in 1111l, ';e) long as ifie complete ivI4;rrc_e to the item is included, (Amended,Ord. 700, 8-26.2002) 41 42 tie(lion :3.0e). .When Ordinances and licsolrriiorrs 'I'ake atees. I>\•erp re oirric•.inm rpc;nev 43 ordinance shall lake effect immediately upon its adoption or at such later date as it specifies. Every 44 other ordinance shall lake effect thirtty ('ii)) days alter its publication or at such later date as it specifies I it is tlu, i Commission that the Council will determine which is less costly.