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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 5496/12/2007 Revision of—Chapter 5 Clear Text used to produce Resolution 2007-04-a01b Page I of 5 1 CHAPTER 3 2 3 COUNCIL,PROCEDURE 4 5 Section 3.05. Procedure on Ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be presented in writing and 6 read in full before adoption, unless the reading is dispensed with by unanimous consent of the Council. No 7 ordinance shall contain more than one subject. Such subject shall be clearly expressed in its title. The 8 enacting clause shall be "The City of Mounds View ordains". No ordinance, except an emergency 9 ordinance shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced and at least fourteen (14) days shall 10 elapse between its introduction and final adoption. Every ordinance must contain a specified effective 11 date as noted in Section 3.09 of this Charter. 12 13 Section 3.07. Signing,iing„ and Publication of Ordinances. Every 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 eight (8) calendar days 16 nor later than seventeen (17) calendar days from the date of passage, either in its complete form preceded 17 by a summary of its contents or as a title and summary.' 18 19 The Ordinance or the Ordinance Title and Summary shall be published in a body type no smaller than 20 brevier or eight(8)point type. A copy of any new ordinance may be obtained from the City at no cost. 21 The entire text of the ordinance shall be posted on the City's web site, if there is one, in a manner that 22 can be identifiable by subject matter or ordinance number. A copy shall also be available in the 23 community library, if there is one, or if not, in any other public location which the Council designates. 24 25 In the case of lengthy ordinances, or ordinances that include charts or maps, if the Council determines 26 that publication of the title and a summary of an ordinance would clearly inform the public of the intent 27 and effect of the ordinance, the Council may by a four-fifths (4/5')vote of its members, direct that only 28 the title of the ordinance and a summary be published, with notice that a printed copy of the ordinance is 29 available for inspection during regular office hours at the office of the Clerk-Administrator. Prior to the 30 publication of the title and summary, the Council shall approve the text of the summary and determine 31 that it clearly informs the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance, and shall further state that the 32 complete text of the ordinance is on file at the office of the Clerk-Administrator. The publishing of the 33 title and summary shall be deemed to fulfill all legal publication requirements as completely as if the 34 entire ordinance had been published. A copy of the publication shall be attached to and filed with the 35 ordinance for reference. To the extent and in the manner provided by law an ordinance may incorporate 36 by reference a statute of Minnesota, a state administrative rule or a regulation, a code or ordinance or 37 part thereof without publishing the material referred to in full, so long as the complete reference to the 38 item is included. (Amended,Ord. 700, 8-26-2002) 39 40 Section 3.09. When Ordinances and Resolutions Take Effect. Every resolution and emergency 41 ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption or at such later date as it specifies. Every other 42 ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication or at such later date as it specifies unless 43 challenged by a petition for referendum. In the event of a petition for referendum, the City Council 44 must suspend the effective date of the ordinance as specified in Section 5.07 of this Charter. 1 It is the intent of the Charter Commission that the Council will determine which is less costly.