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Mounds View Charter Commission Date7/12/2007 <br />Resolution 2007-01e Final Markup format Page 1 of 6 <br />CHAPTER 31 <br />COUNCIL PROCEDURE2 <br />3 <br />Section 3.05. Procedure on Ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be presented in writing and4 <br />read in full before adoption, unless the reading is dispensed with by unanimous consent of the Council. No5 <br />ordinance shall contain more than one subject. Such subject shall be clearly expressed in its title. The6 <br />enacting clause shall be "The City of Mounds View ordains". No ordinance, except an emergency ordinance, 7 <br />shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced and at least fourteen (14) calendar days shall elapse8 <br />between its introduction and final adoption. Every ordinance must contain a specified effective date as9 <br />noted in Section 3.09 of this Charter. 10 <br />11 <br />Section 3.07. Signing, and Publication of Ordinances. Every ordinance adopted by the Council shall12 <br />be signed by the Mayor, and attested to, filed and preserved by the Clerk-Administrator. Every ordinance13 <br />shall be published at least once in the official newspaper as soon as practicable no earlier than eight (8) 14 <br />calendar days nor later than seventeen (17) calendar days from the date of passage, either in its complete15 <br />form preceded by a summary of its contents or as a title and summary.116 <br />17 <br />The Ordinance or the Ordinance Title and Summary shall be published in a body type no smaller than18 <br />brevier or eight (8) point type. A copy of any new ordinance may be obtained from the City at no cost. 19 <br />The entire text of the ordinance shall be posted on the City’s web site, if there is one, in a manner that can20 <br />be identifiable by subject matter or ordinance number. A copy shall also be available in the community21 <br />library, if there is one, or if not, in any other public location which the Council designates. 22 <br />23 <br />In the case of lengthy ordinances, or ordinances that include charts or maps, if the Council determines that24 <br />publication of the title and a summary of an ordinance would clearly inform the public of the intent and25 <br />effect of the ordinance, the Council may by a four-fifths (4/5th) vote of its members, direct that only the title26 <br />of the ordinance and a summary be published, with notice that a printed copy of the ordinance is available27 <br />for inspection during regular office hours at the office of the Clerk-Administrator. Prior to the publication28 <br />of the title and summary, the Council shall approve the text of the summary and determine that it clearly29 <br />informs the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance, and shall further state that the complete text of30 <br />the ordinance is on file at the office of the Clerk-Administrator. The publishing of the title and summary31 <br />shall be deemed to fulfill all legal publication requirements as completely as if the entire ordinance had32 <br />been published. A copy of the publication shall be attached to and filed with the ordinance for reference. 33 <br />To the extent and in the manner prohibited provided by law an ordinance may incorporate by reference a34 <br />statute of Minnesota, a state administrative rule or a regulation, a code or ordinance or part thereof without35 <br />publishing the material referred to in full, so long as the complete reference to the item is included. 36 <br />Amended, Ord. 700, 8-26-2002) 37 <br />38 <br />Section 3.09. When Ordinances and Resolutions Take Effect. Every resolution and emergency39 <br />ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption or at such later date as it specifies. Every other40 <br />ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) calendar days after its publication or at such later date as it specifies41 <br />unless challenged by a petition for referendum that is not deemed to be frivolous by the Council. In the42 <br />event of a petition for referendum that is not deemed to be frivolous, the Council must suspend the43 <br />effective date of the ordinance as specified in Section 5.07 of this Charter. 44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />1 It is the intent of the Charter Commission that the Council will determine which is less costly.