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Subdivision 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, state law or a more restrictive city <br />ordinance, an affirmative vote of three (3) or more members of the Council shall be required for the <br />adoption of all ordinances, resolutions and motions. The votes of council members on any action <br />taken shall be recorded in accordance with state law.(Amended 2000 Ord. 649; Amended 2023 Ord. <br />1009.) <br /> Subdivision 2. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all legislation shall be by ordinance. The <br />vote on all ordinances shall be by a roll call vote. <br /> Subdivision 3. The general administrative business of the Council shall be conducted by resolution <br />or motion. <br /> Section 3.05. Procedure on Ordinances. Every proposed ordinance shall be presented in writing and <br />read in full before adoption, unless the reading is dispensed with by unanimous consent of the <br />Council. No ordinance shall contain more than one (1) subject. Such subject shall be clearly <br />expressed in its title. The enacting clause shall be “The City of Mounds View ordains”. No ordinance, <br />except an emergency ordinance, shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced and at least <br />fourteen (14) calendar days shall elapse between its introduction and final adoption. Every ordinance <br />must contain a specified effective date as noted in Section 3.09 of this Charter.(Amended 2007 Ord. <br />790; Amended 2023 Ord. 1009.) <br /> Section 3.06. Emergency Ordinances. An emergency ordinance is an ordinance necessary for the <br />immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare, in which ordinance the <br />emergency is defined and declared in a preamble thereto. An emergency ordinance must be approved <br />by a majority of available members of the Council. An emergency ordinance must be in writing but <br />may be enacted without previous filing or voting, and may be adopted finally at the meeting at which it <br />is first introduced and voted upon by the Council. An emergency ordinance shall remain in effect for <br />the duration of the emergency. No prosecution shall be based upon the provisions of an emergency <br />ordinance until twenty-four (24) hours after the ordinance has been adopted, filed with the city <br />administrator, and has either been posted in three (3) conspicuous places in the City, or published as <br />provided for in this Charter, or the person charged with violation thereof had actual notice of the <br />ordinance prior to the act or omission resulting in the prosecution. (Amended 2010 Ord. 841; Amended <br />2023 Ord. 1009.) <br /> Section 3.07. Signing, and Publication of Ordinances. <br /> Subdivision 1. Every ordinance adopted by the Council shall be signed by the mayor, and attested <br />to, filed and preserved by the city administrator. Every ordinance shall be published at least once in <br />the official newspaper no earlier than eight (8) calendar days nor later than seventeen (17) calendar <br />days from the date of passage, either in its complete form preceded by a summary of its contents or <br />as a title and summary. (Amended 2002 Ord. 700; Amended 2007 Ord. 790; Amended 2010 Ord. 841; <br />Amended 2023 Ord. 1009.) <br /> Subdivision 2. The ordinance or the ordinance title and summary shall be published in a body type <br />no smaller than brevier or eight-point (8-point) type. A copy of any new ordinance may be obtained <br />from the City at no cost. The entire text of the ordinance shall be posted on the City’s web-site, if there <br />is one, in a manner that can be identifiable by subject matter or ordinance number. A copy shall also <br />be available in the community library, if there is one, or if not, in any other public location which the <br />Council designates. (Amended 2023 Ord. 1009.) <br /> Subdivision 3. In the case of lengthy ordinances, or ordinances that include charts or maps, if the <br />Council determines that publication of the title and a summary of an ordinance would clearly inform the <br />public of the intent and effect of the ordinance, the Council may by a four-fifths’ (4/5ths’) vote of its <br />members, direct that only the title of the ordinance and a summary be published, with notice that a <br />printed copy of the ordinance is available for inspection during regular office hours at the office of the <br />city administrator. Prior to the publication of the title and summary, the Council shall approve the text <br />of the summary and determine that it clearly informs the public of the intent and effect of the