Adoption of Ordinances ■
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous of providing an improve-
ment to the legislative process of the City of Fairfax, and
WHEREAS, there is no requirement for advertising or for holding
more than one reading as a condition precedent to the adoption of
City ordinances, except in special cases, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable, as a procedural
change, to establish a policy of advertisement, dual reading and
public hearing of all ordinances except emergency ordinances,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following procedure
shall be adopted by the City Council in its consideration and pass-
ing of ordinances:
1. Any ordinance may be introduced by any member of the Council
at any regular meeting of the Council or at any special meeting when
the subject thereof has been included in the notice for such special
meeting or has been approved by a two-thirds vote of all members of
the Council present at such special meeting. Upon introduction, the
ordinance shall receive its first reading, verbatim, and, provided
a majority of members present concur, the Council shall set a place,
time and date, not less than three days after such introduction,
for a public hearing thereon. A copy of the proposed ordinance
shall be delivered to each member of City Council at or prior to its
introduction.
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2 . The hearing may be held at a regular or special meeting of
the Council and may be continued from time to time. it shall be the
duty of the City Clerk to cause to be published in a newspaper of
general circulation a notice containing the date, time and place of
the hearing and the title or subject matter of the proposed ordi-
nance. If so directed by the Council, the Clerk shall also publish
the full text of the proposed ordinance. It shall also be the duty
of the Clerk to have copies of the full text of the proposed ordi-
nance available in sufficient numbers to meet requests of citizens
of the City.
3 . A proposed ordinance, unless it be an emergency ordinance,
may be finally passed upon the completion of the public hearing.
4. Amendments or additions to a proposed ordinance may be made
at any time. Publication of an amendment shall not be required,
except that if said amendments or additions introduce an entirely
new subject matter or radically change the overall purpose of the
original ordinance, they shall be introduced and treated as a new
ordinance. At the second reading only the title of an ordinance
need be read, unless amendments or additions have been made subse-
quent to the introduction, in which case said amendments or addition
shall be read in full prior to enactment.
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5. If, in the opinion of Council, an emerge sc7 exists, an
ordinance pertinent to the er:lergency may be passes with or without
amendment at the same meeting at which it is introduces'e, and no
publication, hearing or specific time interval between introduction
and passage shall be necessary. An emergency ordinance must contain
a specific statement of the emergency upon which it is based, and
must be passed by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members of
City Council present.
The foregoing method of considering ordinances is procedural
only and is not intended to create any rights not heretofore exist-
• ing under the City Charter, the Constitution or general law.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the requirements of the
Constitution or of general law relating to the adoption of ordi-
nances.
This resolution shall become effective upon its adoption.
Adopted as amended
February 16, 1965
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CA/77
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous of providing
an improvement to the legislative process of the City of
Fairfax, and
WHEREAS, there is no requirement for advertising
or for holding more than one reading as a condition precedent
to the adoption of City ordinances, except in special cases,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable, as
a procedural change , to establish a policy of advertisement,
dual reading and public hearing of all ordinances except
emergency ordinances ,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the following
procedure shall be fa ed by the City Council in its con-
sideration and passing of ordinances:
1. Any ordinance may be introduced by any member
of the Council at any regular meeting
of the Council or at any special meeting when the subject
thereof has been included in the notice for such special
meeting or has been approved u - r �� °dam ll
members of the Council present at such special meeting. Upon
introduction, the ordinance shall receive its first reading,
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verbatim, and, provided i * 'e
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vet .be majority of members presento the Council shall
set a place, time and date, not less than three days after
such introduction, for a public hearing thereon. A copy of
the proposed ordinance shall be delivered to each member of
City Council at or prior to its introduction.
2 . The hearing may be held at a regular or special
meeting of the Council and may be 4a1059., from time to
time. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to cause to be
published in a newspaper of general circulation a notice
containing the date, time and place of the hearing and the
title or subject matter of the proposed ordinance. If so
directed by the Council, the Clerk shall also publish the
full text of the proposed ordinance. It shall also be the
duty of the Clerk to have copies of the full. text of the
proposed ordinance ,o E,! ,`� ' '` available in sufficient
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numbers to meet requests of citizens of the City.
3 . A proposed ordinance, unless it be an
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emergency ordinance, may be finally passed upon u /r
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4. Amendments or additions to 4# ordinance may
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be made at any time. Publication of an amendment shall not
be required, except that if said amendments or additions
introduce an entirely new subject matter or radically change
the overall purpose of the original ordinance, they shall
be introduced and treated as a new ordinance. At the second
reading only the title of an ordinance need be read, unless
amendments or additions have been made subsequent to the
introduction, in which case said amendments or additions
shall be read in full prior to enactment.
5 . If, in the opinion of Council, an emergency
exists, an ordinance pertinent to the emergency may be
'% ii ►i ►001VO S'- ' passed with or without amendment at
the same meeting at which it is introduced and no publication,
hearing or specific time interval between introduction and
passage shall be necessary. An emergency ordinance must
contain a specific statement of the emergency upon which it
4`wtAtt-t) ' r11✓is based, and must be passed by a two-thirds �.• -
vote of the members of City Council present.
The foregoing method of considering ordinances is
procedural only and is not intended to create any rights not
heretofore existing under the City Charter, the Constitution
or general law.
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Nothing herein contained shall affect the require-
ments of the Constitution or of general law relating to the
adoption of ordinances .
This resolution shall become effective upon
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