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All proposed ordinances, and resolutions having the effect of ordinances, shall be subject to the following requirements for passage at any meeting of the City Council:

A. Copies of a proposed ordinance, or proposed resolution having the effect of an ordinance, shall be made available to the Mayor and Council, not less than twenty-four hours prior to the meeting at which action will be taken on the ordinance or resolution.

B. Copies of titles of a proposed ordinance, or resolution heretofore mentioned, shall be posted at the official posting location and such other places as the City Council may prescribe not less than twenty-four hours before the meeting at which action is taken thereon. During such period, copies of the entire ordinance, or resolution heretofore mentioned, shall be available for inspection by the public during the City's regular business hours. If the titles are not posted, or copies made available, as herein set forth, the matter shall not be brought before the City Council.

C. An ordinance, or resolution having the effect of an ordinance, shall be read and considered by number and title only. The Council may request a reading of the title or a full reading of a proposed ordinance, or resolution having the effect of an ordinance. The measure may be passed and adopted at any time after such reading.

D. In the event that an amendment of substantive nature is proposed during the action taken by the Council upon any ordinance or resolution as heretofore mentioned, such ordinance or resolution containing such proposed amendment shall not be adopted without following the provision set forth in subparagraph (C) of Section 6 of Article VII hereof. For the purpose of this subsection, the term "amendment of substantive nature" means an amendment which, either by addition, alteration, or deletion, alters the sense, meaning or effect of the proposed ordinance, but shall not be deemed to include the changing of capitalization for the purpose of uniformity, or the correction of manifest clerical typographical errors.

E. Ordinances shall become effective thirty (30) days after passage by the City Council except emergency measures.