Article V — ORDINANCES — Eureka Zoning Code

SECTION 500. ENACTING CLAUSE. ¶

The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be in these words: “Be it Ordained by the Council of the City of Eureka as follows:”.

SECTION 501. AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCES. ¶

No ordinance shall be amended by reference to its title only, but the section or subsection thereof to be amended shall be reenacted at length, as amended.

SECTION 502. ONE SUBJECT. ¶

Every ordinance shall embrace but one subject which shall be clearly indicated in the title. In all cases where the subject is not so expressed in the title, the ordinance shall be void as to the matter not expressed in the title.

SECTION 503. RECONSIDERATION. ¶

When any bill is put upon its final passage and fails to pass, if a motion is made to reconsider, the vote upon such motion shall not be taken until the next regular meeting of the Council.

SECTION 504. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES. ¶

The procedure for the adoption of ordinances shall be as follows:

When an ordinance is first introduced it shall be known as a bill. If such bill receives the three (3) affirmative votes required for its introduction, it shall be put upon its final passage no sooner than three (3) days after its introduction; provided, that no bill for the grant of any franchise shall be put upon its final passage within thirty (30) days after its introduction; and provided further that an urgency ordinance may be passed by a four-fifths vote of the City Council. Every bill after it has finally passed the Council shall be signed by the Mayor Pro Tem and then presented forthwith to the Mayor. The Mayor shall return the bill to the Council within ten (10) days (Sundays excepted) after receiving it. If the Mayor approves it, the Mayor must sign it, and the same shall then become an ordinance; but if the Mayor shall disapprove it, it shall be returned, with the Mayor's objections in writing, to the Council. If the bill is not returned with such approval or disapproval within the time specified herein, it shall take effect as an ordinance as if the Mayor had approved the same.

SECTION 505. ACTION BY COUNCIL AFTER MAYOR DISAPPROVAL. ¶

When a bill is returned to the Council with the Mayor's disapproval, the Council shall cause the objections of the Mayor to be entered in its minutes and proceed to consider and vote on the bill. If, after such consideration, the bill is passed by an affirmative vote of not less than four (4) members of the Council, it shall take effect as an ordinance as if the Mayor had approved the same. If the bill shall fail, on being so considered, to receive four (4) affirmative votes of the Council it shall then be finally lost.

SECTION 506. PUBLICATION OR POSTING. ¶

All ordinances shall be published or posted in the manner prescribed by the Council.

SECTION 507. EFFECTIVE DATE. ¶

No ordinance passed by the Council shall take effect until thirty (30) days after its passage and approval as an ordinance, except the following ordinances:

(a) Relating to an election.

(b) For the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, containing a declaration of the facts constituting the urgency, and is passed by a four-fifths vote of the City Council.

(c) Relating to street improvement proceedings.
(d) Relating to taxes for the usual and current expenses of the city.
(e) Covered by particular provisions of law prescribing the manner of its passage and adoption.

SECTION 508. CODIFICATION OR COMPILATION IN BOOK FORM. ¶

The Council shall either cause to have the ordinances of the City of Eureka codified in accordance with the provisions of state law for codification of city ordinances and provide for keeping such city code current and updated, or it shall, every three (3) years, cause all the ordinances of the City of Eureka to be reviewed, compiled and published in book form.