Pacific Grove Municipal Code Art. 15 Ordinances

(a) The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the Council shall read as follows: "The Council of the City of Pacific Grove does ordain as follows:" The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the vote of the electors of the City through the exercise of the initiative or referendum shall be: "The people of the City of Pacific Grove do ordain as follows:"

(b) The affirmative vote of four members of the Council shall be necessary to adopt any ordinances, resolutions or claims against the City, which vote shall be taken by ayes and noes and entered upon the record, and upon the request of any member of the Council the ayes and noes shall be taken and recorded upon any vote.

(c) No ordinance shall be passed by the Council on the day of its introduction nor within five days thereafter, nor at any time other than at a regular meeting, nor until its publication at least once in the official newspaper at least three days before its adoption. Provided, that the publication of ordinances as required herein may be satisfied by publication of a summary of a proposed ordinance, if at the time the ordinance is introduced the Council directs a summary to be published. Any summary so published shall be approved by the City Attorney. A copy of the full text of proposed ordinances for which summaries are published shall be on file in the office of the City Clerk and available to the public on and after the first business day following introduction.

(d) Notwithstanding the five day waiting period required in (c), immediately hereinabove, any ordinance declared by the Council to be necessary as an emergency measure for preserving the public peace, health, safety or public welfare, and containing the reasons for its urgency, may be introduced and if passed by a vote of no fewer than five members of the Council shall become effective immediately.

(e) A proposed ordinance may be amended or modified between the time of its introduction and the time of its final passage, provided its general scope and original purpose are retained.

(f) No ordinance or portion thereof shall be repealed, revised or amended except by ordinance, and all ordinances shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk.

(g) Except as provided by General Law, or by this Charter, no action providing for the approval or amendment of the annual fiscal year budget, or for the acquisition, sale, lease, encumbrancing or disposition of real property of the City, or any interest therein, or for the levying of any tax or assessment, or for the granting of any franchise, or for the establishment or changing of zoning regulations, or for the imposing of any penalty, shall be taken except by ordinance.

(h) All ordinances subject to the right of referendum shall become effective 30 days following final passage. All other ordinances shall be effective immediately upon final passage. The provisions of this subarticle shall not affect the ability of the Council to adopt emergency measures pursuant to subarticle (d) of this Article.

(Amended in the November 8, 1988, general election; Amended in the June 5, 1984, general election).