§ 22. Emergency measures.  


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  • All ordinances and resolutions shall be in effect from and after thirty days from the date of their passage by the council except as otherwise provided in this charter. The council may, by a vote of six of its members, pass emergency measures to take effect at the time indicated therein. An emergency measure is an ordinance or resolution for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health or safety, or providing for an emergency in the usual daily operation of a municipal department, in which the emergency is set forth and defined in a preamble thereto.

Editor's note

This section has been amended by Ord. No. 0650-2018 , adopted March 3, 2018. The changes of said ordinance do not go into effect until January 1, 2024.