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Except for emergency ordinances, ordinances making general codification of existing ordinances, and ordinances adopting standard codes, the following procedure for enactment of ordinances shall be followed:

(a) The Ordinance shall be introduced and considered for adoption at a regular meeting of the Town Council and shall either be available in written form for the Town Council to review or shall be read in full. (Amended April 1, 2014)

(b) The Town Council may amend, adopt, defeat or continue action on the ordinance.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the adoption of any ordinance shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Town Council present and voting but in no event less than three (3) members of the Town Council.

(d) The ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days following publication of the notice as provided for in this Charter, except for emergency ordinances which shall take effect immediately upon adoption. (Amended April 1, 2014)

(e) All ordinances shall be appropriately numbered and preserved in the official records of the Town. The adoption of the ordinance shall be authenticated by the signature of the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem, the attestation of the Town Clerk, and placing the Town Seal on the ordinance.

(f) After final passage, the ordinance shall be posted to the Town website along with a notice containing a summary of the subject matter of the ordinance and identifying the location where the ordinance is available for public inspection.

(g) The Council may adopt other requirements as they deem necessary or appropriate, as long as those requirements do not conflict with the provisions of this Section 1-8. (Amended November 6, 2018; Amended January 17, 2019)