All legislation and appropriations of money shall be by ordinance, save where there is a special fund for a particular purpose; payments from such fund shall be made on order of the Council.

The subject of every ordinance shall be set out clearly in its title, and no ordinance, except one making appropriations, shall contain more than one subject. Ordinances making appropriations shall be confined to the subject of appropriations.

The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be in the words “The City of Everett does ordain”.

No ordinance or any of its sections or subsections shall be revised or amended unless the new ordinance sets forth the revised ordinance or the amended section or subsection at full length.

Every ordinance, other than emergency ordinances, shall have three (3) public readings, not more than two of which shall be on the same day, and at least six days shall elapse between the introduction and the final passage, except as otherwise provided in this charter. Every ordinance and resolution shall be in writing and a summary read at a Council meeting before a vote is taken on the ordinance or resolution, and upon every such vote the ayes and nays shall be called and recorded.

Every ordinance which passes the Council in order to become valid must be presented to the Mayor; if the Mayor approves it, the Mayor shall sign it and the ordinance shall become valid, but if not, the Mayor shall return it with written objections to the Council and the Council shall cause the objections to be recorded in the meeting minutes and proceed to a reconsideration of the ordinance. If upon reconsideration a majority plus one of the whole membership, voting upon a call of ayes and nays, favor its passage, the ordinance shall become valid notwithstanding the Mayor’s veto. If the Mayor fails for ten (10) days to either approve or veto an ordinance, it shall become valid without the Mayor’s approval. The Mayor’s veto with respect to budget measures shall extend to specific items only, and not to the whole budget.

Ordinances shall be signed by the Mayor or mayor pro tempore, and attested by the Clerk.

A summary of ordinances, unless otherwise provided in this charter, shall be published once in the City official newspaper, within five (5) days after its becoming valid, with complete text to be provided upon request at the City Clerk’s office.

Every ordinance shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, which record shall be attested by the Clerk.

Ordinances passed by a majority plus one of the whole membership of the Council, designated as emergency ordinances in the ordinance, may be made effective upon becoming valid, but such ordinances may not levy taxes, grant, renew, modify or extend a franchise, or authorize the borrowing of money. An ordinance which grants, renews, modifies, or extends a franchise shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its becoming valid unless a later date is fixed in the ordinance, in which event it shall take effect at such later date. All other ordinances enacted by the Council shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the date of their becoming valid unless a later date is fixed in the ordinance, in which event they shall take effect at such later date.

Ordinances adopted by the electors of the City shall take effect at the time fixed in the ordinance, or if no such time is so designated, at the date of ordinance adoption. (Amended 11-5-96)