Chapter 1.20
ORDINANCES

Sections:

1.20.010    Reading at council meetings prior to passage.

1.20.010 Reading at council meetings prior to passage.

(1) All ordinances shall be read by title once at two consecutive city council meetings prior to passage. The title of all ordinances shall include a comprehensive summary and, if possible, a statement of legislative intent.

(2) The first reading shall be by title only.

(3) The second reading shall include a reading of the title and shall be subject to such hearings as are required by the city council or provided by the ordinances of the city of Westport or laws of the state of Washington.

(4) No ordinance shall be revived or amended by its title only, but any ordinance revived or any ordinance amended shall be inserted at length in the ordinance reviving or amending the same.

(5) Copies of the ordinance shall be available to the council and to the public at the time of the first reading.

(6) The council may change or suspend any of the above rules by a majority vote of those present, if the ordinance is of an emergency nature. (Ord. 728, 1983)