A. Ordinances, resolutions and other matters or subjects requiring action by the Council must be introduced and sponsored by a member of the Council, except that the City Manager or the City Attorney may present the ordinances, resolutions or other matters or subjects to the Council for consideration.

B. With the sole exception of ordinances which take effect upon adoption referred to in this chapter, no ordinance shall be passed by the Council on the day of its introduction or within five days thereafter or at any other time than at a regular or special meeting.

C. In accordance with Section 311 of the Charter of the City, at the time of the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, the text of said ordinance or resolution shall be read in full, unless after the reading of the title thereof, the further reading thereof is waived by the unanimous consent of the Councilmembers present; provided, however, that if in conjunction with the motion introducing ordinances and offering resolutions at the time of adoption, the moving Councilmember includes a motion to waive the text or the reading of the text and to read the heading or title only. Said motion to waive shall be deemed to have received unanimous consent of the Councilmembers present, and the City Clerk shall so record in the minutes of the Council meeting that unanimous consent to the waiver of the reading of the text of an ordinance or resolution was duly obtained. No second shall be required to a motion introducing an ordinance or offering a resolution.

D. A proposed ordinance may be amended between the time of its introduction and the time of its final passage, providing its general scope and original intention are retained. The correction of typographical or clerical errors shall not constitute an amendment within the meaning of this section. (Ord. 1486 § 2, 1973; prior code § 1.233).