Every emergency ordinance must contain a finding by the Council that an emergency exists and a statement of the facts upon which the finding is based. The ordinance may be adopted, amended and adopted, or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced. The affirmative vote of all members present, or the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the total membership, whichever is less is required for adoption. The Council must print and make available copies of adopted emergency ordinances. An emergency ordinance may not be used to levy taxes, to grant, renew or extend a franchise, or to regulate the rate charged by a public utility for its services.
Emergency ordinances are effective for sixty days.
The Council may in a single ordinance adopt or amend by reference provisions of a standard published code of regulations. The regular ordinance procedure applies except that neither the ordinance nor its amendments need be distributed to the public or read in full at the hearings. For a period of fifteen days before adoption at least five copies of the Code must be made available for public inspection at a time and place set out in the hearing notice Only the adopting ordinance need be printed after adoption. The Council shall provide for the adopted Code to be sold to the public at no more than cost. Subject to general policies which may be promulgated by the Council for the preparation and publication of periodic cumulative supplements to the Homer City Code, the City Clerk, subject to review by the City Attorney, shall provide for the inclusion in the City Code of all ordinances of a general and permanent nature.