2012-54 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 6 - CITY COUNCIL

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Chapter 06 7. DISTURBING MEETING. It shall be unlawful to disturb or interrupt any regular or special meeting of the Council. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and may be summarily ejected from the Council Room and the premises where it is situated. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2011-66, October 31, 2011) 8. QUORUM. Four(4) members of the Council shall constitute a quorum. 9. VOTING. The affirmative vote of four (4) members of the Council is required to adopt a resolution or to pass an ordinance unless a greater number is otherwise required by an applicable ordinance. The affirmative vote of five (5) members of the Council is required to adopt a resolution or pass an ordinance which: (a) Makes an emergency appropriation; (b) Grants a zoning variance not approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals; (c) Amends the Zoning Ordinance or a zoning district where there is on file a protest conforming with the applicable provisions of the Municipal Code; (d) Authorizes a contract pertaining to a public improvement involving an outlay of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) or more without bidding; or, (e) Reverses a decision of the Electrical Commission which revoked or suspended a license. (Amended, Ordinance No. 93-01, January 4, 1993); (Amended, Ordinance No. 2012-54) 10. MAYOR PRO TEM. That, in addition to the authority and duty to preside at meetings of the Council in the absence of the Mayor therefrom, if a temporary absence or disability of the Mayor incapacitates him from the performance of his duties but does not create a