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 Akron
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER OF THE CITY OF AKRON, OHIO
 THE COUNCIL

  § 34. PROCEDURE OF COUNCIL.  

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  • The Council shall act only by ordinance or resolution. The affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the Council shall be necessary to adopt any ordinance or resolution. The vote upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions shall be taken by "Yeas" and "Nays" and entered into the record. Each proposed ordinance or resolution shall be introduced in written or printed form and shall not contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly stated in the title; except that general appropriation ordinances may contain the various subjects and accounts for which moneys are to be appropriated and a consent agenda consisting of any number of ordinances or resolutions may be voted upon, provided that any Councilmember or the Mayor may remove an item therefrom. The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the Council shall be: "BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AKRON." The enacting clause of all ordinances submitted by initiative shall be: "BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF AKRON." No ordinance, unless it be declared an emergency measure, shall be passed until it has been read on three (3) separate days or the requirement of reading on three (3) separate days has been dispensed with by a vote of two-thirds of the members of Council.

    When considering an ordinance or resolution changing the use area, and/or height classification of any zoning district, or any building line, or granting a conditional use in any zoning district, Council shall not act until it has held a public hearing on such legislation. Council shall give public notice not less than fifteen (15) days before the date of the required hearing. The Clerk shall provide notice of such public hearing by first class mail to owners and residents of property within, contiguous to, and directly across the street from property involved in the ordinance, and by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.

(Amendment adopted by electorate 11-4-80; Amendment adopted by electorate 11-6-90)