Pending & New Ordinances

An “ordinance” includes any act or regulation of the governing body of a municipality. To be adopted, an ordinance must be described in writing, read at more than one public meeting, and published. An ordinance is introduced on first reading at a public meeting, voted upon by the governing body, and then, if passed on first reading, published in the newspaper. At this meeting, if the ordinance is passed on first reading, a date is fixed for a second public meeting, when the ordinance will be heard on second reading, a public hearing held, and a vote taken for final adoption by the governing body. This second meeting must be a least ten (10) days after the first meeting. After an ordinance has been adopted, a notice indicating its passage is published in the newspaper; and, the ordinance becomes effective after this publication.