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Eugene Charter Chapter VII Ordinances Section 27. Ordaining Clause. The ordaining clause of an ordinance shall read: "The City of Eugene does ordain as follows:" Section 28. Adoption of Ordinances. (1) At any meeting, the city council may direct the city manager to prepare an ordinance, or the city manager may suggest an ordinance, for consideration at a subsequent meeting. At least ten working days prior to the council meeting at which the proposed ordinance is to be considered, notice of the proposed ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and the notice and text of the ordinance shall be posted on the city’s web site. The notice shall include the title of the proposed ordinance and the date, time and place of the council meeting and shall state that copies of the ordinance are posted on the web site and available at the city manager’s office. (2) There shall be a public hearing on an ordinance prior to its adoption. (3) Except as provided in this subsection, an ordinance shall not be adopted unless it has been considered by the council during at least two meetings. With the unanimous consent of the council, the council may consider and enact an ordinance at a single meeting if the council does not amend the ordinance in a manner that modifies its substantive effect. Nothing in this section requires the council to consider an ordinance at more than two meetings prior to its adoption. (4) In case of an emergency, the ordinance shall state in a separate section the description of the emergency and a finding as to why the emergency cannot be adequately addressed by the established process in section 28(1). With the unanimous consent of the councilors present, the council may adopt an ordinance to address the emergency with such abbreviated notice of the ordinance and council meeting as the council finds to be practicable under the circumstances. Section 29. Attestation and Approval. Upon the adoption of an ordinance it shall be submitted to the mayor. If the mayor approves the ordinance, the mayor shall endorse the approval thereon with the date of the approval and sign the ordinance officially. Section 30. Veto. If not approving an ordinance so submitted, the mayor shall, within ten days after receiving it, return it to the manager, with the reasons for not approving it. If not so returned in ten days, the ordinance shall have legal effect as if so approved. Section 31. Overriding of Veto. At the first meeting of the council after the mayor returns an ordinance not so approved, the city manager shall present the ordinance to the council with the objections of the mayor. The ordinance shall then be put upon adoption again, and if two-thirds of all members of the council vote in favor of the ordinance, it takes effect in -9- 11/28/2005