12-3001.   Consideration at public meeting, when; final passage;emergency measures.All ordinances of a city shall be considered at a public meeting of thegoverning body except as otherwise herein provided or where a statuteprovides a different procedure for an ordinance for a specific purpose:Provided, That in commission cities of the first class no ordinanceother than one providing for the appropriation of funds, shall be passedfinally on the day it is introduced, except in the case of publicemergencies, and then only when requested by the mayor in writing, but noordinance granting a franchise or special privilege shall ever be passed asan emergency measure.

      History:   L. 1959, ch. 64, § 1; June 30.