§ 505. Reconsideration of rejected ordinances and resolutions at request of the Mayor.

(a)

Right to request reconsideration. Any ordinance or resolution rejected by the Council, except an ordinance submitted to the Council under the initiative, or an ordinance designated for an accelerated effective date, or an emergency ordinance, shall be reconsidered upon request of the Mayor. Ordinances and resolutions subject to a request for reconsideration shall be returned to the City Clerk within five calendar days of the Council's rejection for docketing at the next regular meeting of the Council. Pending the vote on the ordinance or resolution subject to reconsideration, the ordinance or resolution shall be deemed neither adopted nor rejected.

(b)

Action by the Council. The Council shall vote on the reconsideration of the ordinance or resolution at the next regular meeting of the Council following docketing of the Mayor's request for reconsideration. The presiding officer shall announce the issue as:

Shall [insert the number of the ordinance or resolution] be enacted upon the request for reconsideration of the Mayor?

(c)

Vote required. As many affirmative votes shall be required for the passage of an ordinance or adoption of a resolution on reconsideration as were required in the case of its original consideration.

(d)

Mayor may not request reconsideration of an ordinance or resolution twice. An ordinance or resolution rejected upon the Mayor's request for reconsideration may not be subject to a second request for reconsideration.

(e)

Approval. Ordinances passed and resolutions adopted on reconsideration at the request of the Mayor shall become effective as provided by law.

(Ord. No. 140060 , § 4, 1-23-14, eff. 5-1-14)