§ 3-21. Creation; composition.

A. 

All ordinances shall be prepared by the Legal Department upon direction of the Council or the Mayor. Prior to introduction, each proposed ordinance requiring or permitting administrative action shall be submitted to the Administrator and the Department Head concerned, each of whom shall submit to the Council an opinion as to the administrative implications of the proposed ordinance or resolution.

B. 

An ordinance or resolution may be introduced by any member of Council. Each ordinance and resolution shall be limited to a single object, which shall be expressed in its title.

C. 

All ordinances shall be introduced, read, heard, and enacted in the manner provided by general law. In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:61-4d, every ordinance adopted by Council shall, within five days after its passage, Sundays excepted, be presented to the Mayor by the City Clerk. The Mayor shall, within 10 days after receiving the ordinance, Sundays excepted, either approve the ordinance by affixing his signature thereto or return it to the Council by delivering it to the Clerk with a statement setting forth his objections thereto or any item or part thereof.

[Amended 12-2-2014 by Ord. No. 1663]