The enacting clause of all ordinances shall
be "Be it ordained."
A.
Penalties. For the purposes specified in exercising
the powers of the City Council in enacting ordinances as provided
in this article, the City Council shall have the power to provide
for penalties, including fine and imprisonment for the violation of
any of its ordinances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in addition
thereto, the City Council may also provide for civil penalties and
the city may maintain an action or proceeding in a court of competent
jurisdiction for an injunction or to compel compliance with the requirements
of any ordinance of the city.
B.
Publication procedure, etc. Every ordinance imposing
any penalty or forfeiture for the violation of its provisions shall
take effect three days after publication of a notice as hereinafter
provided or a later date specified in such ordinance. The notice shall
contain the title and a brief description together with a statement
that such ordinance is on record with the City Clerk, which notice
shall be published at least once in the official newspaper of the
City of Glen Cove before it shall become effective. It shall not be
necessary to publish any ordinance to be enforced within the city
except as herein provided.
C.
In case of insurrection, riot, conflagration or other
necessity requiring immediate operation of such ordinance, it shall
take effect as soon as proclamation thereof by the Mayor and after
such proclamation has been posted in five conspicuous places in the
City of Glen Cove.
All local laws and ordinances shall be recorded
in separate books. The Charter, the minutes of the City Council and
any local law or ordinance or part thereof, may be proved by a copy
certified by the City Clerk under the seal of the city, or by a book
or pamphlet authorized by the City Council.
No ordinance or part thereof shall be amended
or repealed except by a subsequent ordinance or local law regularly
adopted.
No franchise or renewal thereof shall be granted,
except upon a public hearing, of which a notice shall be published
once a week in three successive calendar weeks in a newspaper printed
and published in the city. The proposed franchise shall, during said
three weeks, be on file with the City Clerk for public inspection.
Before voting upon a proposed enactment of local
law, the Mayor of the City of Glen Cove shall fix a day for a public
hearing thereon, and shall cause notice of the time and place of such
hearing to be given as hereinafter specified.
Such notice shall be given by the City Clerk
causing the same to be published once in the official newspaper at
least five days prior to the day fixed for such hearing. Such notice
shall contain the title of the proposed local law and shall briefly
refer to the subject matter thereof.
The City Council of the City of Glen Cove will
attend at the time and place appointed for such hearing and shall
afford an opportunity for a public hearing concerning such local law.
The City Council shall meet in Council chambers
on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month except June, July,
August and September when they shall meet on the fourth Tuesday. An
agenda shall be prepared and posted in City Hall five days prior to
each regular meeting. Additional meetings may be held on call by the
Mayor or by four Council members as required for which no agenda need
be posted in advance. Emergency items may be added to the agenda by
either the Mayor or by four Council members, upon signed written notice
delivered at least 24 hours prior to the meeting to each member of
the City Council or by vote of 2/3 of the City Council.
A.
The City Council shall designate annually an official newspaper.
The designation of the official newspaper shall expire on the first
day of January of each year. The City Council may designate any newspaper
having a general circulation in the city as the official newspaper.
[Amended 6-27-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017]
B.
When notices of a hearing or sale, or other notice
is required to be published, and the time is not specified, it shall
be published once a week in three successive calendar weeks; and in
case of a notice of hearing, the day of hearing, unless otherwise
specified, shall be the first business day after the last publication.
Each department head shall keep a record of
the affairs of his or her department, and shall submit quarterly reports
thereof to the City Council, and shall annually, and oftener if required
by the City Council, make a synopsis thereof which the City Council
may order published. Each department head shall make an annual inventory
of the personal property of his or her department, and file the same
with the City Clerk.
All books, records and papers of each department,
officer and employee shall be city property and shall be delivered
by the custodian thereof to his or her successor.
