[CC 1984 §2-14; Rev. M.C. 1963 §3.29; Ord. No. 3140 §2-14; Ord. No. 4218 §1, 7-5-1988; Ord. No. 5009 §1, 2-5-2007]
A. United
States standard time for the zone in which the City is located shall
be the official time of the City, but if that time is not later than
the mean astronomical time of the ninetieth degree (90°) of longitude
west from Greenwich, the official time for the City shall be advanced
one (1) hour from 2:00 A.M. on the second (2nd) Sunday in March until
2:00 A.M. on the first (1st) Sunday in November in each year.
B. When
reference is made to any time without qualification in any ordinance,
resolution or order heretofore passed or which may be passed hereafter
by the Council or in any official notice, advertisement or document
of the City or in any contract to which the City is a party, it shall
be understood to refer to the official time of the City. When the
words "daylight-saving time" are used, the reference shall be to the
advanced time herein prescribed as the official time from the last
Sunday in April until the last Sunday in October.
C. In
all ordinances, resolutions or orders of the Council and in all official
notices, advertisements or documents of the City and in all contracts
to which the City is a party relating to the time of performance of
any act by any officer or department of the City or relating to the
time within which any rights shall accrue or determine or within which
any act shall or shall not be performed by any person, it shall be
understood that the time shall be the official time of the City.
D. All
clocks or other timepieces in or upon public buildings or other premises
maintained at the expense of the City shall be set and run according
to the official time as provided herein. The officer or other person
having control and charge of such buildings and premises shall see
that such clocks or other timepieces are set and run in accordance
with official time.