A. 
The provisions of Article 2 (Enactment) of Chapter 2 (Ordinances), Part 2 (Legislative Body), Division 3 (Officers), Title 4 (Government of Cities), of the California Government Code shall not apply to the City of Desert Hot Springs except as follows: Sections 36936.1 (relating to the fixing of tax rates) and 36937 (relating to the effective date of ordinances) shall continue to apply as currently enacted or as they may be amended from time to time.
B. 
The enacting clause of ordinances shall be: “The City Council of the City of Desert Hot Springs does ordain as follows”:
C. 
Adoption of resolutions and ordinances and orders for the payment of money require a majority vote of a quorum of the City Council.
D. 
Ordinances receiving a four-fifths vote of the full City Council at introduction shall be immediately passed and adopted without further City Council action. Otherwise, ordinances shall not be passed within two days of their introduction. Ordinances may be passed at any regular or special meeting of the City Council.
E. 
Within 15 days of passage, the City Clerk shall cause the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance prepared by the City Clerk or a Deputy City Clerk and the names of those City Councilmembers voting for and against the ordinance to be posted in the three public places referred to in Section 2.64.010.
F. 
Insofar as they may be applicable, the provisions of this section shall also apply to and are incorporated into the bylaws of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Desert Hot Springs pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33204, and the subordinate commissions, boards, committees, and advisory bodies of the City of Desert Hot Springs.
(Prior code § 11.01; Ord. 513 § 1, 2009)