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ATTY/CHARTER AMENDMENTS/2018/2018 FINAL CHARTER AMENDMENTS REV: 07-18-18 VR Page 8 of 45 republication as corrected. Ordinances shall be published at least once in accordance with procedures established by ordinance of the Council for the publication of ordinances. Except as otherwise provided by general law, or this cCharter, no action providing for the levying of any tax or assessment, or for the granting of any franchise, or for the establishment or change of zoning regulations, or for the imposition of any penalty of fine or imprisonment, shall be taken except by ordinance. Any and all other legislative action, including any appropriation or expenditure of public money, may be accomplished by resolution. No ordinance or portion thereof shall be repealed except by ordinance. No ordinance shall be revised, re-enacted, or amended by reference to its title only; but the ordinance to be revised or re-enacted, or the section or sections thereof to be amended, or the new section or sections to be added thereto, shall be set forth and adopted according to the method provided in this section for the enactment of ordinances, and such revision, re-enactment, amendment or addition, shall be done by ordinance only. All ordinances shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by and filed with the City Clerk; provided, however, the Mayor may sign all ordinances and other legal instruments and documents by facsimile signature. (As amended April 8, 1958, ratified by Legislature April 18, 1958; as amended November 8, 2005, certified by Secretary of State January 24, 2006.) Section 16. WHEN ORDINANCES EFFECTIVE: Except as otherwise provided herein every ordinance and every measure passed by the cCouncil granting any franchise or privilege shall go into effect at the expiration of thirty (30) days after its final passage unless otherwise provided in said ordinance or measure, but ordinances declared by the cCouncil to be necessary as emergency measures for the immediate preservation of public peace, health, or safety, containing a statement of the reasons for their urgency and passed by five-sevenths (5/7ths) vote of the whole cCouncil, ordinances ordering or otherwise relating to elections, and ordinances relating to public improvements, the cost of which is to be borne wholly or in part by special assessments, may go into effect at the will of the cCouncil. Section 17. PLANNING COMMISSION: There shall be a cCity pPlanning cCommission, which shall consist of seven members, who shall be appointed by the Council, to serve for four (4) years each, and thereafter until their respective successors are appointed and qualified, none of whom shall hold any other public office or position in the City. No person shall be appointed to the Planning Commission for more than four full consecutive terms. A partial term to which a person is appointed to fill a vacancy on the Planning Commission shall not be included in computing consecutive terms. The full term during which a member may resign shall be included in the same manner as if no resignation had taken place. If a member is not reappointed after serving one or more terms, such member may be appointed in a later appointment cycle and shall be eligible to serve four consecutive terms from the date of the later appointment. Full terms or partial terms served prior to January