(1) Except as this section provides to the contrary, every ordinance of the Council shall, before being put upon its final passage, be read fully and distinctly in open Council meeting on two different days.

(2) Except as this section provides to the contrary, an ordinance may be enacted at a single meeting of the Council by unanimous vote of all Council members present, upon being read first in full and then by title.

(3) Any of the readings may be by title only if:

(a) no Council member present at the meeting requests to have the ordinance read in full;

(b) a copy of the ordinance is available for each Council member, and a copy is available for public inspection in the office of the City Recorder at least two business days before the first reading of the ordinance; and,

(c) notice of the availability of the ordinance is given forthwith upon the filing, by (i) written notice posted at City Hall or (ii) advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.

An ordinance enacted after being read by title alone may have no legal effect if it differs substantially from its terms as it was thus filed prior to such reading, unless each section incorporating such a difference is read fully and distinctly in open Council meeting as finally amended prior to being approved by the Council. (Section 34, as amended by an election held May 18, 1999)