City Code Section
- A. Temporary rules.
- 1. External Administrative Rules. The City Administrator may adopt a temporary external administrative rule or suspend all or part of an existing external administrative rule without notice or opportunity to comment if needed to implement the provisions of any new or amended ordinance upon the ordinance's effective date.
- 2. Internal Administrative Rules. The City Administrator may adopt a temporary internal administrative rule that creates new requirements or that modifies or suspends all or part of an existing internal administrative rule without notice or opportunity to comment when an administrative rule must be established sooner than the requirements for permanent rules allow.
- B. Emergency administrative rules. The City Administrator may adopt, amend, or suspend all or part of any administrative rule without prior notice or opportunity to comment, or upon abbreviated notice and opportunity to comment, if the City Administrator determines it is necessary to avoid serious harm to the public interest. The City Administrator’s determination will be in writing and state the specific reasons for the emergency administrative rule.
- C. Effective period. The adoption, amendment, or suspension of an administrative rule by the City Administrator under Subsections A. or B. of this Section will be effective for no more than 180 calendar days. The City Administrator’s adoption of a rule under this Section does not preclude the City Administrator from subsequently adopting an identical permanent administrative rule.