2.75.050 Rules – Filing – Formatting – Required information.
(1) A Department that adopts rules shall make available to the public a description of the Department’s rule adoption procedures. The description shall include information on how to inquire about the Department’s proposed and adopted rules and public comment opportunities.
(2) A Department shall file proposed and adopted rules with the City Clerk’s Office for archives and records management functions. The City Clerk’s Office shall maintain a master list and create an index of the rules, in electronic format, for inspection review and copying by the public.
(a) The index shall include a list of public rules with reference to the rule number and the Department that adopted the rule. The list shall be searchable by either subject or key words, or both.
(b) The City Clerk’s Office shall provide a copy, in writing or by electronic format, of the adopted rules to the City’s web site.
(3) Rules adopted by a Department shall at a minimum comply with the following:
(a) Rules shall be reproduced on eight-and-one-half-inch by eleven-inch white paper;
(b) Each page of a rule shall contain the name of the Department adopting the rule, the subject or title of the rule, and date the rule was adopted, the effective date of the rule and the page number and total number of pages of the rule;
(c) The text of the rule shall refer to the ordinance or other law upon which the rule based; and
(d) If amending or repealing an existing rule, the text of the rule shall cite the existing rule.
(4) An amendment to a rule shall follow the same format as used in preparing the initial rule. The Clerk’s Office shall ensure that amended rules are reflected in the index prepared under subsection (1) of this section. (Ord. 40-02 § 4 (15.10.014))