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An ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the County government and its existing institutions, may be passed by a two-thirds vote of the Council, which shall be effective immediately when approved by the Executive. No emergency ordinances may levy taxes, grant, renew, or extend a franchise, regulate the rate charged by any utility, or authorize the borrowing of money for more than 120 days. An emergency ordinance shall be introduced and passed in the manner prescribed for ordinances generally, except that the emergency and the facts creating it shall be stated in a separate section of the emergency ordinance. (Originally Adopted November 4, 1980)