A. Publication of the notice of public hearing of an Ordinance shall be in the County official newspaper and may be published in additional newspapers if required by State law or at the request of a majority of the Council, or the Chair. The publication may, at the discretion of the Clerk of the Council, include a summary of the Ordinance, unless the Council or law specifically designates that the full text of the Ordinance will be published. The notice shall specify the places where copies of the Ordinance are available for inspection, and the date, time, and location of the meeting at which the Ordinance will be considered for final action.

B. Whenever the County is required by law to publish legal notices containing the full text of any proposed or adopted Ordinance in a newspaper, the County may publish a summary of the Ordinance as provided in RCW 65.16.160.

C. A summary of an Ordinance for publication shall include the following:

D. Publication as set forth above shall occur both after the time of introduction and after final adoption by the Council. Final adoption by the Council shall occur no sooner than six calendar days after the first publication following introduction, except as provided in the Charter for emergency ordinances.

E. Notwithstanding subsection B above, whenever any publication is made under this Section and the proposed or adopted Ordinance contains provisions regarding taxation or penalties or contains legal descriptions of real property, the sections containing these provisions shall be published in full. (See RCW 65.16.160(2).)