§ 7.9. Council Referrals.

Items on the calendar, which have not been previously referred to Committee, shall be referred to the appropriate Committee by the Mayor within two weeks of appearing on the Council calendar. Items shall be referred to the planning commission where required by the Charter or law. Planning commission items shall be initially referred to the commission and to the appropriate Committee. When returned to Council by the planning commission, the items shall be placed on the Committee agenda with the initial referral. Anon-legislative item may be considered immediately without referral to Committee, and then acted upon only upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members.