§ 41.9-903. Definitions and Rules of Construction.

 A. Where a public hearing is required by this Charter, or by ordinance, it shall consist of a special meeting held by the Council, or the Mayor, as the case may be, at which there will be only one order of business, and at which the public shall be permitted to speak on the subject specified. For required public hearings, public notice must be given at least seven (7) days prior to the calling of the meeting, by the placement of a legal advertisement in at least one newspaper circulating generally within the municipality.

 B. Public notice of the schedule of regular meetings shall be given once for each calendar year, and shall show the regular dates and times for meetings and the place at which meetings are held. Public notice of each special meeting and of each rescheduled regular or special meeting shall be given as to the date, time, and place of each meeting as herein provided.

 C. Public notice of the schedule of regular meetings shall consist of the placement of a legal advertisement in at least one newspaper circulating generally in the municipality not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time of the first regularly scheduled meeting of each year, and the posting of a copy of said notice prominently in the municipal building.

 D. Public notice of each special meeting and of each re-scheduled regular or special meeting shall be given as to the date, time and place of such meeting by the posting of a copy of such a notice in the municipal building no less than twenty-four (24) hours prior thereto.

 E. Adoption of an ordinance occurs when Council has completed all action necessary prior to submission of the ordinance to the Mayor for his approval or veto.

 F. Enactment of an ordinance occurs when it is adopted by the Council and signed by the Mayor; or it is passed by the Council by an affirmative vote of a majority plus one of the total number of Council over the veto of the Mayor; or the Mayor fails to either veto or sign a measure adopted by Council within the ten-day period provided in §  41.2-212 of this Charter; or Council fails to act within the required period of time on those ordinances proposed by the Mayor, as outlined in this Charter, which shall become law in the absence of action by the Council.

 G. An elector is a person who is legally qualified and eligible to vote, having met the age, residency and registration requirements as set forth by law.

 H. The masculine pronoun shall be construed to include the feminine pronoun. The singular shall be construed to be the plural whenever the context shall require.