Rules and regulations to be filed with city clerk and published in City Bulletin.
Columbus City Codes § 121.05
in effect121.05 - Rules and regulations to be filed with city clerk and published in City Bulletin.
No rule or regulation, except a temporary rule or regulation, adopted by any board, commission, director, department, division, or other officer or agency of this city shall be effective until the tenth day after it is promulgated by publishing the same in the City Bulletin. Each board, commission, director, department, division, or other officer or agency of this city adopting any rule or regulation shall immediately upon such adoption file a copy thereof with the city clerk. The city agency shall cause any rule or regulation so filed with the city clerk to be published in the City Bulletin within twenty (20) days after it is so filed.
All rules and regulations heretofore adopted by any board, commission, director, department, division, or other office or agency of the city shall remain in full force and effect until January 1, 1960, at which time all such rules and regulations shall become void and of no effect unless promulgated pursuant to this section.
A temporary rule or regulation may be adopted by any such board, commission, director, department, division, or other officer or agency to become effective immediately upon the filing of a copy thereof with the city clerk provided the mayor has certified thereon that such rule or regulation is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare. Such temporary rule or regulation shall remain in effect for a period of thirty (30) days after it is filed with the city clerk at which time it shall cease and terminate unless in the interim it has been published in the City Bulletin in which event such rule or regulation shall remain in effect until amended or repealed.
No rule or regulation shall be amended or repealed except by a new rule or regulation promulgated as provided in this section. A rule or regulation amending an existing rule or regulation shall contain the entire rule or regulation as amended and shall repeal the existing rule or regulation.
This section shall not apply to any orders respecting the duties of employees, or to any finding or any determination of a question of law or fact in a matter presented to any such board, commission, director, division, or other officer or agency.
(Ord. 617-59; Ord. No. 2019-2021, § 1, 7-26-2021)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT1ADCO_CH121ADOFGE_121.05RUREBEFICLPUBUFetched: 10/27/2026