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d) Votes on zoning matters. No ordinance or resolution relating to any zoning matter may be finally adopted by the Council at the meeting where it was first considered.4 A zoning item shall proceed to a second reading, regardless of the vote on the first reading, unless Council votes to strike the item from the agenda. e) Votes on all other matters. All other ordinances, resolutions, and motions may be adopted on the date of their introduction. Section XVII. REQUESTS BY CITIZENS TO ADDRESS COUNCIL a) Speakers. All requests from members of the general public to address City Council on a subject on the business agenda or on a non-agenda item shall be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the calling of the meeting to order. Provided, however, prior requests shall not be required as a condition to speak during any public hearing. If City Council considers an official vote on a resolution or an ordinance during Section 1(2) ("New Items by Council Members"), then it shall be treated as a public hearing, and any citizen shall be entitled to speak for up to five minutes prior to the vote, without having to make a prior request to speak. Requests to speak shall be on registration forms prescribed by the City Clerk and shall include the name of the speaker, his or her address, telephone number, the name of the group or organization, if any, on whose behalf he or she is speaking, the number of the agenda item to which the citizen will speak and whether the speaker supports or opposes the agenda item. For non-agenda items, the request shall also identify the subject matter or topic on which the person will speak. A person may sign up to speak either on one or more business agenda items or as a non- agenda speaker, but not both. The Clerk shall advise citizens of this restriction and enforce it, as needed. Each speaker shall have a maximum speaking time of five minutes for each occasion on which · he or she speaks. A person may not relinquish or transfer his speaking time to another person. . When two or more speakers desire to address the same subject, they shall be permitted to speak in the order in which the requests were submitted on the date of the meeting. b) Addressing Council. Any person addressing the Council shall conform to this section, and for any failure to so conform, he or she shall be declared out of order by the Presiding Officer and shall forthwith yield the floor. Section XVIII. PRESENT A TION OF DOCUMENTS BY CITIZENS All documents, exhibits or other matters relative to the business before the City Council shall be submitted to the Sergeant at Arms' Table. Section XIX. APPOINTMENTS BY THE COUNCIL All appointments by the Council shall be by recorded vote, as per Section XIV(b). To be appointed, the nominee must receive a majority vote of those present. 4This requirement is imposed independently of these Rules, by Portsmouth City Code ~2-29. Thus, it applies even if the rules are suspended. -6-