(1) Permanent Regulations. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all resolutions which impose a penalty, or which concern consumer protection regulation or rate-making regulations, shall be adopted by the commission only after published notice of the proposal and an opportunity for public comment. Such notice shall contain a brief summary of the proposed regulation, identify where copies of the full text of the regulation may be obtained, and specify the date, time and location where the commission will receive pubic comment. The notice shall be published twice: the first publication not less than 10 days and second publication not less than three days before the time of receiving comments. Such notice shall be in a newspaper of general circulation within the community or communities affected by the proposed regulation.

(2) Temporary Regulations. When the commission determines that it lacks adequate regulations to fulfill its duties, that if such regulation is not enacted the commission’s ability to perform its duties will be impaired, and that it is acting in a manner that is not prohibited by the Federal Act or regulations propounded thereunder, it may summarily adopt regulations which shall remain in effect until permanent regulations may be enacted, provided the temporary regulation shall expire upon enactment of the regulation under subsection (1) of this section or six months, whichever first occurs. (Ord. 342 § 4, 1994).