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(A) The Council shall provide in its rules for the procedure of adopting ordinances, subject to the requirement of this Charter.
(B) Unless declared to be an emergency ordinance as provided in Section 5.3(B), no ordinance shall become operative until twenty days after adoption by the Council, or by the electors of the city in the case of an ordinance adopted through initiatory procedures.
(C) No ordinance which provides for or establishes a tax shall become operative less than thirty days after adoption by the Council or the electors of the city in the case of an ordinance adopted through initiatory procedures.
The Council shall provide for the punishment of violations of the ordinances of the city. Such punishment may be by a fine of not to exceed $500.00, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both, in the discretion of the Court. Imprisonment may be in the city or county jail, or in any workhouse or penal institution of the State which is authorized by law to receive prisoners of the city.
Statutory reference:
Limitation on penalties, see M.C.L.A. § 117.4i(k)
An initiatory or a referendary petition shall be signed by registered electors of the city equal to not less than fifteen percent of the number of registered electors of the city according to the records of the Clerk on the date of the last previous regular city election. No referendum shall be permitted respecting any ordinance required to be passed by the Council by any law, except in the manner provided by such law. Such petition may be the aggregate of two or more petition papers. Each signer of a petition shall sign his name and shall, himself, place thereon after his name, the date and his place of residence by street and number. To each petition paper there shall be attached a sworn affidavit by the circulator thereof, stating that each signature thereon is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be and that it was signed in the presence of the affiant. Such petition shall be filed with the Clerk who shall, within ten days, canvass the signatures thereon to determine the sufficiency thereof. Any signatures obtained more than sixty days before the filing of such petition with the Clerk shall not be counted. If found to contain an insufficient number of signatures of registered electors, or to be improper as to form or compliance with the requirements of this section, the Clerk shall notify, forthwith, the person filing such petition, and ten days from such notification shall be allowed for the filing of supplemental petition papers. When found sufficient and proper, the Clerk shall present the petition to the Council at its next regular meeting.
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