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Lima, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF LIMA, OHIO
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LIMA, OHIO
CORPORATE POWERS, RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
THE COUNCIL
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
THE EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS GENERALLY - THE MAYOR
DEPARTMENT OF LAW
AUDITING DEPARTMENT
MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
CIVIL SERVICE
SOCIAL SERVICE
PAYMENTS - REPORTS
GRANTS AND FRANCHISES
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
AMENDMENTS
WHEN CHARTER TAKES EFFECT
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART EIGHTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
PART TWENTY - NUISANCE ABATEMENT
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SECTION 57.   THE REFERENDUM GENERALLY - WHEN OPERATIVE; PREPARATION AND FILING PETITION
   If at any time within twenty (20) days after passage of an ordinance which was not passed by at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority of members elected to Council, a petition signed by electors equal in number to at least ten percent (10%) of the total vote cast at the last preceding regular municipal election of the City is filed with the Clerk of the Council requesting that any such ordinance, or any specified part thereof, be repealed or submitted to a vote of the electors, it shall not become operative with respect to any actions or obligations not yet undertaken under the ordinance, until the steps indicated herein have been taken. The petition shall be prepared and filed in the manner and form prescribed in the foregoing sections of this Charter for an initiative petition for an ordinance. An ordinance passed by at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority of members elected to Council shall not be subject to referendum. (Amended 11-7-44; 5-7-13)
SECTION 58.   SAME - SUFFICIENCY OF PETITION; VERIFICATION OF SUFFICIENCY OF PETITION; RECONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE BY COUNCIL; SUBMISSION TO VOTERS IN CASE OF FAILURE TO REPEAL
   When such a petition is filed with the Clerk of the Council, the Clerk shall determine the sufficiency thereof in the manner provided in this Charter for an initiative petition for an ordinance. If the petition is found sufficient, the Clerk shall certify that fact to the Council, which shall proceed to reconsider the ordinance. If upon such reconsideration the ordinance is not entirely repealed, the Council shall provide for submitting it to a vote of the electors, and in so doing the Council shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 55 and 64 hereof respecting the time of submission and manner of voting on ordinances proposed to the Council by petition. (Amended 5-7-13)
SECTION 59.   SAME - FORM; NEED NOT CONTAIN TEXT OF ORDINANCE
   Referendum petitions need not contain the text of the ordinances, the repeal of which is sought, but they shall be subject in all other respects to the requirements for petitions submitting proposed ordinances to the Council.
SECTION 60.   SAME - INITIATIVE ORDINANCES SUBJECT TO REFERENDUM
   Ordinances submitted to the Council, by initiative petition and passed by the Council without change, or passed in an amended form and not required to be submitted to a vote of the electors by the committee of the petitioners, shall be subject to the referendum in the same manner as other ordinances.
SECTION 61.   PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO BOTH INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM - CONFLICTING ORDINANCES
   If the provisions of two or more ordinances adopted or approved at the same election conflict, the ordinance receiving the highest affirmative vote shall prevail and the others shall be of no effect.
SECTION 62.   SAME - REFERENDUM AND EMERGENCY MEASURES
   EDITOR'S NOTE: The provisions of this section were repealed by the electors on May 7, 2013.
SECTION 63.   SAME - PRELIMINARY ACTION
   (A)   In case a petition is filed requiring that a measure passed by the Council providing for an expenditure of money, a bond issue, or a public improvement be submitted to vote of the electors, all steps preliminary to such actual expenditure, actual issuance of bonds, or actual execution of a contract for such improvement, may be taken prior to the election.
   (B)   If, when submitted to a vote of the electors, an ordinance is not approved by a majority of those voting thereon, it shall be considered repealed as regards any further action thereunder; but such measure so repealed shall be deemed sufficient authority for payment, in accordance with the ordinance, of any expense incurred previous to the referendum vote thereon. (Amended 5-7-13)
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