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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the City is filed with the Clerk of the Council requesting that any such ordinance, or any specified part thereof, be repealed or submitted to a vote of the electors, it shall not become operative with respect to any actions or obligations not yet undertaken under the ordinance, until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)
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 If upon such reconsideration the ordinance is not entirely repealed, the Council shall provide for submitting it to a vote of the electors, and in so doing the Council shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 55 and 64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)
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.
(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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