Any ordinance, except an ordinance relating to the budget or capital program, the appropriation of money, the levy of taxes, or the salaries of city officers or employees, may be proposed by a petition which shall state at the head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the proposed ordinance. If the council passes the proposed ordinance with amendments and a majority of the sponsoring committee do not disapprove the amended form by a statement filed with the city clerk within 10 days of its passage by the council, the ordinance need not be submitted to the voters. If the council fails to enact the ordinance in an acceptable form within 60 days after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the city. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition, the council shall call a special election on the ordinance to be held within such period. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective 30 days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later effective date.
(Ord. 319, passed 11-10-2003)