SECTION 15. RIGHT TO REFERENDUM.
   If at any time within said thirty (30) days a petition signed by qualified electors of the City equal in number to at least fifteen (15) percent of the total number of votes cast at the last preceding general Municipal election be filed with the Clerk of the Council requesting that any such ordinance be referred to a vote of the electors, it shall not become operative until the steps indicated herein have been taken.
(Amended November 5, 1996)