SECTION 14. WHEN ORDINANCES GO INTO EFFECT.

   No ordinance passed by the Council, unless it be an emergency measure or a measure excepted in Section 19 of this Article, shall go into effect until thirty (30) days after its final passage by the Council.

(Amended November 5, 1996)

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)

SECTION 16. PROCEDURE.

   When such a petition is filed with the Clerk of the Council, the Clerk shall determine the sufficiency in valid signatures. If the petition be found sufficient, or be rendered sufficient by amendment, the Clerk shall certify that fact to the Council, which shall proceed to reconsider the ordinance. If upon such reconsideration the ordinance be not entirely repealed, the Council shall, at its next regular meeting, provide for submitting it to a vote of the electors.

SECTION 17. MAJORITY VOTE ON REFERENDUM.

   If, when submitted to a vote of the electors, any such ordinance be not approved by a majority of those voting thereon, it shall be deemed repealed.

SECTION 18. FORM OF PETITIONS.

   Referendum petitions shall be subject in all respects to the requirements for petitions submitting proposed ordinances to Council.

SECTION 19. ENACTMENTS NOT SUBJECT TO REFERENDUM.

   The following ordinances and resolutions of the Council shall not be subject to referendum, to-wit:

   (a)   General appropriation ordinances.

   (b)   Ordinances appropriating money for improvements or expenditures of any kind when the money so appropriated has been obtained or authorized to be obtained by bond issues; provided that all ordinances authorizing bond issues shall be subject to a referendum, except bond issues in anticipation of the collection of special assessments.

   (c)   Ordinances appropriating money for the discharge of lawful obligations of the City or authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes for the discharge of such obligations.

   (d)   Ordinances authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes in anticipation of the collection of special assessments.

   (e)   Ordinances authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes for street intersection improvements.

   (f)   Ordinances providing for the payment of the regular daily expenses of any department of the City.

SECTION 20. CONFLICT OF PROVISIONS.

   If the provisions of two or more ordinances adopted or approved at the same election conflict, the provisions of the ordinance receiving the highest affirmative vote shall prevail.