SECTION 2. REFERENDUM.

   Within thirty (30) days after the enactment by Council, of any ordinance or resolution which is subject to a referendum under the laws of the State of Ohio, unless modified by this Charter, a petition signed in ink by qualified electors equal in number to no less than ten percent (10%) of the total votes cast at the last regular municipal election, may be filed with the Council, by filing the same with the Clerk of Council, requesting the ordinance or resolution be repealed, or submitted to a vote of the electors. Within ten (10) days after said petition is filed, the Clerk of Council shall determine the sufficiency of the petition, and if found sufficient, shall certify the same to the Council. Thereafter, the Council shall, within thirty (30) days after the certification of such petition by the Clerk of Council, reconsider such ordinance or resolution. If Council fails to repeal said ordinance or resolution within such thirty (30) days the Council shall provide for submitting it to a vote of the electors at the next general or regularly scheduled primary or special municipal election occurring more than seventy-five (75) days after the certification of such petition by the Clerk; but if such petition is signed by qualified electors equal in number to at least twenty percent (20%) of the total votes cast at the last regular municipal election, the date of the election may be fixed therein, which may be a special election to be held at any time more than seventy-five (75) days after the certification of such petition by the Clerk and within seven (7) months after such certification. If the Clerk of Council shall find any such petition insufficient, the Clerk of Council shall, within ten (10) days after the filing thereof, certify the particulars in which the petition is defective, deliver a copy of the Clerk's certificate to the Committee named on such petition, return the entire petition to such Committee, and make a record of such delivery. Such Committee shall be allowed a period of ten (10) days after the date on which such delivery is made to take steps to make such petition sufficient, and may refile the same, as an originally filed petition with the Clerk of Council, within such ten (10) day period. (Amended 11-3-94.)