All ordinances, except those passed as an emergency measure or providing for appropriations for the current expenses in the City or for street improvements petitioned for by the owners of the majority of the front footage of the property benefited to be assessed for improvement, shall be subject to referendum as provided by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Ohio and this Charter. Resolutions are not subject to referendum. The manner in which referendum petitions are presented shall be as are now or hereafter provided by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Ohio and this Charter, however, all referendum petitions shall be filed directly with the Montgomery County Board of Elections within thirty (30) days after any ordinance is passed by Council. The Montgomery County Board of Elections shall submit the ordinance to the electors, for their approval or rejection, at the next succeeding general or municipal election, occurring subsequent to seventy-five (75) days after the filing of such petition with the Montgomery County Board of Elections. No ordinance subject to a referendum petition duly filed with the Montgomery County Board of Elections shall go into effect until approved by the majority of those voting upon it. (Amended 11-02-1993; 11-06-2018)