(A) The chief petitioners may withdraw a verified petition at any time before Council action to adopt the proposed legislation or submit it to the electors. Any withdrawal must be either by written or oral declaration made at a Council meeting and entered in the minutes of that meeting.
(B) Unless a petition is withdrawn, after receiving a certification from the Recorder that a petition has sufficient signatures to require the proposed city legislation to be submitted to the electors under § 33.53(F) of this chapter, the Council may either adopt the proposed legislation by ordinance, or call an election to submit the legislation to the electors. The Council may also call an election to submit matters to the electors upon referral under § 33.54 of this chapter.
(C) The Council may call the election on the next election date available under state law that is not sooner than the 90th day after the date of the Recorder’s certificate of sufficient signatures and must call the election no later than the next regular election. For a Council referral, the election on the measure may be held on the next election date available under state law.
(Prior Code, § 1.30.190) (Ord. 358, passed 2-20-2007; Ord. 372, passed 8-4-2008; Ord. 389, passed 4-19-2010)