ARTICLE VIII
INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
Section VIII-1. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
   Ordinances and other measures may be proposed by initiative petition and adopted by election, and ordinances and other measures adopted by the Council shall be subject to referendum, to the extent and in the manner now or hereafter provided by the Constitution and the laws of Ohio.
   No ordinance or resolution which lessens the use, height, or area restrictions to which a zoning district is subject under the Zoning Code of the City of Pepper Pike (Codified Ordinances, Part Twelve) or which amends the Zone Map of the City of Pepper Pike shall go into effect unless first submitted to a vote of the electors upon referendum and approved by a majority of the electors voting on such issue. (Amended November 6, 2012)