Sec. 4. Mayor and council to either adopt ordinance or call election.

If the petition accompanying the proposed ordinance be signed by electors equal in number to fifteen (15) percent of the entire vote cast for all candidates for mayor at the last preceding general municipal election at which a mayor was elected, and contains a request that said ordinance be forthwith submitted to the vote of the people at the special election, then the mayor and council shall either:

   (a)   Pass said ordinance, without alteration, within twenty (20) days after the attachment of the clerk's certificate to the sufficiency of the accompanying petition, (subject to a referendary vote, under the provisions of chapter XX of this Charter); or

   (b)   Within twenty-five (25) days after the clerk shall have attached to the petition accompanying such ordinance his certificate of sufficiency, the mayor and council shall proceed to call a special election, at which said ordinance without alteration shall be submitted to the vote of the people.

Sec. 5. Printing and publication of propositions required to be submitted to voters.

Whenever any ordinance or proposition is required by this Charter to be submitted to the voters of the city at any election, the mayor and council shall order such ordinance or proposition to be printed in the official newspaper of the city, and published in like manner as ordinances adopted by the mayor and council are required to be published.

   Cross References: Publication of ordinances, ch. IX, § 8.

Sec. 6. Form of ballots; proclamation of results of election.

The ballots used in voting upon such proposed ordinance, shall contain a complete copy of such proposed ordinance, together with the words "yes" or "no," in such manner that the electors may express at the polls their approval or disapproval of the measure, substantially as follows:

(Insert the ordinance or other questions to be voted upon:

(________) Yes (________) No

If, upon the completion of the canvass of the vote cast, it shall be found in favor of the ordinance, the mayor shall forthwith issue a proclamation, giving the whole number of votes cast for or against the ordinance, and declare such ordinance, as approved by a majority of those voting thereon, to be effective and operative.

Sec. 7. Number of proposed ordinances to be voted on not limited.

Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Sec. 8. Limit on number of special initiative elections.

There shall not be held under this chapter more than one (1) special election in any period of twelve (12) months.