No ordinance passed by the mayor and council shall go into effect before thirty (30) days from the time of its final passage, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
If, during the said thirty (30) days, a petition by qualified electors of the city, equal in number to at least ten (10) percent of the entire vote cast for all candidates for mayor at the last preceding general municipal election at which a mayor was elected, protesting against the passage of such ordinance, or any item, section, or part thereof, be presented to the mayor and council, such ordinance or item, section, or part thereof protested, shall be suspended from going into operation, and it shall be the duty of the mayor and council to reconsider such ordinance, and if the same, or item, section or part thereof protested be not repealed, the mayor and council shall submit the ordinance or item, section or part thereof protested, as is provided in chapter XXI of this Charter, to the electors of the city, either at the next general election or at a special election to be called for that purpose; and such protested ordinance or protested item, section or part thereof shall not go into effect or become operative unless a majority of the qualified electors, voting on the same, shall vote in favor thereof, and until the proclamation of the mayor is made, as provided in section 6, chapter XIX, of this Charter.
The provisions of chapter XXI of this Charter, respecting the form, filing, certification, rejection and action on recall petitions, shall apply to petitions of the kind referred to in this chapter, with such modification as the nature of the case may require; but nothing in said chapter XXI shall be construed to extend the time for completing and filing a good and sufficient petition for referendum beyond the said period of thirty (30) days.
Cross References: Effective date of ordinances and exceptions for emergency measures, ch. IX, §§ 8, 10.