When the petition shall be found by the city clerk to be sufficient, the city clerk shall submit the same, with the certificate of sufficiency, to the mayor and council. 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the mayor and council to reconsider such ordinance; and if the same, or item, section or part thereof protested be not repealed, the mayor and council shall submit the ordinance or item, section or part thereof protested to the electors of the city, either at the next ensuing city 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.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)