SECTION 7.08. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM .

   The powers of initiative and referendum are reserved to the people. 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 manner now or hereafter provided by the general laws of Ohio, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.

   Whoever seeks to propose an ordinance or measure by initiative petition or files a referendum petition against any ordinance or measure adopted by Council, shall, before circulating such petition, file a certified copy of the proposed ordinance or measure with the Clerk of Council.

     As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and exact reproduction of the original proposed ordinance or measure or of the original ordinance or measure.

(Amended 11-6-01; 11-3-20)