(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, the power of referendum on any ordinance or other measure passed by the Council amending the City’s zoning code or changing the zoning for any property in the City may be exercised in the manner provided by the laws of the State of Ohio except that the petition may be filed upon passage of any ordinance or other measure by Council and within sixty (60) days following publication in order to afford an opportunity during the period for the filing of referendum petitions thereon.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, no ordinance or other measure passed by the Council amending the City’s zoning code or changing zoning for any property in the City shall go into effect until sixty (60) days following publication in order to afford an opportunity during that period for the filing of referendum petitions thereon; nor shall any such ordinance or measure be passed on an emergency basis.
(Enacted November 3, 2015)