In addition to or in conjunction with any other ordinance necessary to make or pay for any public improvement, City Council shall pass an “Ordinance Determining to Proceed” with each public improvement which shall be the only ordinance that is subject to the filing of a referendum petition on said public improvement.
For purposes of this section, “public improvement” means the construction or reconstruction of any public street, highway, road, alley, bikeway, sidewalk, waterline, watercourse, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, parking lot, street lighting, fence, building, structure, or other public facility.
There shall be no right of referendum on any ordinance related to any public improvement requested by a petition of property owners as authorized by the laws of the State; or on any public improvement which is immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety or welfare and is authorized by the passage of an emergency ordinance pursuant to Section 2.17 of the Charter.
(Adopted November 5, 1996.)
(Adopted November 5, 1996.)