§ 5.1. Initiative

A)

The registered electors of the Town may initiate a proposed ordinance in accordance with the initiative power reserved by Article V, Section 1(9) of the State Constitution. Any initiated measure shall be in the form of an ordinance. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the ordinance shall be initiated pursuant to Title 31, Article 11, C.R.S., which establishes procedures for a municipal initiative.

B)

When an initiative petition is presented to the Town Clerk for approval as to form, the Town Clerk shall reject the form and disapprove its circulation if, in addition to any other applicable grounds, the proposed ordinance contains more than one (1) subject. The Town Clerk shall determine that the ordinance contains more than one (1) subject if the matters addressed in the ordinance are not necessarily or properly connected, or are disconnected or incongruous.

C)

An initiative petition shall be signed by registered electors of the Town equal in number to at least fifteen percent (15%) of the total number of electors of the Town registered to vote as of the date of the last regular Town election.

D)

All signatures for an initiative petition must be obtained within the ninety (90) day period immediately prior to submittal of the signed initiative petition to the Town Clerk. Any such petition shall be addressed to the Council and may be the aggregate of two or more petition papers identical as to content and simultaneously filed by the Petitioner.

(Charter 2003; Subsections A and D amended by Ordinance No. 2012-767, adopted February 7, 2012 and passed at election April 3, 2012.)