§ 5.2. Referendum

A)

The registered electors of the Town may require an adopted ordinance to be referred to them at an election in accordance with the referendum power reserved by Article V, Section 1(9) of the State Constitution. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, the ordinance shall be referred in compliance with Title 31, Article 11, C.R.S., which establishes procedures for a municipal referendum.

B)

The referendum power shall not apply to an emergency ordinance. However, this prohibition shall not prevent the use of the initiative power under Section 5.1 to repeal or amend an emergency ordinance.

C)

A referendum petition shall be signed by registered electors of the Town equal in number to at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of electors of the Town registered to vote as of the date of the last regular Town election.

D)

A referendum petition shall identify the ordinance or part thereof it proposes to have repealed.

E)

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, who shall be a registered elector of the Town.

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