§ 5.7. Submission of Initiative and Referendum To Electors

A)

If the Council adopts an initiated or referred ordinance, it shall follow the procedures and publication requirements for all other ordinances as provided in Article 3. The proposed ordinance shall be published following first reading in accordance with Section 3.9 at least thirty days prior to the election. In addition to the contents required by Section 3.9, the notice following first reading shall state the date, time and place of the election. If approved, the ordinance shall take effect on the first business day following the election.

B)

In the case of an elector referred or initiated ordinance, if the Council does not enact the ordinance, or if no election at which the proposal may be considered is to be held in the Town for any other purpose within one hundred fifty (150) days from the time the petition is submitted to the Council by the Town Clerk following a determination of sufficiency, then the Council shall, if not otherwise prohibited by the Colorado Constitution, call a special election within ninety (90) days from the date such petition was submitted to the Council.

C)

The result of all elections held under the provisions of this Section shall be determined by a majority vote of the electors voting thereon.

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