§ 6.13. Referendum

Qualified voters of the City may require that any ordinance or resolution, with the exception of ordinances or resolutions appropriating money or levying taxes, passed by the City Council be submitted to the voters of the City for approval or disapproval, by submitting a petition for this purpose within thirty (30) days after final passage of said ordinance or resolution, or within thirty (30) days after its publication. Said petition shall be addressed, signed and verified as required for recall petitions in this Article and shall be submitted to the person performing the duties of City Secretary.

Within twenty-one (21) days after the filing of such petition, the person performing the duties of City Secretary shall present said petition to the City Council. Upon presentation to the City Council, it shall become the duty of the City Council, within two (2) regularly scheduled City Council meetings after the receipt thereof, to reconsider such ordinance or resolution and, if the City Council does not entirely repeal the same, shall submit it to popular vote as provided in Section 6.13 of this Charter.

Pending the holding of such election, each ordinance or resolution shall be suspended from taking effect and shall not later take effect unless a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon at such election shall vote in favor thereof. Unless otherwise provided by law, any election for a referendum under this Charter shall be held on the first authorized uniform election date that occurs after the sixty-fifth (65th) day after the petition was presented to the City Council.