Agenda - Charter Commission - 02/01/1996

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'S'ubd. 7. Amendment by ordinance. Upon recommendation of the charter commis- mm thc city council may enact a charter amendment by ordinance. Such an ordinance, ge~ac~cd, shall be adopted by the council by an affirmative vote of all its members after t public hearing upon two weeks' published notice containing the text of the proposed m',endraent and shall be approved by the mayor and published as in the case of other ~mlinances. An ordinance amending a city charter shall not become effective until 90 ~ after passage ahd publication or at such later date as is fixed in the ordinance. 'ICghin 60 days after passage and publieation of such an ordinance, a petition request- ing a referendum .on the ordinance may be filed with the city clerk. Such petition shall be signed by qualified voters equal in number to two percent of the total number of votes cast in 'the city at the last state general election or 2,000, whichever is less. If the city has a system of permanent registration of voters, only registered voters are eligible to sign the petition. If the requisite petition is filed within the prescribed period, the ordinance shall not become effective until it is approved by the voters as in the ca;e of charter amendments submitted by the charter commission, the council, or by peti- tion of the voters, except that the council may submit the ordinance at any general or special election held at.least 60 days after submission of the petition, or it may recon- sider its action in adopting the ordinance. As far as practicable the requirements of sub- divisions i to 3 appiy to petitions submitted under this section, to an ordinance amending a charter, and to the filing of such ordinance when approved by the voters. History'. (1286J RL s 756; I907 c 199 s 1; 1911 c $45 s 1; I939 c 292 s 1; I943 c 227 s 1; 1949 c 122 s I; 1959 c 305 s 3,4; 1961 c 608 s 5, 6; 1969 c 1027 s 3; 1973 c 505 s 1-¥;