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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 7/12/2007 Revision m – Chapter 5 Clear Text compared to Revision k Page 4 of 5 for adoption fails, the ordinance must be placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If a ballot 143 measure for a proposed ordinance fails, the same measure is prohibited from being brought forward 144 again as an initiative within six months one hundred eighty (180) calendar days of the election 145 certification. Failure of a ballot measure for a proposed ordinance shall not prevent the Council from 146 proposing a similar ordinance. 147 148 Subdivision 1. If the Council elects to adopt the ordinance as provided by the petition without 149 amendment, they shall proceed in accordance with Section 3.05 of this Charter. During this adoption 150 process, the ordinance cannot be amended but, if adopted, is subject to the referendum process as 151 defined in Section 5.07. 152 153 Subdivision 2. If an amendment to the ordinance is proposed by a majority vote of the Council, 154 it must be presented to the Sponsoring Committee prior to the first reading of the proposed ordinance. 155 The Sponsoring Committee shall have fourteen (14) calendar days from the receipt of the amended 156 proposed ordinance to disapprove the amendment by majority vote, and file a statement with the Clerk-157 Administrator. Upon receipt of a statement of disapproval from the Sponsoring Committee, the Council 158 must either adopt the proposed ordinance, according to Subdivision 1 of this section, or place the 159 ordinance, as presented by the Sponsoring Committee, on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If the 160 Sponsoring Committee does not submit a statement of disapproval, the ordinance can proceed, as 161 amended, according to Section 3.05 with no further amendments and, if adopted, is subject to the 162 referendum process as defined in Section 5.07 of this Charter. If the vote for adoption fails, the 163 ordinance, as amended, must be placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If an amended 164 ordinance is approved at a first reading, the Council may choose to submit the ordinance, as amended, as 165 a ballot measure. 166 167 Subdivision 3. If the ordinance is required to be put on a ballot, or if the Council chooses to 168 submit the ordinance as presented as a ballot measure, they shall proceed as provided for in Section 5.05 169 of this Charter. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective 170 thirty (30) calendar days after certification of the election results unless the ordinance specifies a later 171 effective date. If the majority does not vote in favor, the ordinance shall not be enacted. (Amended, Ord. 172 650, 8-16-2000) 173 174 Section 5.07. Referendum*. Prior to the date when an ordinance takes effect, it may be 175 subjected to a referendum by a petition which shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, 176 the exact text of the measure to be considered by the voters. The Sponsoring Committee must file the 177 completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator at least ten (10) calendar days before the 178 ordinance takes effect. If a petition is determined to be frivolous, no further action on the petition shall 179 be taken and the adoption of the ordinance shall proceed according to Section 3.05. If the petition is 180 found to be sufficient under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter, the Council must immediately 181 adopt a resolution suspending the effective date of the ordinance until it is decided by a vote of the 182 public. The Council must also immediately pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as 183 provided in Section 5.05 of this Charter. If a majority of the voters favors the ordinance contained in the 184 petition, it shall take effect immediately unless the ordinance specifies a later date. If a majority votes 185 against the ordinance contained in the petition, it shall be considered repealed upon certification of the 186 election results. If the petition does not meet the requirements of sufficiency under the provisions in 187 Section 5.03 of this chapter and is determined not to be frivolous, the Council must adopt a resolution 188 suspending the effective date of the ordinance for thirty (30) calendar days and the Sponsoring 189 Committee will have twenty-one (21) calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and/or 190 to correct the specified irregularity insufficiency according to Section 5.04. If the final finding is that 191 the petition is insufficient, the ordinance shall take effect on the date declared by the resolution of 192