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REF'EFiENDUM Sec. 5.07. AE # ordinance, resolution, or measure passed by the council •ay be referred to the electorate through a petition for referendum. The petition for referendum shall follow the petition requirements as outlined in Sec. 5.02. If the petition submitted under this section is found to be sufficient the ordinance, resolution, or measure passed by the council, shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the city. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition the council shall call a special election on the ordinance, resolution, or measure passed by the council, to be held within such period. If a majority of the voters voting thereon favors the ordinance, resolution, or measure passed by the council, it shall remain in effect, if a majority of the electors voting thereon votes against the ordinance, resolution, or measure passed by the council, it shall be considered repealed upon certification, of the election results.. • Sec. 5.08. Recall Petition. Any five electors may form themselves into a committee for the purpose of bringing about the recall of any elected officer of the city. The committee shall file a certificate with the •ity clerk naming the officer whose removal is sought, a statement of the grounds for removal in not more than 250 words, and their intention to bring about the officer' s recall . A copy of this certificate shall be attached to each signature paper and no signature paper shall be put into circulation until the certificate has been filed with the city clerk. Sec. 5.09. Recall Petition. The petition for the recall of any official shall follow the petition requirements as outlined in Sec. 5.02 except that the number of signers of the recall petition must be at least id20 percent of the total number of registered voters who cast their vote in the last j5wp44130 regular city election. Sec. 5. 10 Filing The Recall Petition. Within thirty days after the filing of the original certificate, the committee shall file the completed petition in the office of the city clerk. The city clerk shall examine the petition within the next five days, and if the city clerk finds it irregu- lar in any way or finds that the number of signers is less than required 410in Sec. 5.09 the city clerk shall so notify one or more members of the committee. The committee shall then be given 20 days in which to file additional signature papers and to correct the petition in all other resp- ects, but they may not change the statement of the grounds on which the