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Mounds View Charter Commission Date: 7/12/2007 Revision in—Chapter 5 Clear Text compared to Revision k Page 4 of 5 143 for adoption fails, the ordinance must be placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If a ballot 144 measure for a proposed ordinance fails,the same measure is prohibited from being brought forward 145 again as an initiative within six mon4hs one hundred eighty(180) calendar days of the election 146 certification. Failure of a ballot measure for a proposed ordinance shall not prevent the Council from 147 proposing a similar ordinance. 148 149 Subdivision 1. If the Council elects to adopt the ordinance as provided by the petition without 150 amendment, they shall proceed in accordance with Section 3.05 of this Charter. During this adoption 151 process, the ordinance cannot be amended but, if adopted, is subject to the referendum process as 152 defined in Section 5.07. 153 154 Subdivision 2. If an amendment to the ordinance is proposed by a majority vote of the Council, 155 it must be presented to the Sponsoring Committee prior to the first reading of the proposed ordinance. 156 The Sponsoring Committee shall have fourteen(14) calendar days from the receipt of the amended 157 proposed ordinance to disapprove the amendment by majority vote, and file a statement with the Clerk- 158 Administrator. Upon receipt of a statement of disapproval from the Sponsoring Committee, the Council 159 must either adopt the proposed ordinance, according to Subdivision 1 of this section, or place the 160 ordinance, as presented by the Sponsoring Committee, on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If the 161 Sponsoring Committee does not submit a statement of disapproval, the ordinance can proceed, as 162 amended, according to Section 3.05 with no further amendments and, if adopted, is subject to the 163 referendum process as defined in Section 5.07 of this Charter. If the vote for adoption fails, the 164 ordinance, as amended, must be placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If an amended 165 ordinance is approved at a first reading, the Council may choose to submit the ordinance, as amended, as 166 a ballot measure. 167 168 Subdivision 3. If the ordinance is required to be put on a ballot, or if the Council chooses to 169 submit the ordinance as presented as a ballot measure, they shall proceed as provided for in Section 5.05 170 of this Charter. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective 171 thirty (30) calendar days after certification of the election results unless the ordinance specifies a later 172 effective date. If the majority does not vote in favor, the ordinance shall not be enacted. (Amended,Ord. 173 650,8-16-2000) 174 175 Section 5.07. Referendum*. Prior to the date when an ordinance takes effect, it may be 176 subjected to a referendum by a petition which shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, 177 the exact text of the measure to be considered by the voters. The Sponsoring Committee must file the 178 completed petition in the office of the Clerk-Administrator at least ten(10) calendar days before the 179 ordinance takes effect. If a petition is determined to be frivolous. no further action on the petition shall 180 be taken and the adoption of the ordinance shall proceed according to Section 3.05. If the petition is 181 found to be sufficient under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter, the Council must immediately 182 adopt a resolution suspending the effective date of the ordinance until it is decided by a vote of the 183 public. The Council must also immediately pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as 184 provided in Section 5.05 of this Charter. If a majority of the voters favors the ordinance contained in the 185 petition, it shall take effect immediately unless the ordinance specifies a later date. If a majority votes 186 against the ordinance contained in the petition, it shall be considered repealed upon certification of the 187 election results. If the petition does not meet the requirements of sufficiency under the provisions in 188 Section 5.03 of this chapter and is determined not to be frivolous, the Council must adopt a resolution 189 suspending the effective date of the ordinance for thirty(30) calendar days and the Sponsoring 190 Committee will have twenty-one (21) calendar days in which to file additional signature papers and/or 191 to correct the specified 4egular-iy insufficiency according to Section 5.04. If the final finding is that 192 the petition is insufficient, the ordinance shall take effect on the date declared by the resolution of