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Mounds View Charter Commission Resolution 2007-Ole Final Markup format — Chapter 5 Date7/ 12/2007 Page 4 of 6 148 149 Section 5.05.06. Initiative*. Any An ordinance may be proposed by a -petition which shall state at the 150 head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the proposed ordinance. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance with 151 amendments, and a majority of the sponsoring committee do not disapprove the amended form by a statement filed with the Clerk 152 Administrator within ten days of its passage by the Council, the ordinance need not be submitted to the voters. If the Council fails to 153 154 sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance as originally proposed shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the City. 155 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 to be 156 held within such period.. The exact text of the proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of 157 the petition or attached thereto. The petition shall be filed in the Clerk -Administrator's office prior to 158 circulation and shall be valid for one hundred eighty (180) calendar days during which time a completed 159 petition with signatures must be filed. If a petition for initiative is determined to be frivolous, it is 160 prohibited from being repeated within one hundred eighty (180) calendar days of the determination. 161 Within sixty (60) calendar days after final determination of the petition's sufficiency according to Section 162 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter, the Council must either adopt an ordinance according to Subdivisions 1 or 2 163 or pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as provided in Subdivision 3. Any amendment to the 164 proposed ordinance must proceed according to Subdivision 2 of this section. If an ordinance is adopted, it 165 shall become effective thirty (30) calendar days after publication unless the ordinance specifies a later 166 effective date. If the vote for adoption fails, the ordinance must be placed on the ballot as provided in 167 Section 5.05. If a ballot measure for a proposed ordinance fails the same measure is prohibited from being 168 brought forward again as an initiative within one hundred eighty (180) calendar days of the election 169 certification. Failure of a ballot measure for a proposed ordinance shall not prevent the Council from 170 proposing a similar ordinance. 171 172 Subdivision 1. If the Council elects to adopt the ordinance as provided by the petition without 173 amendment, they shall proceed in accordance with Section 3.05 of this Charter. During this adoption 174 process, the ordinance cannot be amended but, if adopted, is subject to the referendum process as defined 175 in Section 5.07. 176 177 Subdivision 2. If an amendment to the ordinance is proposed by a majority vote of the Council, it 178 must be presented to the Sponsoring Committee prior to the first reading of the proposed ordinance. The 179 Sponsoring Committee shall have fourteen (14) calendar days from the receipt of the amended proposed 180 ordinance to disapprove the amendment by majority vote, and file a statement with the Clerk- 181 Administrator. Upon receipt of a statement of disapproval from the Sponsoring Committee, the Council 182 must either adopt the proposed ordinance, according to Subdivision 1 of this section, or place the 183 ordinance, as presented by the Sponsoring Committee, on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If the 184 Sponsoring Committee does not submit a statement of disapproval, the ordinance can proceed, as 185 amended, according to Section 3.05 with no further amendments and, if adopted, is subject to the 186 referendum process as defined in Section 5.07 of this Charter. If the vote for adoption fails, the ordinance, 187 as amended, must be placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If an amended ordinance is 188 approved at a first reading, the Council may choose to submit the ordinance, as amended, as a ballot 189 measure. 190 191 Subdivision 3. If the ordinance is required to be put on a ballot, or if the Council chooses to submit the 192 ordinance as presented as a ballot measure, they shall proceed as provided for in Section 5.05 of this 193 Charter. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective thirty 194 (30) calendar days after adeptiencertification of the election results unless the ordinance specifies a later 195 effective date. If the majority does not vote in favor, the ordinance shall not be enacted. (Amended, Ord. 650, 196 8-16-2000) 197 198 Section 5.07. Referendum*. Prior to the date when an ordinance takes effect, it may be subjected 199 to a referendum by a petition which shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, the exact text