§ 1.16.040. Referendum.

A.

The registered electors may require an adopted ordinance to be referred to them at an election in accordance with the referendum power reserved by Article V, Section 1(9) of the State Constitution. Except as otherwise provided in the Charter, the ordinance shall be referred in compliance with the state statutes which establish procedures for a municipal referendum.

B.

The referendum power shall not apply to an emergency ordinance. However, this prohibition shall not prevent the use of the initiative power under section 1.16.030 to repeal or amend an emergency ordinance.

C.

A referendum petition shall be signed by registered electors of the city equal in number to at least two and one-half percent of the total number of electors of the city registered to vote as of the date established by the state statutes for determining such percentage.

(Ord. No. 1753-2018, § 5, 2-6-2018)

Editor's Note

Ord. No. 1753-2018, § 5, adopted Feb. 6, 2018, repealed the former § 1.16.040 and enacted a new section as set out herein. The former § 1.16.040 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Code 1977, § 1.16.040; and Ord. No. 718-1981, § 2.

State law reference

Referendum, C.R.S. § 31-11-101 et seq.