Any five (5) qualified voters may commence initiative, referendum,
or recall proceedings by filing with the city clerk an affidavit stating
they will constitute the petitioners' committee and be responsible
for circulating the petition and filing it in proper form, stating
their names and addresses and specifying the addresses to which all
notices to the committee are to be sent. In addition, the affidavit
shall:
a. Set out in full the proposed initiative ordinance, or
b. Citing the ordinance sought to be reconsidered, or
c. Specify the officer who is proposed to be recalled.
Not more than three (3) business days after the affidavit of
the petitioners' committee is filed, the clerk shall issue the
appropriate petition blanks to the petitioners' committee.
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When a referendum petition is filed with the city clerk, the
ordinance sought to be reconsidered shall be suspended from taking
effect. Such suspension shall terminate when:
a. There is a final determination of insufficiency of the petition,
or
b. The petitioners' committee withdraws the petition, or
c. The council repeals the ordinance, or
d. Thirty (30) days have elapsed after a vote of the city on the ordinance.