Electors of the Municipality shall have the authority to initiate
action of the municipal government by petition.
A.
Petitions under this article shall be directed to Council and may
request adoption of an ordinance or resolution or contain a request
for specific action. The petition shall contain the exact wording
of any proposed ordinance or resolution or a concise description of
the action requested.
B.
Petitions shall be signed by 10% of the registered electors of the
Municipality at large, or 5% of the registered electors from each
Ward of the Municipality.
C.
Every elector signing a petition shall add to the signature, the
place of residence and the date of signing.
D.
Petitions shall be verified by an oath or affirmation of one or more
of the signers thereof, taken and subscribed before a person qualified
under the laws of Pennsylvania to administer an oath, to the effect
that the petition was signed by each of the signers thereof in their
proper handwriting, that the signers are to the best knowledge and
belief of the affiant, registered electors of the Municipality, and
that the petition is prepared and filed in good faith for the sole
purpose of requiring action of the Council as stated in the petition.
E.
All signatures of the petition shall be obtained within a ninety-day
period prior to submission to Council.
Petitions shall be submitted to the Mayor and Council at any
monthly business meeting.
Council shall act on the subject matter of the petition at the
next regular monthly meeting of Council and shall act by voting to
adopt or reject the proposed ordinance or resolution or to accept
or reject the proposed specific action.
All rights of initiative, referendum and petition granted to
the people by the Pennsylvania Constitution and the Acts of the General
Assembly shall remain unabridged.
