[R.O. 2012 §110.280; CC 1979 §2-33; Ord. No. 228 §6, 2-1-1917]
Every resolution or ordinance passed by the Council shall be signed by the Mayor, or by both Commissioners, and be recorded before the same shall be in force.
Every ordinance or resolution appropriating money or ordering any street improvement or sewer, or making or authorizing the making of any contract or granting any franchise or right to occupy or use the streets, highways, bridges or public places in the City for any purpose shall be complete in the form in which it is finally passed and shall remain on file with the City Clerk for public inspection at least one (1) week before the final passage or adoption thereof. No franchise or right to occupy or use the streets, highways, bridges, or public places in any City shall be granted, renewed or extended except by ordinances, and every initial franchise or grant for interurban or street railways, gas, or waterworks, electric light or power plants, telegraph or telephone systems or other public service utilities within said City, must be authorized or approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon. Any extension or renewal shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to the provisions of Section 88.251, RSMo.
No ordinance passed by the Council, except when otherwise required by the general laws of the State, or by the provisions of Sections 78.010 to 78.420, RSMo., except an ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, which contains a statement of its urgency and is passed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Council shall go into effect before ten (10) days from the time of its final passage; and if during said ten (10) days a petition signed by the voters of the City equal in number to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the entire vote cast for all candidates for Mayor at the last preceding municipal election at which a Mayor was elected, protesting against the passage of such ordinance be presented to the Council, the same shall thereupon be suspended from going into operation; and it shall be the duty of the Council to reconsider such ordinance, and if the same is not entirely repealed, the Council shall submit the ordinance as is provided by Subdivision (2) of Section 78.200, RSMo., to the vote of the voters. Such ordinance shall not go into effect or become operative unless a majority of the voters voting on the same shall vote in favor thereof. Said petition shall be in all respects in accordance with the provisions of said Sections 78.260 to 78.290, RSMo., except as to the percentage of signers, and be examined and certified to by the Clerk in all respects as therein provided.
[R.O. 2012 §110.310; CC 1979 §2-36; Ord. No. 228 §14, 2-1-1917]
Any proposed ordinance shall be submitted to the Council by petition signed by electors of the City equal in number to twenty-five percent (25%) of the votes cast for all candidates for Mayor at the last preceding general election, and containing a request that such ordinance be submitted to a vote of the people if not passed by the Council. The Council shall either pass such ordinance without alteration within twenty (20) days after the attachment of the certificate of the Clerk to the accompanying petition, or forthwith, after the Clerk shall attach to the petition accompanying such ordinance his/her certificate of sufficiency, the Council shall call a special election, unless a general municipal election is fixed, within ninety (90) days thereafter, and at such special or general municipal election, such ordinance shall be submitted without alteration to the vote of the electors of the City. The signatures, verifications, authentication, inspection, certification, amendment and submission of such petition shall be performed by the City Clerk as required by Sections 78.260 to 78.290, RSMo.
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Cross Reference — As to elections generally, ch. 125.
[R.O. 2012 §110.320; CC 1979 §2-37; Ord. No. 228 §15, 2-1-1917]
If the petition mentioned in Section 110.310 is signed by not less than ten (10) and less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the electors, the Council shall, within twenty (20) days, pass such ordinance without change or submit the same at the next general City election occurring not more than thirty (30) days after the City Clerk certifies the sufficiency attached to said petition. The ballot used when voting on such ordinance shall contain these words: "For the Ordinance", stating the nature of the proposed ordinance, and "Against the Ordinance", stating the nature of the proposed ordinance.
[R.O. 2012 §110.330; CC 1979 §2-38; Ord. No. 228 §16, 2-1-1917]
If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposed ordinance shall vote in favor thereof, such ordinance shall thereupon become a valid and binding ordinance of the City. Any ordinance proposed by petition or which shall be adopted by the vote of the people cannot be repealed or amended, except by a vote of the people.
[R.O. 2012 §110.340; CC 1979 §2-39; Ord. No. 228 §17, 2-1-1917]
Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election in accordance with the provisions of this Article and State law applicable thereto, but there shall not be more than one (1) special election in any period of six (6) months for such purpose.
[R.O. 2012 §110.350; CC 1979 §2-40; Ord. No. 228 §18, 2-1-1917]
The City Council may submit a proposition for the repeal of any ordinances, or amendments thereto, submitted by initiative as provided in this Article, to be voted upon at any succeeding general election; and should such proposition so submitted receive a majority of the votes cast thereon at such election, such ordinance shall thereby be repealed or amended accordingly. Whenever any ordinance or proposition is required to be submitted to the voters of the City at any election, the City Clerk shall cause such ordinance or proposition to be published once in each of the daily newspapers in the City, such publication to be not more than twenty (20) nor less than five (5) days before the election on such proposition or ordinance to be voted upon.
[R.O. 2012 §110.360; CC 1979 §2-41; Ord. No. 228 §19, 2-1-1917]
Petitions provided for in this Article shall be signed by legal voters of the City only. Each petition shall contain, in addition to the names of petitioners the street and house number in which the petitioner resides, his/her age and length of residence in the City. It shall be accompanied by an affidavit of one (1) or more legal voters of the City, stating that the signers were, at the time of signing, legal voters of the City and the number of signers at the time the affidavit was made.