The people of the City reserve the power of direct legislation by initiative, and in the exercise of such power may propose any ordinance, except ordinances appropriating money or levying taxes, or ordinances repealing ordinances appropriating money or levying taxes, not in conflict with this Charter, the State Constitution or the State Laws. Any initiated ordinance may be submitted to the City Commission by a petition signed by qualified voters of the City, equal in number to at least 10% of the qualified voters voting in the last City election, but not less than two hundred (200) voters.
The people reserve the power to approve or reject at the polls any legislation enacted by the City Commission which is subject to the initiative process under this Charter, except that ordinances authorizing the issuance of bonds (either tax bonds or revenue bonds), whether original or refunding bonds, shall not be subject to such referendum. Prior to or within thirty (30) days after the effective date of any ordinance which is subject to referendum a petition signed by qualified voters of the City equal in number to at least 10% of the qualified voters voting in the last City election, but not less than two hundred (200) voters may be filed with the City Secretary requesting that any such ordinance be either repeated [repealed] or submitted to the vote of the people. When such a petition has been certified as sufficient by the City Secretary, the ordinance specified in the petition shall not go into effect or further action thereunder shall be suspended if it shall have gone into effect, until and unless it is approved by the voters as herein provided.
Initiative petition papers shall contain the full text of the proposed legislation in the form of an ordinance, including a descriptive caption[.]
Referendum petition papers shall contain the full text of the ordinance sought to be referred. The signatures to the initiative or referendum petitions need not be all appended to one paper, but each signer shall sign his name in ink or indelible pencil, together with a notation showing residence address. No signature shall be counted where there is reason to believe it is not the actual signature of the purported signer or that it is a duplication of name and no signature shall be counted unless the residence address of the signer is shown. Attached to each separate petition paper there shall be an affidavit of the circulator thereof that he, and he only, personally, circulated the foregoing paper, that it bears a stated number of signatures that all signatures appended thereto were made in his presence, and that he believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be.
Within thirty (30) days after an initiative or referendum petition is filed, the City Secretary shall determine whether the name is properly signed by the requisite number of qualified voters. The City Secretary shall declare void any petition paper which does not have an affidavit attached thereto as required in Section 11.03 of this Article. In examining the petition the City Secretary shall write the letters “D.V.” in red ink opposite the names of signers found not qualified. After completing examination of the petition the City Secretary shall certify the result thereto to the City Commission at its next regular meeting. If the certificate of the City Secretary shall show an initiative or referendum petition to be insufficient, the City Secretary shall notify the person filing the petition and it may be amended within ten (10) days from the date of such notice by filing a supplementary petition upon additional paper signed and filed as provided for in the original petition. Within thirty (30) days after such amendment is filed, the City Secretary shall examine the amended petition and certify as to its sufficiency. If the amended petition is then found to be insufficient no further proceedings shall be had with regard to it.
When the City Commission receives an authorized initiative petition certified by the City Secretary to be sufficient, the City Commission shall either:
(A.) 
Pass the initiated ordinance without amendment within thirty (30) days after the date of the certification to the City Commission; or
(B.) 
Submit said initiated ordinance without amendments to a vote of the qualified voters of the City at a regular or special election to be held within ninety (90) days after the date of the certification to the City Commission; or
(C.) 
At such election submit to a vote of the qualified voters of the City said initiated ordinance without amendment, mid [or an] alternative ordinance on the same subject proposed by the City Commission; the voters being given the opportunity to accept either or reject both.
When the City Commission receives in [an] authorized referendum petition certified by the City Secretary to be sufficient, the City Commission shall reconsider the referred ordinance, and if upon such reconsideration such ordinance is not repealed within thirty (30) days, it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the City at a regular or special election to be held not more than ninety (90) days after date of the certification to the City Commission.
No ordinance on the same subject as an initiated ordinance which has been defeated or on the same subject as a referred ordinance which has been approved at any election may be initiated by the voters within two (2) years from the date of such election.
Any number of ordinances may be voted on at the same election in accordance with the provision of this Article. If a majority of the legal votes cast is in favor of an initiated ordinance, it shall thereupon be effective as an ordinance of the City. An ordinance so adopted may be repealed or amended at any time after the expiration of two (2) years by a vote of three-fifth (3/5) of the City Commission members qualified and serving. A referred ordinance which is rejected by a majority of the legal votes cast in a referendum election shall be deemed thereupon repealed.
The people of the City reserve the power to recall any elected officer of the City and may exercise such power by filing with the City Secretary a petition signed by at least 10% of the qualified voters in the last City election, but not less than two hundred (200) voters, demanding the removal of such elected officers. The petition shall be signed and verified in the manner required for an initiative petition.
The provisions regulating examination, certification and amendment of initiative petition shall apply to recall petitions. If the petition is certified by the City Secretary to be sufficient, the Mayor and City Commissioners not involved in the petition shall order and hold without recourse an election for with [forthwith] to determine whether such officer shall be recalled.
If 40% or more of the votes cast at a recall election shall be against removal of the Mayor or City Commissioner named on the ballot, he shall continue in office. If more than 60% of the votes cast at such election be for the removal of the Mayor or City Commissioner named on the ballot, the Mayor and City Commission shall immediately declare his office vacant and such vacancy shall be filled in accordance with provisions of this Charter for the filling of vacancies. The Mayor or City Commissioner who received more than 60% of the votes cast at this election for his removal vacated [vacating] his office shall not be an eligible candidate for any City elected office for a period of at least three (3) years after date of the Recall Election as well as he shall not be appointed City Manager and for a City Department Director for a period of at least 4 years after date of the Recall Election. Should the Mayor and City Commissioner fail or refuse to order any of the elections as provided for in this Article, when all the requirement[s] for such election have been complied with by the petitioning qualified voters in conformity with this Article of the Charter, then it shall be deemed to be the duty of the District Judge or other Judge have [having] jurisdiction upon proper application being made therefore, to order such elections and to enforce the carrying into effect of the provisions of this Article of the Charter.
No recall petition shall be filed against a member of the City Commission within six months after he takes office, and no member of the City Commission shall be subjected to more than one recall election during the term of office.