HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD469ORDINANCE NO.469
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA,AMENDING THE APACHE JUNCTION
CITY CODE,CHAPTER 1 GENERAL,BY ADDING ARTICLE 1-12
REFERENDUM PETITIONS;REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVI-
SIONS;PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA,AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I IN GENERAL
That the Apache Junction City Code,Chapter 1 GENERAL,be amended by
adding Article 1-12 Referendum Petitions,to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1-12 Referendum Petitions
1-12-1 Election Schedule
1-12-2 Duties of the City Clerk
1-12-3 Responsibilities of the Applicant
Sec.1-12-1 Election Schedule
A special referendum election shall be held not more than one -hundred
twenty (120)days after referendum petitions are received by the
City Clerk unless such petitions are found to be deficient in
accordance with the provisions of Arizona Revised Statutes §19-121.04(D)
and unless a regular city general election is scheduled to be held
within one -hundred eighty (180)days of the filing of the petitions.
In the event that such referendum petitions are filed with the City
Clerk within one -hundred eighty (180)days of a regularly scheduled
city general election,such referendum shall be placed on the ballot
at the regularly scheduled general election.
Sec.1-12-2 Duties of the City Clerk
A.Upon receipt of an application for a referendum petition number as
provided by Arizona Revised Statutes §19-111 and amendments thereto,
the City Clerk shall assign an official number to said petitions
and issue that number to the applicant.
B.The City Clerk shall furnish to each applicant a copy of the
text of Arizona Revised Statutes Title 19,Initiative,Referendum
and Recall,and a copy of this Article 1-12.
C.I t shall not be the responsibility of the City Clerk to furnish
the applicant with a completed referendum petition form contain-
ing the proposed law or measure to be referred.Upon the request
of the applicant,the City Clerk shall furnish a sample referendum
petition form as provided by the Secretary of State's Office.
D.Unless otherwise stated by this code,the duties of the City Clerk
with regard to referendum petitions shall be the same as prescribed
in A.R.S.Title 19 and amendments thereto,and the Arizona State
Constitution.
Sec.1-12-3 Responsibilities of the Applicant
I t shall be the responsibility of the applicant for a referendum petition
to comply with the procedures for a referendum as prescribed in A.R.S.
Title 19,the Arizona State Constitution,and this Code.
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SECTION I I REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance or any part of the code adopted herein by reference are
hereby repealed.
SECTION III PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
I f any section,subsection,sentence,clause,phrase or portion of this
ordinance or any part of the code adopted herein by reference is,for any
reason,held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court
of competent jurisdiction,such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions thereof.
SECTION IV EMERGENCY CLAUSE
I t being necessary for the preservation of the peace,health and safety
of the City of Apache Junction,Arizona,that this ordinance become effective
immediately,an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance
shall be effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
APACHE JUNCTION,ARIZONA, THIS 11TH DAY OF JANUARY , 1986.
ATTEST:
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KATHLEEN CONNELLY GI
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
AVID F. ALE
City Attorney
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NORMAN S. HILL
Mayor