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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-204
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, 1965
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS:
SECTION ONE: That Section 2-204 of the Arlington Heights Village Code
relating to order of business, be and it is hereby amended by adding thereto the follow-
ing paragraph, to-wit:
"Initiation of Ordinances. The Village Board shall upon petition
by at least one (1) percent of the registered voters of the
Village as computed at the last general election at which Repre-
sentatives to the United States Congress were elected, consider
any proposal contained in said petition to amend, add to, or
delete from the general ordinances contained in the Village Code
of 1965, as amended. Said petition shall be filed with the
Village Clerk at least ten (10) days prior to regularly scheduled
Village Board meeting at which consideration of said matters is
sought. The filing of said petition shall require placing of such
matter upon the agenda for consideration by the President and Board
of Trustees.
"Any petitioner dissatisfied with the outcome of the one (1 )
percent petition proedure of the preceding paragraph may invoke the
twelve (12) percent petition procedure of this paragraph. The
Village Board shall upon petition of at least twelve (12) percent of
the registered voters of the Village as computed at the last general
election at which Representatives to the United States Congress were
elected, consider any proposal contained in said petition to amend,
add to or delete from the general ordinances contained in the
Village Code of 1965, as amended. Said petition shall be filed
with the Village Clerk at least ten (10) days prior to a regularly
scheduled Village Board meeting at which consideration of said
matter is sought. The Village Board shall either pass the proposed
ordinance in substance within ninety (90) days after the proposal
appears on the Board agenda, or the proposal shall be submitted to
a vote of the electors at the next regularly scheduled election,
unless it is rejected by the Village Board of Trustees upon advice
of attorney stating that the proposed ordinance is in conflict with
any Constitutional provision, existing statutes or ordinances of
other pre-emptinq jurisdictions,Any such petition shall appoint
three managers who shall serve as spokespersons and shall have
the power to withdraw the petition after Village Board action
on such petition, if a majority of such managers are satisfied
with such action.
"Any ordinance adopted by initiative may be repealed by the
Village Board or by initiative as .provided herein."
SECTION TWO: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form in the manner provided by
law, following the approval of said ordinance by the electors of the Village in the
manner provided by law.
AYES: 9
NAYS:
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20 th day of A ril 1981 .
llage President
ATTEST:
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VrOgge Clerk