A. The referendum procedure may be invoked by a petition bearing the signatures of the required percentage of qualified voters as to any ordinance, or any section, item, or part of any such ordinance as provided in the Bellingham City Charter Section 10.08. The referendum power and the limitations on the referendum power remain as provided in Bellingham City Charter Section 10.08.

B. The filing of the referendum petition as to any ordinance or section, or item or part thereof, shall operate to abate the ordinance or any further action thereon. The fact that an ordinance is already in effect shall not bar the referendum procedure.

C. The form of the referendum petition shall conform to the requirements of BMC 1.02.030 and shall include a copy of the ordinance referred.

D. Sufficiency of signatures on the referendum petition shall be determined as provided in BMC 1.02.050. [Ord. 2006-05-042].