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Sec. 7‐156. ‐ Protests of proposed ballot title and/or submission clause.
Any registered elector desiring to protest a proposed ballot title
and/or submission clause for any initiated or referred measure
shall file a notice of protest with the City Clerk no later than noon
on the Monday immediately preceding the date upon which the
City Council will consider the ordinance on first reading, or
resolution, setting the ballot title and submission clause. Such
notice of protest shall be on a form available from the City Clerk,
shall be signed by the protestor(s), and shall set forth: (1) the
name, address, and phone number of the protestor(s); (2) the title
of the ordinance or resolution being protested; (3) with
particularity, the grounds of the protest; and (4) any other
information required by the City Clerk. Such protest shall be
heard, considered and resolved by the City Council prior to the
adoption of said ordinance or resolution. Any legal challenge of
the form or content of a City ballot title and/or submission clause
for any initiated or referred measure shall be brought in the City's
Municipal Court or Larimer County District Court using the
procedure set forth in, and in accordance with, Section 1-11-
203.5, Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended, which shall be
the exclusive manner for such legal challenges.
(Ord. No. 23, 2001, 2-20-01; Ord. No. 021, 2016, § 14, 3-1-16 )