§ 19.4. Ordinances adopted by the voters; how amended or repealed.

No ordinance adopted by a vote of the voters, as herein provided, shall be repealed or amended, except by a vote of the voters; but the circuit court of the city, on request of the council, by resolution, may order that a proposed ordinance repealing or amending any ordinance so adopted be submitted to the voters of any election, or any special municipal election called for some other purpose, if in accordance with the provisions of Section 24.1-165 of the Code of Virginia, provided that the clerk of the circuit court shall cause notice of the submission of such proposed ordinance repealing or amending such ordinance to be published once in one or more newspapers of the city not less than ten days prior to the election. If an amendment is proposed, the notice shall contain the proposed amendment in full, and the ballot shall be in the same form and the vote shall have the same effect as in the case of an ordinance submitted to election by popular petition. The ballots and effect of voting shall be as provided in Section 19.3 of this chapter.

(Acts 1983, ch. 398)

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