INITIATIVE REQUIREMENTS
Colorado Springs City Code § 5.1.403
in effect5.1.403: INITIATIVE REQUIREMENTS:
A. Legislative Finding: The City Council hereby finds that a single subject requirement for initiatives is necessary to prohibit the practice of "log rolling" whereby diverse and unrelated matters are passed as one matter because no single matter could be passed on its own merits. Council further finds that this single subject limitation on initiatives submitted for voter approval facilitates concentration on the meaning and wisdom of the proposal preventing surprise and deception as to the matter being put to a vote. The Council hereby further finds that people have the right to petition their government through the initiative process. However, neither the Colorado Constitution nor the City Charter reserves to the people the right to exercise executive or administrative powers.
B. Single Subject Initiatives Required: The Initiative Review Committee shall make every effort to make a Petition Committee aware of initiatives which contain multiple subjects, and the Title Board shall ensure that initiatives contain only single subjects, to enable voters to understand the subject matter of the initiative. Matters proposed for submission to the electorate must be necessarily or properly connected and not disconnected or incongruous.
C. Legislative Versus Administrative Matters: The Initiative Review Committee shall make every effort to make a Petition Committee aware of initiatives which contain administrative matters and the Title Board shall ensure that initiatives contain only legislative matters as authorized by the Colorado Constitution and City Charter. If a proposed initiative contains administrative matters, then the Initiative Review Committee shall make a Petition Committee aware of those and recommend the Petition Committee sever those matters from the proposed initiative, and the Title Board shall sever those matters from the proposed initiative. (Ord. 07-210; Ord. 16-102)
Source: City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/coloradospringsco/latest/coloradosprings_co/0-0-0-6396Fetched: 11/1/2026