Revising Initiative, Referendum and Recall Procedures
What does this measure do?
City rules would bar petition votes on land-use plans, add a review of petitions, and set a rule for clashing voter-approved changes. Residents would have fewer land-use ballot options and a new review step, with no tax or fee set here.
Proposed by: Coconut Creek City Commission (Ordinance 2025-018, from Charter Review Board)
The city's elected commission. In January 2025 it named a board to review the city charter, the city's rulebook. It accepted the changes that board suggested. Voters must approve charter changes.
Source: coconutcreek.legistar.com
A YES vote means
City lawyers would check petition wording before signatures are gathered, and land-use rules and the city plan could not go to a petition vote. If approved city-rule changes clash, the one with more yes votes would control.
A NO vote means
The city's current petition and land-use ballot rules would stay. It would not add the new review step or the rule for conflicting voter-approved changes.