§ 17.02. Granting ordinances to be ratified at election.

No such ordinance shall become effective until it has been submitted to the electors of the metropolitan government and has been approved by three-fifths of the electors voting thereon. No such ordinance shall be submitted to the electors at an election to be held less than sixty (60) days after the grantee named therein has filed its unconditional acceptance of such franchise, and it shall not be submitted to a special election unless the expense of holding the election, as determined by the council, shall have been paid to the metropolitan treasurer by the grantee.

In any election held under the provisions of this article, wherein is submitted any franchise ordinance for ratification by the voters, it shall not be necessary to print the entire ordinance on the ballot. It shall only be necessary to submit the question of ratification of such ordinance, together with a brief statement of the purpose or purposes of the same, and the date of its enactment by the mayor and council. The ordinance itself may provide for the form of its submission on the ballot.