Before any petition for recall is circulated, an affidavit in triplicate by or on behalf of the person or persons proposing such recall shall be made and delivered to the city clerk, one to be filed with the city clerk, one to be left by him or her at the office of the officer sought to be recalled, and one to be sent by him or her by registered mail to the residence of such officer. Such affidavit shall contain the address of the person or persons making the same, a statement of the intention to circulate a petition for the recall of said officer containing no more than two hundred words, giving the reasons for such recall. Said officer may, within five days after the mailing of such affidavit, send by registered mail to the address of the party making such affidavit, his or her answer thereto in not more than two hundred words. Such statement and answer, if any, shall be printed on each individual certificate. No original petition for recall of any officer shall be presented to the city clerk later than forty days after the filing of the affidavit.
Editor's note: This section was amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.