The zoning administrator shall prescribe the form of application for changes of zone boundaries or classifications. He shall prepare and provide blanks for such purposes and shall prescribe the type of information to be provided in the application by the petitioner. No petition shall be received unless it complies with such requirements. If signatures of persons other than the owners of property making the application are required or offered in support of or in opposition to the application, they may be received as evidence of notice having been served upon them of the pending application, or as evidence of their opinion on the pending issue, but they shall in no case infringe upon the free exercise of the powers vested in the city.
Petitions or applications filed pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be numbered consecutively in the order of their filing and shall become a part of the permanent official records of the planning commission, and there shall be attached thereto and permanently filed therewith copies of all notices and actions with affidavits of posting, mailing, or publication pertaining thereto. (1962 Code § 10-853; amd. Ord. 95-O-2239, eff. 7-7-1995)