§ 5.05 FORM OF INITIATIVE PETITION AND OF SIGNATURE PAPERS.
   The petition for the adoption of any ordinance must consist of the ordinance and all of the signature papers and attached affidavits. The petition is not complete unless signed by a number of voters registered in Bloomington equal to at least ten percent of the total number of votes cast at the last preceding regular municipal election. All signatures need not be on one signature paper, but the person circulating every paper must make an affidavit that each signature on the paper is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Each signature paper must be in substantially the following form:
 
   INITIATIVE PETITION
proposing an ordinance to _________________ (stating the purpose of the ordinance), a copy of which ordinance is attached. This ordinance is sponsored by the following committee of voters registered in Bloomington:
   Name         Address         Printed Name         Signature Date      Birth Year
1.   _________________________________________________________________________ __________
   (include four additional names.)
   
The undersigned voters registered in Bloomington, understanding the terms and the nature of the ordinance attached, petition the council for its adoption, or, in lieu thereof, for its submission to the voters registered in Bloomington for their approval.
   Name         Address         Printed Name         Signature Date      Birth Year
1.   _________________________________________________________________________ __________
   (Include additional names using this format.)   
 
   The affidavit of the person circulating the petition must be included at the end of each list of signatures.
(Section 5.05 amended September 13, 1988 by Special Election; Ord. 2004-8, passed 4-5-2004; Ord. 2017-30, passed 7-24-2017; Ord. 2021-41, passed 11-29-2021)