(A) Advisory petition. The Council, in order to ascertain whether or not a reasonable number of property owners to be assessed desire any particular improvement to be made, may request and receive a petition therefor, or may receive such a petition voluntarily presented; but in either event, the petition shall be advisory only and shall not be jurisdictional.
(B) Contents of petition. All advisory petitions shall be addressed to the Council and contain a brief description of the improvement sought to be made or the nuisance or hazard sought to be abated and shall be signed by property owners only whose signatures shall be followed by a brief description of the property owned by them. The signatures of the petitions shall be verified by the oath of one or more of the circulators of the petition, before filing.
(C) Filing of petition. Advisory petitions shall be filed with the Clerk/Treasurer who shall check them for signatures and correctness and if they are found to be in order he or she shall refer them to the City Manager who shall present them to the Council at its next regular meeting or special meeting called for that purpose, together with his or her recommendations.
(Ord. 54, passed 12-3-1953; Ord. 182, § 1, passed 2-13-2012)