(a) Number of Signatures. Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by qualified electors of the Municipality equal in number to at least fifteen percent (15%) of the total number of qualified electors who voted in the last regular election of municipal officers.
(b) Form and Content. All papers of a petition shall be uniform in size and style and each petition shall be assembled as one instrument for filing. Each signature shall be executed in ink or indelible pencil and shall be followed by the address of the person signing, their precinct, and the date of signing. Petitions shall contain or have attached thereto throughout their circulation the full text of the ordinance or resolution proposed or sought to be reconsidered.
(c) Affidavit of Circulator. Each petition shall have attached to it when filed, an affidavit executed by the circulator thereof stating that the circulator personally circulated the paper, the number of signatures thereon, that all the signatures were affixed in the circulator’s presence, that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be and that each signer had an opportunity before signing to read the full text of the ordinance or resolution proposed or sought to be reconsidered. Every circulator shall be an elector within the Municipality of Germantown. (Amended 11-8-16)
(d) Time for Filing Referendum Petitions. Referendum petitions must be filed with the Clerk of Council within thirty (30) days after adoption by the Council of the ordinance or resolution sought to be reconsidered.