(a) Initiation. Council, in order to ascertain whether or not a reasonable of owners to be assessed desires any particular to be made, request and receive a petition therefor, or receive such a petition voluntarily presented, but in either event, such petition be advisory only and shall not be jurisdictional.
(b) Contents. An advisory petition be addressed to Council and contain a brief description of the sought to be made or the nuisance or hazard sought to be abated, and be signed by owners only, whose signatures shall be followed by a brief description of the owned by them. The signatures on such petition shall be verified by the of one or more of the circulators of such petition before filing.
(c) Filing. Advisory petitions be filed with the City Clerk who check them for signatures and correctness. If they are found to be in order he or she shall refer them to the Mayor who shall present them to Council at its next regular or special meeting called for that purpose, together with his or her recommendations.
(Ord. 24, passed 12-8-1954)