Local public improvements may be initiated by petition signed by property owners whose aggregate property in the proposed district was assessed for not less than 51% of the total assessed value of the privately-owned real property located therein, all shown by the last preceding general tax records of the village. Such petition shall contain a brief description of the property owned by the respective signatories thereof and if it shall appear that the petition is signed by at least 51%, as aforesaid, the Clerk-Treasurer shall certify same to the Council. The petition shall be addressed to the Council and filed with the Clerk-Treasurer and shall in no event be considered directory, but is advisory only.
(1984 Code, § 1-05-030) (Ord. 41, passed 3-21-1974)