(a) Signatures on initiative petitions need not all be on one paper, but the circulator of every such petition shall make an affidavit that each signature appended to the petition is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be, which affidavit shall be substantially in the following form:
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF BROWARD, ss
being duly sworn, deposes and says that he or she is the circulator of the foregoing initiative petition containing signatures, and that the signatures appended thereto were made in his or her presence and are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be.
Signed
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of , 20 .
Notary Public
(b) With each signature, the petition also shall state the place of residence of the signer, giving the street and number or other description sufficient to identify the signer’s residence.
(c) An initiative petition need not contain the full text of the proposed ordinance but shall briefly and fairly describe the ordinance sought to be enacted.
(d) All initiative petitions shall have written or printed on the petition the names and addresses of at least five (5) registered voters who shall constitute a committee of the petitioners for the purposes hereinafter provided.
(e) All initiative petition papers shall be filed in the office of the city clerk, securely fastened together, as one (1) petition.
(Ord. O-84-14, passed 2-3-84; Am. Ord. O-99-34, passed 10-20-99; Am. Ord. O-2018-05, passed 11-6-18)