No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for Council. Nominations for the office of Council members shall be made by petition signed by not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than fifty (50) electors of the City. Petitions shall be the standard forms for the nomination of individual nonpartisan candidates for such office. Group petitions shall not be used. Petitions shall be filed with the Board of Elections within the time period and in the county specified by the Ohio Revised Code. An elector may sign only as many petitions as there are Council members to be elected at the Municipal election for which the nominations are made. (Amended 11-6-01; 11-5-19)