The following procedures shall apply to ballots mailed with the notice of hearing:
A. Each assessment ballot shall include the printed and/or typed name of the signing person, and shall be signed by the record owner or an authorized representative. The city clerk may employ reasonable procedures, including, but not limited to, those specified in Government Code Section 53753(e), as that section may be amended or renumbered, to establish the propriety of any signature or authority for signature.
B. Each assessment ballot shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to the address indicated on the assessment ballot.
C. Assessment ballots shall be received only at the address indicated on the assessment ballot, or at the site of the public hearing.
D. Ballots which are not signed, or which are otherwise defective, or which were not delivered to the proper location, shall not be included in the tabulation of a majority protest.
E. An assessment ballot may be submitted, changed, or withdrawn prior to the conclusion of the public testimony on the proposed assessment at the hearing. (Ord. 98-017 § 2; prior code § 81.02.207)