Time limits for perfection of petition:
A. Before or at the time of initiating the circulation of any petition or referendum, the person or persons, organization or organizations under whose authority the petition is to be circulated, shall send or deliver to the city clerk a copy of such petition duly signed by at least twenty (20) electors eligible to sign such petition. The clerk shall immediately examine the petition and specify the form and kind and size of paper on which the petition shall be printed and circulated for further signatures. All petitions and sheets for signatures shall be printed on a good quality bond or ledger paper, on pages eight and one-half inches (81/2") in width by thirteen inches (13") in length, with a margin of one and three-fourths inches (13/4") at the top for binding, and the sheets for signatures shall have numbered lines thereon from one to twenty (20) for signatures.
B. The city clerk shall indicate in writing on the petition that he has approved it as to form. The clerk shall inform the person or persons, organization or organizations under whose authority the petition is to be circulated, in writing, that the petition must be perfected with the required number of certified signatures within sixty (60) days following the date of approval as to form. Any petition that has not been perfected with the required number of certified signatures within the sixty (60) days allowed shall be declared null and void ab initio in its entirety. (Ord. 263, 8-1-1988)