§ 3. Petitions.

(a)

Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by registered voters of the city equal in number to ten percent (10%) of the total number of registered voters registered to vote at the last regular election.

(b)

An initiative petition that is filed with the city secretary shall include a financial impact statement of the estimated financial consequences of the proposed initiative.

(c)

All papers of a petition shall be uniform in size and style and shall be assembled as one instrument for filing. Each signature shall be executed in ink and shall be followed by the address of the person signing. Petitions shall contain or have attached thereto throughout their circulation the full text of the ordinance proposed or sought to be reconsidered.

(d)

Each paper of a petition shall have attached to it when filed an affidavit executed by the person circulating it stating that he or she personally circulated the paper, the number of signatures thereon, that all the signatures were affixed in his or her presence, that he or she believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be and that each signer had an opportunity before signing to read the full text of the ordinance proposed or sought to be reconsidered.

(e)

Referendum affidavits must be filed within thirty (30) days after adoption by the council of the ordinance sought to be reconsidered, and referendum petitions must be filed within thirty (30) days after issuance of the appropriate petition blanks to the petitioners' committee.

(f)

Initiative petitions must be filed within thirty (30) days after issuance of the appropriate petition blanks to the petitioners' committee.

(Ord. No. 2013-9464, Amd. 22, 5-22-13)