The City Council, in order to ascertain whether or not a reasonable
number of property owners to be assessed desire any particular improvement
to be made, may request and receive a petition therefor, or may receive
such a petition voluntarily presented, but in either event, such petition
shall be advisory only and shall not be jurisdictional.
All advisory petitions shall be addressed to the City Council
and contain a brief description of the improvement sought to be made
and shall be signed by property owners only, whose signatures shall
be followed by a brief description of the property owned by them.
The signatures on such petitions shall be verified by the oath of
one or more of the circulators of such petition, before filing.
Advisory petitions shall be filed with the City Clerk who shall
check them for signatures and correctness and if they are found to
be in order, he/she shall refer them to the City Manager who shall
present them to the City Council at its next regular or special meeting
called for that purpose, together with his/her recommendations.
