§ 4.130.050. Submission and receipt of petitions.

A.

The sponsors shall file the petition booklets as a single instrument. After the filing, no additional petition booklets may be received by the clerk for validation whether such additional booklets are submitted before or after the expiration of the petition period. Such late booklets shall be received only for the purpose of preservation of the record.

B.

Filing shall be done during borough business hours. If the last day of the period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other borough holiday, the sponsors may file the petition no later than nine a.m. on the first weekday which is not a holiday.

C.

Within ten days after the date the petition is filed, the clerk shall check each booklet and shall mark as rejected on its face and the reason for the rejection, any petition booklet which:

1.

shows evidence of having been disassembled and reassembled;

2.

does not contain all pages of the ordinance to be initiated or referred;

3.

does not contain the fully completed, signed and notarized affidavit of the sponsor.

(Ord. No. 2007-32, § 3, 10-9-07; Ord. No. 2002-17, § 19, 6-4-02; Ord. No. 94-08, § 1(part), 1994)