§ 18-12-126. Form of petition; information to be provided with petition.

(a)

The administering department shall prepare a form of petition to be used to initiate a SAD described in this division and shall make the form available upon request to any certified DNIO. The form of petition shall provide for the inclusion of all of the following information at the top of each sheet:

(1)

The name and address of the DNIO associated with the petition and contact information for one or more DNIO representatives.

(2)

A description of the geographic boundaries of the proposed SAD.

(3)

A description of the services to be funded by special assessment.

(4)

A preliminary estimate of the assessed cost for the services described in paragraph (a)(3). The estimate shall be based in part on the DNIO's acquisition of three (3) estimates of the costs of providing the Services to be paid by special assessment. Such estimates shall be from contractors licensed to conduct business in the City of Detroit under all applicable laws.

(5)

The estimated tax parcel share for the services to be provided within the proposed SAD. The petition shall state that the estimated tax parcel share may change after a record owner signs the petition and that any such change shall not impact the validity of the petition, although a hearing may be required pursuant to section 18-12-134(b) during the term of a SAD as a result of such a change.

(6)

The proposed term of the SAD.

(b)

The remainder of each sheet of the petition shall contain a table with columns for tax parcel, record owner, record owner's signature, and the date of such signature. The petition form may contain blank underlined spaces for rows of data for each column, or the petition may be prepared with the data for tax parcel and record owner pre-printed on the petition form and blank underlined spaces for the signature and date.

(c)

Each sheet of the petition shall have below the table of signatures a place for certification by the person collecting the signatures of the record owners on that sheet, including the printed and signed name of the collector and the date of certification.

(d)

To prepare the form of petition described in subsection (a) for circulation, a DNIO may request from the board of assessors or any other applicable City agency or department, as needed, the following information:

(1)

A listing of all tax parcels, with ward and item numbers, within the geographic boundaries of the proposed SAD, the record owner of each tax parcel, and the area in square feet of each tax parcel.

(2)

Identification of each tax parcel that would be exempt from assessement pursuant to section 18-12-136.

(e)

The DNIO shall be responsible for circulating the petition to the record owners within the proposed SAD and submitting the completed petition to the city clerk in accordance with the following section. Prior to circulating an unsigned petition, a DNIO shall submit it to the administering department for approval as to its form and content. If the administering department denies the form and content of the unsigned petition, it shall specify any deficiencies. The DNIO shall then have the opportunity to cure any such deficiencies and resubmit the unsigned petition for approval.

(Ord. No. 07-14, § 1, 4-29-14)