Petition

Eligible electors residing within the limits of a proposed land use district equal in number to at least ten percent or more of the registered voters residing within the limits of a proposed land use district may file a petition in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the proposed land use district, or its major portion, is located, requesting that there be submitted to the registered voters of the proposed district the question of whether the territory within the boundaries of the proposed district shall be organized as a land use district under this chapter. The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county where it is filed and shall set forth the following: 1. An intelligible description of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced in the district. 2. The name of the proposed district. 3. That the territory to be embraced in the district has a distinctive historical and cultural character which might be preserved by the establishment of the district. 4. That the public welfare will be promoted by the establishment of the district. 5. The signatures of the petitioners.