(a) Except as provided in subsection 130-558(b), as soon as possible after the filing of such petition, the city council shall fix, by resolution, a place and time, not less than 20 calendar days nor more than 40 calendar days after the petition is filed, for a hearing thereon. Thereupon, the city clerk shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition, of the purposes and boundaries of the proposed area, of the excise tax or taxes that are the subject of the petition and the rate at which such tax or taxes will be assessed within the proposed area, and of the time and place of hearing thereon. The clerk shall also cause a copy of said notice to be mailed to each elector of the proposed area at such elector's last-known address, as disclosed by the tax and official voter registration records of the counties in which said area is proposed to be located.

(b) No member of the city council shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this article by reason of ownership of property within any proposed area. (Ord. No. 2011-15, § 1, 7-11-2011)