§ 26-3. Disclosure of parties in interest by persons making presentations or requests to city council or boards.

(a)

All parties making any presentation, formal request or petition to the city council or any city board, with respect to any real property, shall be required to make full disclosure, in writing, on a form supplied by the clerk of the city council or secretary to the board of all parties having a financial interest, either direct or indirect, in the subject matter of such presentation, formal request or petition. The required disclosure shall include but not be limited to disclosure of all natural persons having an ownership interest, direct or indirect, legal or equitable, in the subject real property, even if held in trust; those having any interest in a contract for sale of the property, including real estate brokers and salespersons; and any and all mortgagees of the property.

(b)

The disclosure required by subsection (a) of this section must be provided or updated within a reasonable time, as may be necessary, in order to ensure that the information disclosed is accurate at the time of filing and at all times thereafter, up to and including six months after final action is taken.

(c)

Where the disclosure required by subsection (a) of this section is not made and is subsequently discovered, the city council or board shall not consider the presentation, formal request or petition, unless good cause is shown why such disclosure was not made.

(d)

Upon a finding made by the city council that this section has been violated, the action taken with respect to the subject real property is voidable.

(Code 1960, § 2-157; Ord. No. 88-84, § 7, 8-9-1988; Ord. No. 99-27, § 1(4-8), 2-23-1999)