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10 Section 5.03. Determination of Petition Sufficiency. For a petition to be sufficient, it must meet the requirements set forth in section 5.02 and contain at least the following:  Petitions for Initiative and Referendum require signatures numbering at least fifteen (15) percent of the total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election.  Petitions for Recall require signatures at least twenty five (25) percent of the total ballots cast for President in the most recent Presidential election. If all requirements have been met, the City Administrator shall report to the Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. Thereafter, the Council shall immediately declare the sufficiency of the petition by resolution. (Amended by Ordinance 790, Adopted July 23, 2007; Filed: August 29, 2007.) Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Frivolous Petition. If the petition appears to be frivolous, the City Administrator shall report to the Council within ten (10) calendars days of receipt of the petition. If the Council determines the petition is frivolous, the Council shall direct the City Administrator to the file the petition as frivolous and no further action shall be taken. If the City Administrator determines that the petition does not meet the requirements for sufficiency and is not determined to be frivolous, a copy of the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, shall be delivered to the Sponsoring Committee and to the Council within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of the completed petition. As specified in this Charter, the Sponsoring Committee shall have a twenty-one (21) calendar days to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the specified insufficiency. Within nine (9) calendar days of receipt of the corrected completed petition, the City Administrator shall determine whether the petition as corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient, the Council shall direct the City Administrator to file the petition as insufficient and notify the Sponsoring Committee within ten (10) calendar days that no further action will be taken. The final finding that the petition is insufficient shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. (Amended by Ordinance 790, Adopted July 23, 2007; Filed: August 29, 2007.) Section 5.05. Ballot Measure Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be met, the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be held within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a regular primary election and a regular general election or forty (40) calendar days after a regular general election. If there is no regular primary election then no special election shall be held within sixty (60) calendar days prior to a regular general election. (Amended by Ordinance 790, Adopted July 23, 2007; Filed: August 29, 2007.)