The council shall acknowledge a petition upon or within a reasonable time after receipt. The council shall ensure that, within 30 days of the receipt of the petition, notice of the pendency of the petition and a concise summary of its contents are provided to all persons to whom notice is required by any provision of law. In addition, the council may give notice to other persons. To accomplish this notice provision, the council may require the petitioner to serve the notice on all persons to whom notice is required by any provision of law, and provide a written statement to the council attesting that notice was provided.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 501-16.7