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<br />with any suggested comments of the commission. All petitions circulated with <br />respect to a charter amendment shall be uniform in character and shall have <br />attached thereto the text of the proposed amendment in full; except that in the <br />case of a proposed amendment containing more than 1,000 words, a true and <br />correct copy of the same may be filed with the city clerk, and the petition shall <br />then contain a summary of not less than 50 nor more than 300 words setting forth <br />in substance the nature of the proposed amendment. Such summary shall <br />contain a statement of the objects and purposes of the amendment proposed and <br />an outline of any proposed new scheme or frame work of government and shall <br />be sufficient to inforn; the signers of the petition as to what change in government <br />is sought to be accomplished by the amendment. The summary, together with <br />a copy of the proposed amendment, shall first be submitted to the charter <br />commission for its approval as to form and substance. The commission shall <br />within ten days after such submission to it, return the same to the proposers of the <br />amendment with such modifications in statement as it may deem necessary in <br />order that the summary may fairly comply with the requirements above set forth. <br />Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.852, subdivision 9, is <br />amended to read: <br />Subd. 9 [OFFICIAL CONTROLS OR CONTROLS.] "Official controls" or <br />"controls" means city charter provisions and amendments, ordinances and rules <br />which control the physical development of a city, county or town or any part <br />thereof or any detail thereof and implement the general objectives of the <br /> <br />5 <br />