(Jeremy Papasso, The Times-CallAlysa Dudrey and her five-year-old daughter Evalyn shop for groceries on Thursday at the King Soopers in Longmont. A petition seeking support for exempting food bought at grocery stores for at-home consumption from Longmont municipal sales taxes was approved by the city clerk’s office for circulation Thursday. A petition seeking support for exempting food bought at grocery stores for at-home consumption from Longmont municipal sales taxes was approved by the city clerk’s office for circulation Thursday. Former city council member Sarah Levison and resident Paul Tiger submitted the petition language to the city clerk and now need to gather 5,657 signatures from registered Longmont voters in order to send the tax repeal question to the November municipal ballot. Neither the state nor Boulder County taxes food purchased for cooking at home, but Longmont’s 3.53 percent sales tax applies to such grocery items. Denver exempts food items for domestic use from its city sales tax. “What we’re looking at is compassionate relief for families that are working hard.