A petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to twenty-five percent of the total vote cast at the last preceding general municipal election, requesting the calling of an election to determine whether the incumbent of an elective office shall be removed, shall be addressed to the council and presented to the city clerk. The petition may request that the question of such removal shall be submitted at a special municipal election or at the next general municipal election.
Editor's note: The first sentence of this section was amended by Charter Amendment No. 2, ratified by the qualified electors of the city on June 8, 1954.