(a) All members of the Council shall be electors of the City under the laws of Ohio at the time of filing for office and during their terms of office. Members of Council elected from wards shall be electors of the ward from which they seek election at the time of filing for office and during their terms of office.
(b) Except as permitted under this Charter, members of the Council shall not hold any other office or employment with the City during their tenure on the Council, nor may members of the Council hold any employment in the classified service of the City for a period of one year after tenure on the Council.
(c) The Council shall remove a member of the Council and declare his office to be vacant upon finding the accused member guilty of any of the causes by a four-fifths vote of the members of Council, excluding the accused member:
(1) Failure to comply with divisions (a) or (b) of this section.
(2) Conviction of a felony, involving moral turpitude.
(d) The Council may remove a member of the Council and declare his office to be vacant upon finding the accused member guilty of any of the following causes by a four-fifths vote of the members of the Council, excluding the accused member:
(1) Willful or repeated violation of the provisions of this Charter.
(2) Failure to attend three consecutive regular meetings of the Council without being excused by the Council. Council may excuse absences of its members at any time, whether before or after the absence.
(3) Misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance in office.
(e) The Council shall notify any accused member of the charges against him by serving a copy of the charges and a notice of the date, time and place of the hearing on the charges on him personally or by leaving such copy and notice at his last known place of residence in the City. At the hearing the member of the Council making the charges against the accused member and the accused member may appear in person or by attorney and may examine witnesses. The Mayor shall issue subpoenas for witnesses or other evidence upon the request of the member of Council making the charges and the accused member. Charges against a member of the Council may be made under this section only by another member of the Council, it being the intention of this Charter that the Council shall be the sole judge of the election and qualifications of its members.