The Council may submit to the electors in the manner provided in Section 200 for the submission of proposed amendments to the Charter, the question of the proposed alienation, surrender or release of any rights of the City of Cleveland in or to the territory now covered by the waters of Lake Erie within the territorial limits of the City of Cleveland, or formerly covered thereby but now or hereafter filled. When approved by a majority of the electors voting upon such proposition, the alienation, surrender or release of such rights shall be done by proper instrument executed in the name of the City of Cleveland by the Mayor; provided, however, that, except pursuant to the referendum provisions of this Charter, no such proposition shall be required to be submitted to the vote of the electors in the case of granting of leases or franchises in or to said territory or any part thereof or in the event that such territory or any part thereof is conveyed to, or otherwise made available for use by, a port authority originally created jointly by the City and the County of Cuyahoga under authority of the laws of Ohio.
Any and all proceedings designed to carry into execution the provisions of Ordinance No. 37904-A, approved by the electors on November 2, 1915, and Ordinance No. 47814, adopted by the electors on January 6, 1919, or amendatory of or supplementary to said ordinances are hereby expressly authorized, ratified, approved and confirmed.
(Effective June 3, 1968)