Except as herein otherwise provided, no petition to recall any member of the Council shall be filed within six months after he takes office. No person removed by recall shall be eligible to be elected or appointed to the Council for a period of two years after the date of such recall. The Clerk of the Council shall preserve in his office all papers comprising or connected with a petition for a recall. The method of removal herein provided is in addition to such other methods as are, or may be, provided by general law.