Amendments to this Charter may be submitted to the electors of the city by a four-fifths vote of the Council, and shall be submitted by the Council when a petition signed by ten (10) percent of the total number of voters voting at the last regular election of municipal officers of the city, setting forth any such proposed amendment, shall have been filed in the manner and form prescribed herein for the submission of ordinances by an initiative petition. The amendment shall be submitted to the electors at the next regular municipal election if one shall occur not less than sixty (60) nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after its passage; otherwise, it shall provide for the submission of the amendment at a special election to be called and held within the time aforesaid. Not less than thirty (30) days prior to such election, the Clerk of the Council shall mail a copy of the proposed amendment to each elector whose name appears upon the registration or poll books of the last regular municipal or general election, or the full text of the proposed Charter amendment shall be published once a week for not less than two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the city, or in a newspaper of general circulation if no newspaper is published therein, with the first publication being at least fifteen (15) days prior to the election at which the amendment is to be submitted to the electors, whichever method the Council shall elect. If such proposed amendment be approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, it shall become a part of the Charter at the time fixed therein.
(Amended 11-7-72)