The municipality now existing in the County of Cuyahoga, State of Ohio, and known as the City of Garfield Heights, shall continue to be a body politic and corporate under the name of the City of Garfield Heights, with the same boundaries as now exist, but with power and authority to change its boundaries in the manner authorized by the laws of the State of Ohio, except that no territory shall be detached from or annexed to the City, nor shall the City or any segment thereof be annexed to or merged with any body politic, nor shall the corporate existence of the City be terminated, without the assent of sixty per cent (60%) of the electors of the City voting on each proposal. Any such question shall be submitted to the electors at a regular election in such manner as the Garfield Heights City Council shall by resolution or ordinance prescribe.
The City of Garfield Heights shall have all powers of local self government now or hereafter granted to municipalities by the Constitution and laws of Ohio, and all such powers shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this Charter, or by ordinance of the Council created hereby or in such manner as may now or hereafter be provided by the Laws of Ohio.