SECTION 9. REMOVAL.

   The Council may remove the Mayor for gross misconduct, or malfeasance in or disqualification for office, or for the conviction while in office of a crime involving moral turpitude, or if adjudicated legally incompetent, or for a violation of the Mayor's oath of office; provided, however, that such removal shall not take place without the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members elected to Council nor until the Mayor shall have been notified in writing of the charge against the Mayor at least fifteen (15) days in advance of a public hearing upon such charge, and the Mayor or the Mayor's counsel has been given an opportunity at such hearing to be heard, present evidence and examine any witness appearing in support of the charge. (Amended 11-4-86.)