A member of the commission may be removed from office by the electors of the city. Any elector of the ward from which a member of the commission was elected or chosen may make and file with the city clerk an affidavit stating the name of the member whose removal is sought and grounds alleged for such removal that shall include an allegation of inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office, incapacity or incompetency. The clerk shall thereupon deliver to the elector making the affidavit copies of petition papers for demanding such a removal, printed copies of which he shall keep on file for distribution as herein provided. In issuing any such petition paper the clerk shall enter in a record to be kept in his office the name of the elector to whom issued, the date of issuance, the number of papers issued, and shall certify upon each such paper the name of the elector to whom issued and the date of issuance. No petition paper shall be accepted as part of a petition unless it bears such certificate of the clerk and unless filed as hereinafter provided.
(Adopted by electorate, November 7, 1978 – Amending Ordinance No. 46-78; Adopted by electorate, November 8, 2011 – Amending Ordinance No. 6-11)