SECTION IX-3. RECALL. (Amended 11-3-70)
   Electors shall have the power to remove from office by recall election, any elected officer of the Municipality. After an elected officer has served six months of his term, a petition demanding his recall and removal may be filed with the Clerk of Council. A verified copy of the petition to be circulated shall first be filed with the Clerk of Council. Such petition shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) percent of the total electors voting at the last preceding regular municipal election, and must be filed with the Clerk of Council within sixty (60) days from the date of the filing of the verified copy of the petition with the Clerk of Council. If the Clerk shall find the petition sufficient, he shall promptly so certify to the Council, shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the officer whose removal is sought and make a record of such delivery. If such officer shall not resign within five (5) days after the day on which such delivery shall have been made, the Council shall fix a day for holding a recall election not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than forty-five (45) days, from the date of delivery. The form of the ballot used shall be: "Shall be retained in his office as              . " If a majority of the votes cast shall be voted affirmatively, such officer shall remain in office. If a majority of the votes cast shall be voted negatively, such officer shall be considered as removed, his office shall be deemed vacant, and such vacancy shall be filled as provided in this Charter. The officer removed by such recall election shall not be eligible for appointment to the vacancy created thereby.