Section 74.

The Mayor may be removed from office by the electors of the City, and members of the Council may be removed from office by the electors of their respective wards, by the following procedure:

   Petitions for the recall of the Mayor shall be signed by at least five thousand registered electors of the City, and petitions for the recall of a member of Council shall be signed by at least seven hundred registered electors of the Council member's ward. Such petitions shall be signed and verified in the manner provided in this Charter for petitions for the nomination of candidates.

   The petitions shall state that the signers thereof demand the recall of the official sought to be recalled, and shall contain the names and addresses of a committee of three electors who shall be the agents of the petitioners in all matters relating to the petitions.

   Such petitions shall be filed with the City Clerk, who shall examine them, and if regular in form and having sufficient number of signatures, shall be certified by him to the election authorities of the City, who shall forthwith examine the signatures to such petitions and determine whether they are properly signed by the required number of registered electors; and if the petitions be found sufficient, they shall forthwith order a recall election as asked for in such petitions, to be held at the same time as the next general or primary election to be held throughout the City, not less than sixty (60) days thereafter, and they shall forthwith certify their finding and the time fixed for such recall election to the City Clerk and the official or officials whose recall has been so petitioned.
(Amended November 4, 2003.)