Every resident of the city who shall at the time and place of offering his vote be qualified to vote for a member of the Assembly shall be entitled to vote for all elective offices of the city in the district where he shall be so qualified.
The city elections shall be held at the general elections in the odd-numbered years as the terms of present officers and their successors expire, except when vacancies occur as provided in § C4-5 herein. Such elections shall be governed by the Election Law.
Except as otherwise provided by law, whenever the Council shall call a special election, it shall adopt a resolution at least 60 days before such election, designating the date of election, the hours of opening and closing the polls and the place or places of holding the election, and setting forth the proposition or propositions to be voted upon. Each such election shall be conducted in the manner prescribed for general elections, except as otherwise provided by the Council.
A. 
Qualified voters at a mandatory or permissive referendum on a bond resolution shall be those who are qualified to vote for elective offices of the city and who are the owners of real property in the city assessed to such owners on the last preceding assessment roll of the city.
B. 
A bond resolution subject to a mandatory referendum shall be governed by the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
C. 
A bond resolution subject to a permissive referendum shall not take effect until at least 45 days after its adoption; nor until approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified voters described in Subsection A herein voting on a proposition for its approval if within 45 days after its adoption, there be filed with the City Clerk a petition protesting against such bond resolution, signed and authenticated as required under the Election Law, by the qualified voters of the city, registered to vote therein at the last preceding general election, in number equal to at least 10% of the total number of votes cast for Governor at the last gubernatorial election in the city. If such petition be so filed, a proposition for the approval of such bond resolution shall be submitted at the next general election held not less than 60 days after filing such petition, unless the petition requests and the Council adopts a resolution submitting such proposition at a special election held not less than 60 days after the adoption of the resolution.
D. 
Notice of a referendum shall be published in the official newspaper once a week for two weeks preceding the date of the referendum and shall set forth the proposition and the purpose of the proposed bond issue.