The incumbent of any elective city office, including a person appointed to fill a vacancy in any such office, may be recalled from office by the electors qualified to vote for the election of a successor to the incumbent, in the manner provided herein.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
A. 
To initiate recall proceedings, written statement in duplicate proposing the recall of the incumbent of an elective office, shall be made and sworn to by twenty or more registered qualified electors of the city, and shall he filed with the city clerk after the incumbent has held office at 1east four months. The statement shall also contain the reason or reasons for which the recall is sought, in not more than two hundred words. Within five days the city clerk shall mail a copy of such statement by registered, certified or similar special mail to the officer at his residential address. Within ten days after the statement is mailed to the officer, the officer may make and file with the city clerk a written statement in duplicate justifying his conduct in office, in not more than two hundred words, and the city clerk on request shall deliver one copy to one of the persons filing the statement proposing the recall.
B. 
The petition for recall shall include a demand that the incumbent sought to be recalled shall be removed from office and shall also include before the space where the signatures are to be written the statement giving reason or reasons for recall under the heading “STATEMENT FOR RECALL.” The two statements shall be in letters of the same size. A copy of the petition shall be filed with the city clerk within one month after recall proceedings are initiated by the filing of the first statement, and before the petition is circulated.
C. 
A number of registered qualified electors of the city equal at least to twenty percent (20%) of the total number of votes cast for governor the city at the last general state election at which a governor was elected must sign the petition. Each signer shall write after his name, his address within the city, giving street or avenue and number, if any. Not more than one hundred signatures may appear on a single copy of the petition. Only registered qualified electors of the city may circulate the petition. The person circulating a copy of the petition shall sign an affidavit on the copy stating that each signer signed the petition in his presence, that each signature on the petition is genuine and that he believes each signer to be a registered qualified elector of the city.
D. 
The circulated petition shall be filed with the city clerk not later than one month after the filing of a copy as provided above. Within one month after date of filing of the circulated petition, the city clerk shall examine it and ascertain whether it has been prepared and circulated as required and whether the number of registered qualified electors of the city has signed it. He shall then attach his certificate to the petition. If his certificate states that the petition has not been prepared and circulated as required and/or lacks a sufficient number of signatures, the petition shall have no effect; and recall proceedings may not again be initiated against the same person within six months after date of the certificate. But, if the city clerk’s certificate states that the petition has been prepared and circulated as required and has a sufficient number of signatures, he shall submit the petition and certificate to the council at its next meeting. The decision of the city clerk shall be subject to judicial review.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
A. 
The council by resolution or ordinance passed within ten days after receiving the petition and certificate of the city clerk, shall order and fix the date for a recall election, which shall be held not less than forty (40) days, nor more than fifty (50) days, after the passage of the resolution or ordinance. The city clerk shall cause the resolution or ordinance ordering the election to be published in full in a newspaper of general circulation within the city with ten (10) days after its passage; and such publication shall be sufficient notice of the election.
B. 
The qualified electors of the city may vote in a recall election.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
A. 
The recall election shall be an election to determine if the incumbent or incumbents shall be recalled from office. The city attorney, subject to council approval shall determine the wording on the ballots. A vote of YES on the ballot shall mean that the incumbent or incumbents shall be recalled. A vote of NO on the ballot shall mean that the incumbent or incumbents shall not be recalled and remain in office. If the incumbent or incumbents are recalled, then the office or offices shall be declared vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled as other vacancies in the council are filled. (See Section 2-10). If the incumbent or incumbents are not recalled in the recall election, he shall continue in office without interruption; and recall proceedings may not again be initiated against him within one (1) year after the election.
B. 
The provisions of this charter relating to city elections shall also govern recall elections insofar as they are applicable and are not superseded by the provisions of this article.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
No person who bas been recalled from an office, or who has resigned from such office while recall proceedings were pending against him, may hold any office or position of employment in the city within two (2) years after his recall or resignation.
(Ordinance adopting Code)