§ 136. AMENDMENT.

Proposed amendments to this charter may be submitted to the electors of the City by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Council; and upon petitions signed by ten percent of the electors of the City setting forth any such proposed amendment prepared and filed with the Clerk of the Council in the manner and form prescribed herein for the submission of ordinances by initiative petition, such proposed amendment shall be so submitted by the Council. The percentage aforesaid shall be based upon the total vote cast at the last preceding general municipal election. The ordinance providing for the submission of any such proposed amendment shall require that such proposed amendment be submitted to the electors at the next regular city wide election if one shall occur not less than sixty (60) days after its passage. The Clerk of the Council shall transmit to the Director of the Board of Elections of Summit County, Ohio, or the successor to this position, a duly authenticated copy of such ordinance forthwith upon its passage. Notice of said proposed amendment shall be given in the manner provided by law. If such proposed amendment be approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, it shall become a part of the Charter at the time fixed therein; and if no time be fixed therein, then it shall become a part of the Charter when the results of the official canvass of such election is announced.

(V 107 p 445; Approved by voters Sept. 7, 1971) (Amendment adopted by electorate 11-4-80; Amendment adopted by electorate 11-6-90)