The voters shall elect the members of the City Council on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November 2016, and on the same day and month in every succeeding fourth year. Their term of office shall commence on the Thursday next after the first Monday in December succeeding their election and shall continue for 4 years. The Council shall consist of fourteen members in addition to the President. There shall be fourteen districts with one member elected from each district. The election of members shall be held by council districts, and no person is entitled to vote for any member of the City Council other than member for the district in which the voter is registered. The City Council, by a three-fourths vote of its members, may remove an individual member from office for incompetency, misconduct in office, wilful neglect of duty, or felony or misdemeanor in office, on charges preferred by the Mayor, the City Council's Committee on Legislative Investigations, or by the Inspector General, and after notice of those charges and an opportunity to be heard by the City Council are given to the individual member. A member of the City Council shall not hold office for more than 2 consecutive full terms of office and in no event shall hold the office for more than 8 years during any 12 year period. This provision shall not preclude an elected member from seeking other elected offices within Baltimore City after two consecutive terms as member. In the event that an elected member takes office as a result of a removal or vacancy as described in §§ <cite data-path="III|§2">2</cite> or <cite data-path="III|§6">6</cite> of <cite data-path="III">this Article</cite>, that elected member shall only be eligible to hold that office for the remainder of the predecessor’s unexpired term and 1 consecutive full term thereafter. Initiative “Question K”, ratified Nov. 8, 2022 Res. 99-016, ratified Nov. 2, 1999 Initiative “Question P”, ratified Nov. 5, 2002 Res. 04-049, ratified Nov. 2, 2004 Res. 12-003, ratified Nov. 6, 2012 Res. 20-024, ratified Nov. 3, 2020 Subsection (e) was added by Initiative Ballot Question K, ratified November 8, 2022. The final sentence of Question K establishes that subsection (e) will be effective “beginning with persons elected in the 2024 Baltimore City Election.”