City of Greensburg, PA
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2023-12-11
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Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article II General Powers
- Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art II General Powers
- § C-3 General powers.
- § C-4 Residual powers.
- § C-5 Continuation of existing powers and functions.
- § C-6 Intergovernmental relations.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 10 Bonds of Certain Officers and Employees
- Ch 12 Central Westmoreland Council of Governments
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Educational Service Agency
- Ch 25 Emergency Disaster Plan
- Ch 30 Fiscal Affairs
- Ch 40 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 Intergovernmental Agreements
- Ch 47 Meetings
- Ch 50 (Reserved)
- Ch 54 Pensions
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 60 Planning Commission
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Seal
- Ch 74 Shade Tree Policy
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 86 Advertising Materials
- Ch 89 (Reserved)
- Ch 92 Alarm Devices
- Ch 96 Amusement Devices
- Ch 99 Animals
- Ch 103 Automobile Service Stations
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 (Reserved)
- Ch 119 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 122 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 127 Retail Food Facilities
- Ch 130 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 132 City Hall
- Ch 135 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 140 Driveways
- Ch 147 Entertainment, Public
- Ch 151 Fees
- Ch 154 Firearms
- Ch 155 Fire Prevention
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 175 Insurance
- Ch 179 (Reserved)
- Ch 182 Mining
- Ch 190 Parking Lots
- Ch 193 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 195 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 197 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 200 (Reserved)
- Ch 202 Poles and Wires
- Ch 203 Posters, Signs, Banners or Bumper Stickers
- Ch 205 Property Maintenance
- Ch 211 Real Estate Registry
- Ch 215 Rental Property
- Ch 219 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 227 Solid Waste, Bulky Waste, Recycling, Household Hazardous Waste (Hhw) and E-Waste Collection
- Ch 232 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 235 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 240 Taxation
- Ch 243 Telecommunications Rights-Of-Way, Management of
- Ch 246 Trees
- Ch 249 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 253 Nuisances
- Ch 260 Warrantless Arrests
- Ch 265 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A270 (Reserved)
- Ch A271 Streets and Alleys
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The City of Greensburg shall have and may exercise
any powers and perform any function not expressly denied by the Constitution
of Pennsylvania, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or the Constitution of the United States.
The powers of the city shall be liberally construed
in favor of the city in order to provide Greensburg with the greatest
possible power of self government under the Pennsylvania Constitution.
Any specific mention of the powers in this Charter shall not be construed
as limiting in any way the general powers of the city as stated in
this Article.
All powers and functions contained in all ordinances
and resolutions of the City of Greensburg prior to the effective date
of this Charter which are in force on the effective date of this Charter
and not inconsistent herewith shall continue in force until amended,
repealed, superseded or expired by their own terms.
The city may exercise any of its powers to perform
any of its functions jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise,
with any other governmental agency. The Mayor shall have the authority
to negotiate intergovernmental cooperative agreements which shall
be subject to the final ratification of the Council. The Mayor shall
give prior notification to the Council of any intent to negotiate
such agreements and shall provide the Council with periodic reports
of the negotiations. The Council shall in no way be excluded from
participation.
