In addition to any other actions required by law or by this
Charter to be taken by ordinance, those actions of the Council shall
be by ordinance which:
1.
Adopt or amend an administrative code or establish, alter or abolish
any Borough department, office or agency.
2.
Adopt or amend a code establishing a personnel system for the Borough.
3.
Provide for a fine or other penalty or establish a rule or regulation
for violation of which a fine or other penalty is imposed, except
for fines of less than $1 per violation.
4.
Levy taxes.
5.
Grant, renew or extend a franchise.
6.
Establish, alter or abolish rates charged for any utility or other
service supplied by the Borough.
7.
Authorize the borrowing of money;
8.
Convey or lease or authorize the conveyance or lease of any lands
of the Borough.
9.
Amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted, unless such previous
ordinance action could have been taken by resolution or motion.
10.
Establish wages, hours or fringe benefits of any employees of the
Borough.
The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be: the "Town Council
of the Borough of Bellevue hereby ordains."
Every ordinance shall contain the date of its enactment, and
its enactment shall be verified by the signature of the presiding
officer of the meeting at which final action thereon was taken and
attested by the Director of Administrative Services. The official
seal of the Borough shall be affixed to the original copy of each
ordinance. However, failure on the part of any person to sign or attest
an ordinance and/or to affix the official seal shall not in any way
invalidate an otherwise valid ordinance.
The penalty for the violation of any ordinance shall not exceed
$500 for each violation or 30 days' imprisonment in default of payment
of fine. However, any ordinance may provide that, for continuing violations,
each day that a violation exists may be regarded as a separate offense
and be punishable as such. The limit of fines may be increased by
the Council to the extent of the maximum fine that may be levied by
any noncharter municipality in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as
that limit is from time to time established by the General Assembly.
Before any ordinance takes effect, it first must be submitted
to the Mayor for his approval. The Mayor shall sign the ordinance
if he approves it, whereupon it shall become law as of its effective
date. If he disapproves it he shall veto it and shall return it to
the Council with the reasons for his disapproval at the first meeting
thereof held not less than 10 days after he receives it. If the Council
shall pass the ordinance by a vote of two-thirds of all of its members
within 45 days after the ordinance has been returned with the Mayor's
veto, it shall become law without his approval. If the Mayor does
not return the ordinance within the time required, it shall become
law without his approval.
After adoption in the manner provided in § 505 of
this Charter, all ordinances shall be published one time in a newspaper
circulating generally within the Borough. The full text of the ordinance
need not be published; instead the title and a general summary of
the substance of the ordinance will be sufficient to meet said publication
requirement. Publication shall occur within 10 days after the enactment
of the ordinance. Except as otherwise provided in § 507
of this Charter in respect of emergency ordinances, the effective
date of any ordinance shall be the publication date unless a later
date is specified in the ordinance or required by the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
To meet a public emergency affecting life, health, property
or the public peace, the Council may enact one or more emergency ordinances
which may be adopted without prior notice and may be made effective
immediately. Such emergency ordinances shall be adopted in the manner
set out in § 505 of this Charter, except that if the Mayor
disapproves any such emergency ordinance he shall veto the same and
shall return it to the Council with the reasons for his disapproval
within 24 hours after its enactment. Such emergency ordinances shall
not levy taxes, grant, renew, or extend a franchise, regulate the
rate charged by any public utility, or authorize the borrowing of
money except as provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
An emergency ordinance shall be introduced in the form and manner
prescribed for ordinances generally, except that it shall be plainly
designated as an emergency ordinance and shall contain, after the
enacting clause, a declaration stating that an emergency exists and
describing it in clear and specific terms. After its adoption, the
ordinance shall be published and printed as prescribed for other adopted
ordinances. It shall become effective upon adoption or at such later
time as it may specify. Every emergency ordinance shall automatically
stand repealed as of the 31st day following the date on which it was
adopted, but this shall not prevent readoption of the ordinance in
the manner specified in this section if the emergency still exists.
An emergency ordinance may also be repealed by adoption of a repealing
ordinance in the same manner specified in this section for adoption
of emergency ordinances.
All ordinances and resolutions of the Borough shall be entered
verbatim in permanent separate record books for ordinances and resolutions.
The Ordinance Book and the Resolution Book shall be open and available
for public inspection during usual business hours. These books shall
be in the custody and control of the Director of Administrative Services.
No final action shall be taken on the following types of ordinances
without public hearing thereon and at least 10 days' prior public
notice thereof published in a newspaper circulating generally within
the Borough:
1.
Zoning Ordinance and amendments thereto.
2.
Adoption of the Zoning Map and amendments thereto.
3.
Subdivision regulations.
4.
Land development and land use regulations.
5.
New taxes or increases in the rates of existing taxes. No prior public
notice shall be necessary for the reenactment of taxes levied annually
at the same rate.
6.
Ordinances establishing or amending the Borough personnel system.
7.
Ordinances establishing the Administrative Code.
8.
Ordinances modifying the boundaries of Borough wards.
