This Charter, together with all subsequent amendments hereto,
provides for the government of the City of Saratoga Springs and shall
be known as the "Charter of the City of Saratoga Springs."
The City of Saratoga Springs shall comprise the lands embraced
within the boundaries of the City of Saratoga Springs as it existed
when this Charter was adopted and any territory hereinafter duly acquired
by the City to become part thereof.
The City of Saratoga Springs shall have all municipal powers,
functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of every name and nature
wherever conferred on cities by the Constitution of the State of New
York and conferred or imposed on it by the laws of the State of New
York. The City may provide for the distribution of such powers among
and within its departments and regulate and control the exercise thereof
by its officers and employees. All powers of the City, whether express
or implied, shall be exercised in the manner provided by this Charter
or by local law or ordinance not inconsistent with this Charter.
The enumeration of particular powers in this Charter shall not
be deemed to be exclusive, but in addition to the powers enumerated
or implied herein or appropriate to the exercise of such powers. The
City shall have all powers necessarily incident or fairly to be implied,
not inconsistent with the provisions hereof. The powers of the City
under this Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the City,
and the specific mention of particular powers in the Charter shall
not be construed as limiting in any way the general powers granted
in this section.
Any state law inconsistent with this Charter shall be superseded
by this Charter to the extent inconsistent, except where supersession
in restricted by law.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this
Charter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, or ineffective in whole or part, such judgment shall not
affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section,
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such
judgment shall have been rendered.
