City of Clairton, PA
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2019-12-16
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THE CHARTER
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Chapter C Charter
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Article II Powers of the Municipality
- THE CHARTER
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art II Powers of the Municipality
- § C-201 Powers.
- § C-202 Construction.
- § C-203 Residual powers in the Municipal Council.
- § C-204 Eminent domain.
- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Ambulance Service
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Citations
- Ch 17 City Property
- Ch 21 Contractor Certificates of Indebtedness
- Ch 25 Contracts, Deeds and Agreements
- Ch 28 Department of Community Development
- Ch 33 Financial Officer
- Ch 34 Financial Policies
- Ch 41 Human Needs and Resources Advisory Board
- Ch 47 Investments
- Ch 57 Manager, City
- Ch 61 Meetings
- Ch 69 Officers and Employees
- Ch 73 Ordinance Officer
- Ch 79 Pensions
- Ch 83 Personnel Board
- Ch 84 Personnel Rules and Regulations
- Ch 87 Planning Commission
- Ch 89 Police Department
- Ch 91 Public Service Special Commission
- Ch 95 Records
- Ch 97 Recovery Plan
- Ch 101 Recreation and Parks Advisory Board
- Ch 105 Retirement Benefits
- Ch 111 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 115 Sewer Authority
- Ch 125 Vacant Property Review and Economic Development Authority
- PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
- Ch 141 Activities, Temporary Outdoor
- Ch 145 Advertising Materials
- Ch 145A Airport Zoning
- Ch 146 Alarm Systems
- Ch 147 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 149 Amusement Devices
- Ch 155 Bicycles
- Ch 159 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 163 Building Construction
- Ch 167 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 169 Bushes, Shrubs and Hedges
- Ch 170 Claim Collections
- Ch 171 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 173 Curfew
- Ch 179 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 185 Electrical Standards
- Ch 189 Excavations
- Ch 195 Fees
- Ch 197 Firearms
- Ch 199 Fire Prevention
- Ch 203 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 208 Gas and Oil Exploration
- Ch 211 Grading, Paving and Curbing
- Ch 213 Graffiti
- Ch 214 Grease Traps and Interceptors
- Ch 215 Home Contractors
- Ch 217 Housing and Health Standards
- Ch 221 Insurance
- Ch 225 Junk and Junk Dealers
- Ch 228 Loitering and Prowling
- Ch 235 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 237 Minors
- Ch 243 Noise
- Ch 245 Nonprofit Organizations
- Ch 247 Nuisances
- Ch 255 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 259 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 263 Personal Care Residence Homes
- Ch 267 Plumbing
- Ch 271 Poles and Wires
- Ch 274 Property Maintenance
- Ch 283 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 285 Rental Property
- Ch 291 Sales, Special
- Ch 293 Salt, Use of
- Ch 295 Sewers
- Ch 297 Signs
- Ch 299 Solid Waste
- Ch 303 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 307 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 315 Taxation
- Ch 317 Telephones, Outdoor Pay
- Ch 318 Tobacco-Free Zones
- Ch 319 Trees
- Ch 324 Vacant Structures and Properties
- Ch 327 Vehicles, Abandoned or Junked
- Ch 331 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 335 Water
- Ch 337 Zoning
- APPENDIX
- Ch A342 Cable Television Franchise
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
The Municipality of Clairton shall have full and complete powers
of local self government and may exercise any power and may perform
any function not denied by the Constitution of the United States of
America, by the Constitution of Pennsylvania, by this Charter or by
the General Assembly at any time.
The powers of the municipality under this Charter shall be construed
liberally in favor of the municipality, so as the specific mention
of particular powers in this Charter shall not be construed as limiting
in any way the general power stated in this Article. All possible
powers of the municipality, except as limited in Section 201 above,
are to be considered as if specifically and individually set forth
in this Article, whether such powers are presently available to the
municipality or may hereafter from time to time become available.
This Charter shall be construed so as to provide inherent powers in
the municipality to carry into effect all the purposes and provisions
of this Charter.
All powers of the municipality, including any such power which
may hereafter be conferred on the municipality by amendment of the
Constitution of the United States of America or of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania or of this Charter or by Act of the General Assembly,
unless otherwise specifically set forth in this Charter, shall be
vested in the Municipal Council. The Council shall be composed of
the Mayor and four (4) Councilmen who shall be elected, shall organize
and shall function as provided in this Charter.
The municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to enter
upon, appropriate, take, use, occupy, injure or destroy private lands,
property or material, wherever situate, for any legal and valid municipal
purpose. All such action shall be provided for by ordinance, and just
compensation shall be made and secured as provided by Eminent Domain
Law.[1]
The municipality shall have no authority to grant to others,
by franchise, contract or otherwise, its power and right of eminent
domain.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 26 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.,
known as the "Eminent Domain Code."
