In addition to any other actions required by law or by this
Charter to be taken by ordinance, the Municipal Council shall take
the following actions by ordinance:
(a)
Adopt or amend an administrative code or establish, alter or abolish
any municipal department, office or agency.
(b)
Adopt or amend a code establishing a personnel system for the municipality.
(c)
Provide for a fine or other penalty or establish a rule or regulation
for violation of which a fine or other penalty is imposed.
(d)
Levy taxes.
(e)
Grant, renew or extend a franchise.
(f)
Establish, alter or abolish rates charged for any utility or other
service supplied by the municipality.
(g)
Authorize the borrowing of money.
(h)
Convey or lease or authorize the conveyance or lease of any lands
of the municipality.
(i)
Establish wages, hours and fringe benefits of employees.
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Three (3) affirmative votes of Council shall be necessary to
pass any ordinance or resolution.
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Every enacted ordinance shall be dated and signed by the Mayor
or other member of Council present at the meeting where the action
was taken. The official seal of the municipality shall be affixed
to the original copy of each ordinance by the Manager or a designate
who shall also attest to the signature of the other signatory.
The penalties for violations of any ordinance shall be contained
in that ordinance and shall be in accordance with this Charter and
consistent with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Third
Class City Code.
All ordinances shall be published one (1) time in a newspaper
circulating generally within the municipality, after adoption. This
newspaper shall be designated by the Municipal Council at its organizational
meeting and shall be the official media for all local agencies. 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full text of the ordinance need not be published; instead, the title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 publication requirement.
Except as otherwise provided in this Charter or by an applicable
law of the General Assembly, ordinances shall be effective on the
10th day after publication or at any later date specified therein.
Each ordinance that is voted upon must be prominently posted in the
Municipal Building ten (10) days before the next Council meeting.
All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality shall be
entered verbatim in permanent separate record books for ordinances
and resolutions. Ordinances and resolutions shall be recorded in the
proper book within fifteen (15) days after enactment. These books
shall be open and available for public inspection at reasonable hours;
they shall be in the custody and control of the Manager or a designate,
and all entrees made therein shall be at the direction of the Manager.
No final action shall be taken on the following types of ordinances
and amendments thereto without public hearing thereon and at least
ten (10) days' prior public notice thereof published in a newspaper
circulating generally in the municipality:
(a)
Zoning Ordinance and amendments thereto.
(b)
Adoption of the Zoning Map and amendments thereto.
(c)
Subdivision regulations.
(d)
Land development and land use regulations.
(e)
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.
(f)
Salaries of elected officials.
(g)
Changes in ward boundaries.
(h)
Amendments to the budget.
(i)
Or as otherwise provided in this Charter.
