This Charter shall become effective on January 1, 2012, upon
approval by public referendum in the manner provided by applicable
law. An Administrative Code may be adopted and amended by local law
at any time subsequent to the approval and adoption of this Charter.
This Charter may be amended in the manner provided by the Municipal
Home Rule Law. At least once every 20 years following the effective
date of January 1, 2012, this Charter shall be reviewed and revised
as deemed necessary pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law.
The provisions of this Charter shall constitute a continuation
of City functions for the purpose of succession to all rights, powers,
duties, and obligations attached to such functions. Proceedings or
other business undertaken or commenced prior to the effective date
of this Charter may be conducted and completed by the City officer
or department responsible. This Charter shall not invalidate any obligations
previously issued by the City or by any of its commissions, boards,
or agencies, and such obligations shall be and remain binding obligations
of the City. In the event any obligation has been issued in anticipation
of the issuance of bonds by the City or by any of its commissions,
boards, or agencies, the City is hereby empowered to issue such bonds
as legal and binding obligations of the City.
If part of any provision of this Charter shall be adjudged by
any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such adjudication
shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of such provision,
but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,
section, or article thereof directly involved in the proceeding in
which such adjudication shall have been rendered.
If any date specified in this Charter falls, in any year, on
a Saturday, Sunday, or legal City holiday, then such date shall be
deemed to refer to the next succeeding date which is not a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal City holiday.