The City of Coatesville shall continue as a
municipal corporation under the name of the "City of Coatesville,"
with the actual boundaries at the time this Charter takes effect and
as may be lawfully changed thereafter. As used in this Charter, the
words "Coatesville" and "city" shall mean the Home Rule Municipality
City of Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Coatesville shall have and may exercise any
powers and perform any function not denied by the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or the Charter.
The powers of Coatesville shall be liberally
construed in favor of the city in order to provide Coatesville with
the greatest possible power of self-government under the Pennsylvania
Constitution. Any specific mention of the powers in the Charter shall
not be construed as limiting in any way the general powers of the
city as stated in this Article.
The legislative powers of Coatesville shall
be exclusively vested in the City Council as set forth and limited
in this Charter.
All powers and functions contained in any and
all ordinances and resolutions of the City of Coatesville prior to
the effective date of this Charter which are in force on the effective
date of this Charter and not inconsistent herewith shall continue
in force until amended, repealed, superseded or expired by their own
terms.
The form of government as set forth in this
Charter shall be a Council-Manager form.