In addition to any other power or duty required
by law or by this Charter to be exercised by ordinance, those powers
and duties of the Council shall be exercised by ordinance which:
A. Provide for a fine or other penalty or establish a
rule or regulation for violation of which a fine or other penalty
is imposed.
B. Establish, levy and collect taxes and decrease or
increase the rates of existing taxes.
C. Establish, alter or abolish rates or charges for any
utility or other service supplied by the city.
D. Authorize the borrowing of money, except for revenue
anticipation loans or emergency loans as provided elsewhere in this
Charter.
E. Grant, renew or extend a franchise.
F. Exercise the power of eminent domain.
G. Purchase, convey, lease or authorize the purchase,
conveyance or lease of real property.
H. Establish, alter or amend any Zoning Ordinance, subdivision
procedure, land development, land use or building regulation.
I. Amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted.
No ordinance shall contain more than one subject,
which shall be clearly expressed in its title. Any ordinance which
repeals or amends an existing ordinance shall clearly indicate matter
to be repealed, omitted or added.
The Council may adopt any standard code of technical
regulation by adopting an ordinance incorporating said code by reference.
The details of such standard codes need not be advertised, but copies
of such codes shall be available at City Hall for public inspection
and for purchase at a reasonable fee fixed by the Council.
Except as specifically provided otherwise in
this Charter, an ordinance shall take effect 30 days after publication
following final adoption or such later date as the Council may prescribe.
Traffic ordinances may take effect immediately upon final adoption.
Within 10 days after final approval of an ordinance,
the City Manager shall cause to be advertised in one or more newspapers
of general circulation in the city the full text or summation thereof
of any ordinance.
The City Manager shall cause the full text of
any ordinance, with proof of publication, to be recorded in a permanent
record book within one month after its final adoption. The permanent
record book shall be open and available for public inspection throughout
normal office hours.
The Council shall provide for the maintenance
of a general codification of all city ordinances having the force
and effect of law. The general codification shall be published in
loose-leaf form and include this Charter and the Administrative Code
required by this Charter. The compilation shall be known and cited
as the "General Laws of the City of Coatesville," and copies shall
be furnished to city officials, placed in Coatesville libraries and
City Hall for free public reference, and shall be made available for
purchase by the public at a reasonable price set by the Council. All
amendments to the General Laws and all new ordinances shall be integrated
in said compilation and distributed as aforesaid.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Article, the Council may, in the event of substantial public emergency
affecting the life, health, property and peace of the citizens of
Coatesville, adopt one or more emergency ordinances. Emergency ordinances
shall be introduced in the form required for ordinances and shall
be so designated and shall clearly state the nature of the emergency
in specific terms. No prior publication of an emergency ordinance
shall be required, and an emergency ordinance may be introduced, adopted
and take effect immediately at any public meeting in which it is introduced.
An emergency ordinance shall require the approval of a majority of
the total members of the council, except for emergencies at which
it is impossible for the total membership to be present, in which
case an emergency ordinance may be adopted by a two-thirds vote of
the members present, provided that there is a quorum. Emergency ordinances
shall not levy taxes or authorize the borrowing of money except as
provided elsewhere in this Charter. An emergency ordinance shall become
effective immediately upon adoption and shall automatically stand
repealed as of the 31st day following the date of its adoption but
may be reenacted as provided herein if the emergency still exists.
An emergency ordinance may also be repealed by adoption of a repealing
ordinance in the same manner specified in this section for adoption
of emergency ordinances. An emergency ordinance shall be advertised
as soon as possible after the date at which it is enacted, as shall
any ordinance repealing an emergency ordinance.