A. 
In addition to any other actions required by law or by this Charter to be taken by ordinance, those actions of the Borough Council shall be by ordinance which:
(1) 
Establish, alter or abolish any Borough department, office or agency and related regulatory procedures for each.
(2) 
Provide for a fine or other penalty or establish a rule or regulation for violation of which a fine or other penalty is imposed, except for fines of less than one dollar ($1.00) per violation.
(3) 
Levy taxes.
(4) 
Grant, renew or extend a franchise.
(5) 
Establish, alter or abolish rates charged for any utility or other service supplied by the Borough on a continuing basis, except for issuance of permits, the fees for which shall be as established by resolution of Council from time to time.
(6) 
Adopt or amend a code establishing a personnel policy for the Borough.
(7) 
Convey or lease or authorize the conveyance or lease of any lands of the Borough.
(8) 
Amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted.
(9) 
Establish salaries or wages, hours or benefits of any employees or appointees of the Borough.
(10) 
Hire or appoint any paid director of any administrative department, office or agency.
(11) 
Adopt or amend an Administrative Code.
(12) 
Adopt the Borough budget.
Every ordinance shall contain the date of its enactment, and its enactment shall be verified by the signature of the presiding officer of the meeting where final action thereon was taken. The official seal of the municipality shall be affixed to the original copy of each ordinance. However, failure on the part of the presiding officer to sign an ordinance or affix the official seal shall not in any way invalidate an otherwise valid ordinance.
The penalty for the violation of any ordinance shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation, or thirty (30) days' imprisonment in default of payment of fine. However, any ordinance may provide that, for continuing violations, each day that a violation exists may be regarded as a separate offense and punishable as such. The limit of fines may be increased by the Council to the extent of the maximum fine that may be levied by any non-charter municipality in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as that limit is from time to time established by the General Assembly.
[Amended by Special Election Referendum of 11-5-1991]
A. 
No final action shall be taken on the following types of ordinances and/or amendments thereto without public hearing thereon and after public notice as hereinafter set forth:
(1) 
Zoning Ordinance and amendment thereto.
(2) 
Ordinance adopting a zoning map and amendments thereto.
(3) 
Ordinance adopting subdivision regulations.
(4) 
Ordinance adopting land development and land use regulations.
(5) 
Ordinances imposing or levying new taxes or increasing the rate of existing taxes. However, no prior public notice shall be necessary for the reenactment of taxes levied annually at the same rate.
(6) 
Ordinances vacating streets.
(7) 
Ordinances providing for the annexation of territory.
(8) 
Ordinances adopting codes of technical regulations, such as a building code, housing code, fire prevention code, and plumbing code and the like.
(9) 
Ordinances providing for construction of sewers, or of sewer treatment works outside of the Borough.
(10) 
Ordinances providing for the increase or decrease of salary of elected Council members and the Mayor are subject to the results of a municipal election and prior public notice.
There shall be notice published once each week for two (2) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the particular nature of the matter to be considered at the hearing. The first publication shall not be more than thirty (30) days or less than fourteen (14) days from the date of the hearing.
After public hearing on the proposed ordinance after public notice as required, the proposed ordinance may be revised or further revised, provided there are no substantial substantive changes therein, and provided, in the case of the Zoning Ordinance, or amendments thereto, the ordinance is also not revised or further revised to include land previously not affected thereby. In the event of a substantial substantive change in any such ordinance, or in the event that the Zoning Ordinance or amendment thereto is revised or further revised to include land previously not affected thereby, the governing body shall hold another public hearing, pursuant to public notice, before proceeding to finally vote on the proposed ordinance or amendment thereto.
Public notice of proposed ordinances or amendments to ordinances shall include either the full text of the matter to be considered, or a brief summary setting forth the principal provisions in reasonable detail, and with a reference to a place within the Borough where copies of proposed ordinances or amendments or other documents to be considered by the Council may be examined. In addition, there will be a reference to the time and place of hearing or meeting at which the matter will be considered by Council.
After adoption, all ordinances shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. The full text of the ordinance need not be published; instead the title or a general summary of the substance of the ordinance will be sufficient to meet the publication requirement. Publication shall occur within thirty (30) days of the enactment of the ordinance. The effective date of the ordinance shall be the publication date unless a later date is specified in the ordinance or required by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Complaints as to the legality of any ordinance or resolution shall be made to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County by an aggrieved party within thirty (30) days after the enactment thereof.
All ordinances and resolutions of the Borough shall be entered verbatim in permanent separate record books for ordinances and resolutions. No ordinance shall be considered in force until the same is recorded in the ordinance book. The ordinance book and the resolution book shall be open and available for public inspection at reasonable hours. These books shall be in the custody and control of the Borough Manager in the Borough office, and all entries made therein shall be at the direction of the Borough Manager. At the time any such ordinance is entered into the ordinance book, the same shall be codified; and a topical index shall be maintained by the Borough Manager for such purposes.
Before any ordinance takes effect, it must be first submitted to the Mayor for his approval. The Mayor shall sign the ordinance if he approves it, whereupon it shall become law as of its effective date. If he disapproves it, he shall return it to the Council with the reasons for his disapproval at the next meeting held thereafter. If the next meeting is less than ten (10) days after the date that he receives the ordinance, then, in such event, he shall return it to the Council with the reasons for disapproval at the next succeeding meeting. If the Council shall pass the ordinance by an affirmative vote of five (5) members of Council within ten (10) days after the ordinance has been returned with the Mayor's veto, it shall become law without his approval. If the Mayor does not return the ordinance within the time required, it shall become law without his approval.
The Council shall, within one (1) year after the effective date of this Charter, adopt an ordinance to be known as the Administrative Code defining the responsibilities of municipal departments, offices and agencies as the Council deems necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of municipal affairs, to the extent that such matters are not inconsistent with the Charter, and with existing applicable laws.
To meet a public emergency affecting life, health, property or the public peace, the Council may adopt one or more emergency ordinances, which may be adopted without prior notice and may be made effective immediately. An emergency ordinance shall be introduced in the form and manner prescribed for ordinances generally, except that it shall be plainly designated as an emergency ordinance and shall contain, after the enacting clause, a declaration stating that an emergency exists and describing it in clear and specific terms. After its adoption, the ordinance shall be published and printed as prescribed for other adopted ordinances. It shall become effective upon adoption or at such later time as it may specify. Every emergency ordinance shall automatically stand repealed as of the sixty-first (61st) day following the date on which it was adopted, but this shall not prevent reenactment of the ordinance in the manner specified in this section 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.
The Council may adopt any standard code of technical regulations by reference thereto in an adopting ordinance. The procedure and requirements governing such an adopting ordinance shall be as prescribed in Section 505 of this Charter. A copy of each adopted code of technical regulations as well as of the adopting ordinance shall be authenticated and recorded.