In addition to any other actions required by law or by this charter to be taken by ordinance, those actions of the City council shall be by ordinance which:
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Adopt or amend the annual budget and the capital program.
B. 
Adopt or amend an administrative code or establish, alter or abolish any City department, office or agency.
C. 
Adopt or amend a code establishing a personnel system for the City.
D. 
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 $10 per violation.
E. 
Levy taxes.
F. 
Grant, renew or extend a franchise.
G. 
Establish, alter or abolish rates charged for any utility or other service supplied by the City.
H. 
Authorize the borrowing of money.
I. 
Convey or lease or authorize the conveyance or lease of any lands of the City.
J. 
Adopt with or without amendment ordinances proposed under the initiative power; and
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Amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted unless such previous ordinance action could have been taken by resolution or motion.
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Form. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced in writing and in the form required for final adoption. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject which shall be clearly expressed in its title. The enacting clause shall be "The City of Farrell hereby ordains. . .". Any ordinance which repeals or amends an existing ordinance or part of the City code shall set out in full the ordinance, sections or subsections to be repealed or amended, and shall indicate matter to be omitted by enclosing it in brackets or by strikeout type and shall indicate new matter by underscoring or by italics.
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Procedure. An ordinance may be introduced by any member at any regular or special meeting of the council. Upon introduction of any ordinance, the City Clerk shall distribute a copy to each Council member and to the manager, shall file a reasonable number of copies in the office of the City Clerk and such other public places as the council may designate.
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.
After adoption, all ordinances shall be published one time in a newspaper circulating generally within the City. 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. Publication shall occur within 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.
No final action shall be taken on the following types of ordinances and amendments thereto without public hearing thereon and at least 10 days' prior public notice thereof published in a newspaper circulating generally in the City:
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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.
To meet a public emergency affecting life, health, property or the public peace, the council may adopt one or more emergency ordinances, but such ordinances may not levy taxes, grant, renew, or extend a franchise, regulate the rate charged by any public utility for its services or authorize the borrowing of money except as provided in § C12-1211B. 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. An emergency ordinance may be adopted with or without amendment or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced, but the affirmative vote of at least five members shall be required for adoption. 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 except one made pursuant to § C12-1211B shall automatically stand repealed as of the 61st day following the date on which it was adopted, but this shall not prevent re-enactment 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 penalty for the violation of any ordinance shall be that prescribed by council for each violation. Council may, in any ordinance, provide that for continuing violations each day that a violation exists may be regarded as a separate offense and punishable as such.
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 for ordinances generally except that:
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The requirements of § C5-502 for distribution and filing of copies of the ordinance shall be construed to include copies of the code of technical regulations as well as the adopting ordinance, and
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A copy of each adopted code of technical regulations as well as of the adopting ordinance shall be authenticated and recorded by the City Clerk pursuant to § C5-509.
Copies of any adopted code of technical regulations shall be made available by the City Clerk for distribution or for purchase at a reasonable price.
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Authentication and recording. The City Clerk shall authenticate by his signature and record in full in a properly indexed book kept for the purpose all ordinances and resolutions adopted by the council.
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Codification. Within three years after adoption of this charter and at least every 10 years thereafter, the council shall provide for the preparation of a general codification of all City ordinances and resolutions having the force and effect of law. The general codification shall be adopted by the council by ordinance and shall be published promptly in bound or loose leaf form, together with this charter and any amendments thereto, pertinent provisions of the constitution and other laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and such codes of technical regulations and other rules and regulations as the council may specify. This compilation shall be known and cited officially as the Farrell City Code.