In addition to other acts required by law or by specific provisions of this Charter to be enacted by ordinance, those acts of the Municipal Council shall be by ordinance which:
a. 
Adopt or amend an administrative code or establish, alter or abolish any Municipal department, office or agency;
b. 
Provide for a fine or other penalty or establish a rule or regulation for violation of which a fine or other penalty is imposed;
c. 
Levy taxes and adopt the budget;
d. 
Grant, renew or extend a franchise;
e. 
Authorize the borrowing of money;
f. 
Purchase, convey or lease any lands or buildings of the Municipality.
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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 Municipality of Penn Hills hereby ordains..." Any ordinance which repeals or amends an existing ordinance shall set out in full the ordinance, sections or subsections to be repealed or amended, and shall indicate matter to be omitted by enclosing it in brackets or by strikeout type and shall indicate new matter by underscoring or by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.
b. 
Procedure. An ordinance may be introduced by any member of Council at any stated monthly or special meeting of the Council. Upon introduction of any ordinance, a copy shall be distributed to each Council member and to the Manager, and a reasonable number of copies shall be filed in such other public places as the Council may designate.
c. 
Ordinances Requiring Prior Public Notice and Hearing. No final action shall be taken on the following types of ordinances and amendments thereto without public hearing thereon and at least ten (10) days prior public notice thereof published in a newspaper circulating generally in the Municipality:
(1) 
Zoning ordinance and amendments thereto;
(2) 
Adoption of the Zoning Map and amendments thereto;
(3) 
Subdivision regulations;
(4) 
Land development and land use regulations;
(5) 
New taxes or increases in the rate of existing taxes.
d. 
Effective Date. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, every adopted ordinance shall become effective on the tenth (10th) day after publication, or at any later date specified therein.
e. 
"Publish" Defined. As used in this section, the term "publish" means to print in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality:
(1) 
The ordinance or a brief summary thereof;
(2) 
The places where copies of it have been filed and the times when they are available for public inspection.
f. 
Copies of Ordinances. Copies of ordinances shall be available to all persons requesting the same upon payment of a reasonable charge therefor.
The penalty for the violation of any ordinance shall be that prescribed by Council for each violation, or not more than thirty (30) days imprisonment in default of such penalty. 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.
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 proper 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 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 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:
a. 
The requirements of Section 2 of this Article for distribution and filing of copies of the ordinance shall be construed to include copies of the code of technical regulations as well as of the adopting ordinance; and
b. 
A copy of each adopted code of technical regulations as well as of the adopting ordinance shall be authenticated and recorded.
a. 
Authentication and Recording. Ordinances and resolutions shall be authenticated by the Mayor and attested by the Manager and recorded in full in properly indexed books.
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Codification. Within three (3) years after adoption of this Charter and at least every ten (10) years thereafter, the Council shall provide for the preparation of a general codification of all Municipal 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 looseleaf 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 Penn Hills Municipal Code. Copies of the code shall be furnished to Municipal officers, placed in libraries and public offices for free public reference and made available for purchase by the public at a reasonable price.