The City of Chester shall continue as a municipal corporation under the name of the City of Chester 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 Chester and City shall mean the Home Rule Municipality City of Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Chester 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 this Charter.
The powers of Chester shall be liberally construed in favor of the City in order to provide Chester 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 Chester 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 Chester 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in force on the effective date of this Charter, and not inconsistent herewith, shall continue in force until amended, repealed, superseded, or expired by their own terms.