The following action of City Council shall require an ordinance:
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. 
Establish, alter, or amend any zoning ordinance, subdivision procedure, land development, land use, or building regulation;
H. 
Amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted.
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.
An ordinance may be introduced by any Council member at any regular or special public meeting. Except where specifically provided otherwise in this Charter, an ordinance shall proceed as provided in the Administrative Code.
Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Charter, an ordinance shall take effect immediately after final adoption or such later date as the Council may prescribe.
The City Clerk shall cause the full text of any ordinance, with proof of publication, to be recorded as a permanent record within one month after its final adoption. The permanent record 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 Chester" and copies 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 Chester, 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 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 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 thirty-first 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.