Adopted: December 2, 1971
Amended: April 19, 1981 - Ordinance 80-461, Section 7.01(a)(b)
Amended: October 12, 1983 - Ordinance 83-558, Section 7.01(d)
Amended: October 12, 1983 - Ordinance 83-559, Section 5.01(e)
Amended: October 12, 1983 - Ordinance 83-560, Section 11.16 (originally Section 11.17)
Amended: August 11, 1987 - Ordinance 87-774, Section 11.14(b)
Amended: October 2, 1990 - Referendum, Section 13.03
Amended: October 6, 1992 - Referendum, Section 11.16 (originally Section 11.17)
Amended: October 4, 1994 - Ordinance 94-1231, Section 11.16 (originally Section 11.17)
Amended: October 4, 1994 - Ordinance 94-1242, Section 11.16(b) (originally Section 11.17)
Amended: October 3, 1995 - Ordinance 95-1312, Section 3.02
Amended: October 1, 1996 - Ordinance 96-1385, Section 11.13(h)
Amended: October 7, 1997 Ordinance 97-1451, Section 2.02; 2.03(a); 2.07; 2.14 (replaces 11.16); 5.01(g); 6.01 ; 11.03(b)(1) 11.03(b)(2); 11.03(b)(4); 11.04(2); 11.04(4); 11.11(b); 11.13(a); 11.13(g); 13.03
Amended: October 3, 2000 - Ordinance 00-1578, Section 11.16(a), (b), (c), (d)
Amended: October 5, 2004 - Ordinance 04-38, Section 5.01(c), (e).
Amended: October 4, 2005 - Ordinance 05-37, Adding Article XX, Sections 20.01—20.04
Amended: October 3, 2023 - Ordinance 23-16, amending Section 2.11(a)
Amended: October 1, 2024 - Ordinance 24-16, amending Section 11.13(g), and Ordinance 24-18, amending Section 6.02
Amended: October 7, 2025 - Ordinance 25-18A, amending Section 20.01
PREAMBLE
We, the people of the Greater Sitka area, in order to form an efficient and economical government with just representation, do hereby ordain and establish this Charter of the City and Borough of Sitka.