In addition to other acts required by law or by this charter to be done by ordinance, those acts of the assembly shall be done by ordinance which:
(1) 
Adopt or amend an administrative code or establish, alter, or abolish any municipal department, office or agency.
(2) 
Provide for a fine or other penalty or establish a rule or regulation for the violation of which a fine or other penalty is imposed.
(3) 
Levy taxes or establish service areas.
(4) 
Grant, renew or extend a franchise.
(5) 
Regulate, not to exceed the amount permitted by state law, the rates charged by a municipal or other public utility.
(6) 
Authorize the borrowing of money.
(7) 
Convey or lease or authorize the conveyance or lease of any lands of the municipality.
(8) 
Propose amendments to this charter.
(9) 
Adopt with or without amendment ordinances proposed under initiative powers.
(10) 
Fix the compensation of members of the assembly.
(11) 
Make supplemental appropriations or transfer appropriations as provided in Sections 11.10 and 11.11.
(12) 
Adopt or modify the official map, platting, or subdivision controls or regulations, or the zoning plan.
(13) 
Amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01 with respect to repeal of ordinances reconsidered under the referendum power.
(14) 
Establish a formal procedure for acquisition from the state of land or rights in land and disposal of those lands or rights in land.
(a) 
Enactment Procedure. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the following procedure shall govern the enactment of all ordinances: An ordinance may be introduced by any member of committee of the assembly at any regular or special meeting of the assembly. Upon introduction of any ordinance, sufficient copies shall be furnished to the clerk in order for him/her to immediately distribute at least one copy each to the assembly members. After an ordinance has been introduced, and unless it is rejected at the same meeting by the affirmative votes of not less than a majority of the assembly members, the assembly shall promptly cause the ordinance to be published, together with a notice setting out the time and place for a public hearing on the ordinance and for its consideration by the assembly. The public hearing on any ordinance not rejected shall follow the required publication by at least seven days and it may be held separately or in connection with a regular or special assembly meeting and may be adjourned from time to time. At the public hearing held in accordance with the notice, copies of the ordinance shall be distributed to all persons present who request them, and the ordinance shall be read in full, if requested by an assembly member present at the meeting. All persons interested shall have an opportunity to be heard. After the hearing, the assembly shall consider the ordinance and may adopt it with or without amendment, or reject it. But if upon consideration, the assembly amends the ordinance as to its substance, it may not adopt the amended ordinance until the ordinance or its amended sections have been published and until the ordinance has been subjected to hearing and to all other procedures required in the case of a newly introduced ordinance. The same procedure shall govern if the amended ordinance is again amended as to its substance.
(b) 
Effective Date. Except as otherwise provided in this article, every adopted ordinance shall become effective at the expiration of 30 days after adoption or at any date specified in the ordinance.
(c) 
Meaning of "Publish." As used in this section, the term "published" means that:
(1) 
At least the title, which shall be a brief summary of the ordinance or sections concerned, together with any required notice, has been published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the municipality;
(2) 
Copies of the ordinance or sections concerned, together with any required notice, have been mailed or faxed to the same newspapers and, in accordance with assembly regulations, to additional newspapers of general circulation in the municipality;
(3) 
Copies of the ordinance or section concerned, together with any required notice, have been posted conspicuously for public inspection.
To meet a public emergency affecting life, health, welfare or property, the assembly may adopt emergency ordinances; but emergency ordinances shall not be used to levy taxes, to grant, renew or extend a franchise, to acquire or dispose of property, or to regulate the rate charged by any public utility for its services.
Every emergency ordinance shall be designated as such and shall contain, after the enacting clause, a declaration stating that an emergency exists and describing the emergency in specific terms. An emergency ordinance may be adopted with or without amendment or rejected at the meeting at which it is presented. The affirmative votes of at least five assembly members shall be required for adoption of an emergency ordinance. After adoption of an emergency ordinance, the assembly shall have it printed as prescribed for other adopted ordinances. An emergency ordinance shall become effective upon adoption or as otherwise provided in the ordinance. An emergency ordinance shall expire 61 days after the adoption but this shall not prevent re-enactment of the ordinance in the manner specified in this section if the emergency still exists.
The assembly may adopt any standard code of technical regulations, or may adopt the provisions of any portion of the statutes of the State of Alaska by reference thereto in an adopting ordinance, provided that the matter adopted by reference is made available to the public in the manner prescribed by assembly rule.
The assembly shall adopt by ordinance an administrative code which shall include provisions for establishing qualifications for employment and a merit system; establishing a pay plan for all municipal positions; permitting appeal; recognizing employee organizations; protecting municipal employees from arbitrary discharge and safe guarding against nepotism.
(a) 
Authentication and Recording. The mayor and clerk shall authenticate, as ministerial acts, by signature and date all ordinances and resolutions adopted by the assembly and cause them to be bound or recorded in full in properly indexed books, one of which shall be open to the public in the clerk’s office during business hours.
(b) 
Codification. Within two years of the effective date of this charter the assembly shall cause a code to be prepared containing all of the ordinances of the municipality which are appropriate for continuation as law. The code shall be kept current through integration of ordinances and resolutions adopted.
(c) 
Printing. The assembly with the advice and assistance of the legal counsel shall cause each ordinance and resolution having the force and effect of law and each amendment to this charter to be printed as promptly as possible following its adoption; each of these to be made available to the public at a reasonable price set by the assembly.