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This charter shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the City of Kirkwood at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday of April, 1983. The election shall be administered by the officials now charged with the responsibility for the conduct of city elections.

At the time of its adoption, this charter shall be in effect to the extent necessary in order that the first election of members to the city council may be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this charter. The election to be held shall be held the first Tuesday in April, 1984. At the first election under this charter, a Mayor and six Council Members shall be elected. The three persons elected Council Members who shall receive the highest number of votes shall serve for a term of four years. The other three persons elected Council Members shall serve for a term of two years. In the event that there is a tie vote which is significant to this determination, the persons who receive the same number of votes shall determine by lot who shall serve fou...

This charter shall be in full effect for all purposes on and after the date and time of the first meeting of the newly elected city council.

All members of the city council in office at the date this charter is adopted shall continue in office until after the election held on the first Tuesday in April, 1984, and shall within one week thereafter, canvass the returns of said election, declare the results thereof, and induct into office the Council Members and Mayor elected. Thereupon the newly elected members of the council shall forthwith become the official governing body of the city and shall conduct the first meeting of the newly elected city council.

Upon the effective date of this charter, the person then holding the office of Administrative Director/City Clerk shall be designated the Acting Chief Administrative Officer and shall have all of the powers and duties of such office until the council acting under this charter shall appoint a person to such office.

At its first meeting or at any meeting held within 60 days thereafter, the city council may adopt temporary ordinances to deal with cases in which there is an urgent need for prompt action in connection with the transition of government and in which the delay incident to the appropriate ordinance procedure would likely cause serious hardship or impairment of effective city government. Every temporary ordinance shall be plainly labeled as such but shall be introduced in a form and manner prescribed for ordinances generally. A temporary ordinance may be considered and may be adopted with or without amendment or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced. A temporary ordinance shall become effective upon adoption or at such later time preceding its au...

The purpose of the foregoing provisions is to provide a transition from the present government of the City of Kirkwood, Missouri to the new government provided for in this charter and to inaugurate the new government under the provisions of this charter. These provisions shall constitute a part of this charter only to the extent and for the time required to accomplish such result.

The ordinances embraced in the following chapters and sections shall constitute and be designated the "Code of Ordinances, City of Kirkwood, Missouri," and may be so cited.

[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 1.05; Ord. No. 7230 , § 1, 7-19-1984 ] In the construction of this Code, and of all ordinances, the following rules shall be observed unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council:

CERTIFIED MAIL or CERTIFIED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Includes certified mail carried by the United States Postal Service, or any parcel or letter carried by an overnight, express, or ground delivery service that allows a sender or recipient to electronically track its location and provides record of the signature of the recipient. [ Ord. No. 10492 , 6-7-2018 ]

CHARTER Whenever the word "Charter" is used, it shall mean the Charter of the City of Kirkwood.

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER Whenever the words "Chief Administrative Officer" are used, they shall be construed to mean the Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Kirkwood.

CITY ATTORNEY Whenever the words "City Attorney" are used, they shall be construed to mean the City Attorney of the City of Kirkwood.

CITY CLERK Whenever the words "City Clerk" are used, they shall be construed to mean the City Clerk of the City of Kirkwood.

CITY CORPORATION Whenever the words "the City," "this City," "the Corporation" or "this Corporation" are used, they shall be construed as if the words "of Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Missouri," followed them.

COMPUTATION OF TIME In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this Code, by order of court, or by any applicable statute, the day of the act, event, or default after which the designated period of time begins to run is not to be included. The last day of the period so computed is to be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday, nor a legal holiday. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than seven days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation. [ Ord. No. 10492 , 6-7-2018 ]

CORPORATE LIMITS; CORPORATION LIMITS Whenever the words "Corporate limits," "Corporation limits" or "City limits" are used, they shall mean the legal boundary of the City of Kirkwood.

COUNCIL Whenever the word "Council" is used, it shall be construed to mean the Mayor and Council members of the City of Kirkwood.