The inhabitants of the City of Ashland, as its limits now are, or hereafter may be, shall be a body politic and corporate by name the City of Ashland, and as such shall have perpetual succession; shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities, shall acquire all benefits and shall assume and pay all bonds, obligations and indebtedness of said City of Ashland; may use a corporate seal; may sue and be sued; may acquire property in fee simple or lesser interest or estate by purchase, gift, devise, appropriation, lease or lease with privilege to purchase, for any Municipal purpose; may purchase options on property for any Municipal purpose; may sell, convey, lease, hold, manage, and control such property; and may make any and all rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution which may be required to carry out fully all the provisions of any conveyance, deed, or will, in relation to any gift or bequest, or the provision of any lease by which it may acquire property; may acquire, construct, own, lease, operate and regulate public utilities; may provide for and maintain public entertainments and amusements; may assess, levy and collect taxes for general and special purposes on all the subjects or objects which the City may lawfully tax; may borrow money on the faith and credit of the City by the issue or sale of bonds, certificates of indebtedness or notes of the City; may appropriate the money of the City for all lawful purposes; may create, provide for, construct, regulate and maintain all things of the nature of public works and improvements; may levy and collect assessments for local improvements; may license vehicles; may license and regulate the business, occupation, profession or trade of all persons, corporations and associations engaged therein, whether local or transient; may define, prohibit, abate, suppress and prevent all things detrimental to the health, morals, comfort, safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of the City, and all nuisances and causes thereof; may regulate the construction and height of, and the material used in, all buildings, and the maintenance and occupancy thereof; may regulate and control the use, for whatever purpose, of the streets and other public places; may create, establish, abolish and organize offices and fix the
salaries and compensation of all officers and employees; may make and enforce local police, sanitary and other regulations; and may pass such ordinances as may be expedient for maintaining and promoting the peace, good government and welfare of the City, and for the performance of the functions thereof. The City shall have all powers that now are, or hereafter may be granted to municipalities by the constitution or laws of Ohio; and all such powers, whether expressed or implied, shall be exercised and enforced in the manner prescribed by this Charter, or when not prescribed herein, in such manner as shall be provided by ordinance or resolution of the Council.