The City of Beachwood, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the City, is a municipal corporation of the State of Ohio.
The City of Beachwood shall have all powers, general or special, governmental or proprietary, including, without limitation, all powers of local self-government and municipal home rule which may now or hereafter lawfully be possessed or exercised by any city under the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio or the Constitution and laws of the United States. No enumeration herein of specific powers shall be held to be exclusive. No law of the State of Ohio or of the United States shall be imposed upon the City except where mandated by law, unless the City adopts or approves such State or Federal law by this Charter or by legislative act.
This Charter and City Ordinances, rules and regulations shall be construed broadly in favor of the home rule power of the City where possible.
The powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in this Charter or, where not prescribed herein, in such manner as Council may prescribe.
None of the powers herein shall be withdrawn from the exclusive control of the City, nor shall the corporate existence of the City terminate or merge, nor shall any territory be detached from or annexed to the City, without the approval of Council and a majority of the electors of the City voting upon such proposition, as permitted by the general law of Ohio.