CHAPTER II
POWERS

   Section 1.   POWERS OF THE CITY. The City shall have all powers which the Constitutions, statutes and common law of the United States and of this State expressly or impliedly grant or allow municipalities, as fully as though this Charter specifically enumerated each of those powers.

   Section 2.   CONSTRUCTION OF CHARTER. In this Charter no mention of a particular power shall be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers which the City would have if this particular power were not mentioned. The Charter shall be liberally construed to the end that the City may have all powers necessary or convenient for the conduct of its municipal affairs, including all powers that cities may assume pursuant to State laws and the municipal home rule provisions of the State Constitution.

   Section 3.   POWER TO LICENSE, TAX AND REGULATE. The City Council shall have power to license, tax and regulate for the purpose of City revenue, all businesses, callings, trades, employments and professions as the Council may require to be licensed, and which are not prohibited by the laws of the State of Oregon.

   Section 4.   IINITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM POWERS. The power to enact or amend the Charter of the City of Canby and all other rights guaranteed to the people of this City under the Initiative and Referendum Provisions of Section 1-a, Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Oregon are hereby reserved and guaranteed to the people of the City of Canby by this Charter, and the Council shall provide the method of carrying into effect the initiative and referendum power of the people.