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Guthrie, OK Code of Ordinances
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA CODE OF ORDINANCES
CITY OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
CITY CHARTER
PREAMBLE
ARTICLE I. ORGANIZATION AND POWERS
ARTICLE II. ELECTIVE OFFICERS, THEIR DUTIES AND POWERS
ARTICLE III. DUTIES OF APPOINTIVE OFFICERS
ARTICLE IV. PERSONAL PROPERTY PURCHASE AND BID PROCEDURE
ARTICLE V. MUNICIPAL COURT
ARTICLE VI. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
ARTICLE VII. RECALL
ARTICLE VIII: ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS
ARTICLE IX. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1: AGENCIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 2: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 3: ANIMALS
CHAPTER 4: BUILDING, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER 5: BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONS
CHAPTER 6: CEMETERIES
CHAPTER 7: CITY FINANCE AND BUSINESS
CHAPTER 8: FIRE PREVENTION
CHAPTER 9: GARBAGE AND OTHER REFUSE
CHAPTER 10: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 11: HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 12: MUNICIPAL COURT
CHAPTER 13: NUISANCES
CHAPTER 14: OFFENSES
CHAPTER 15: PARKS AND RECREATION
CHAPTER 16: PLANNING AND ZONING
CHAPTER 17: PRIVATE PROPERTY
CHAPTER 18: PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER 19: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS
CHAPTER 20: TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 21: TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER 22: CABLE TELEVISION
CHAPTER 23: TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
FEE SCHEDULE
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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SECTION 2-17. RECALL AND REMOVAL APPLICABLE.
   All elective officers and those appointed to fill vacancies in elective office as herein provided, shall hold their respective office subject to the provisions of recall as provided by this Charter, and subject to removal from office as provided by law.
SECTION 2-18. COUNCIL TO DETERMINE SALARIES.
   The City Council of the City of Guthrie shall determine and fix from time to time the salaries of all employees of the City of Guthrie, and also the salaries of all officers of the City of Guthrie appointed by the City Council.
SECTION 2-19. COUNCIL TO REGULATE FISCAL AFFAIRS.
   The City Council shall have the power to raise revenue, make appropriations, and regulate all fiscal affairs of the City, subject to such limitations as may now or hereafter be imposed by the Oklahoma Constitution.
SECTION 2-20. AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
   The City Council may, while in session as a body, inquire into the conduct of any office, department or agency of the city, and investigate municipal affairs, or authorize and provide for such inquiries.
SECTION 2-21. AUTHORITY TO APPOINT SUBORDINATES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.
   The City Council may, in addition to the appointment and removal of officers herein provided, appoint or elect and remove members of Commissions and Boards and other quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial officers, as provided by law or may from time to time be established by the City Council, and prescribe the method of appointing and electing and removing them.
SECTION 2-22. ACQUISITION AND SALE OF REAL PROPERTY.
   The City Council of the City of Guthrie shall have the power to purchase and acquire any real property, the acquisition of which it deems to be in the best interest of the City, and shall have the power to sell and dispose of any real property now or hereafter owned by said City, provided that the sale of any real property must be authorized by Ordinance passed by the City Council in the same manner as any other Ordinance. No such Ordinance approving the sale of any real property shall become effective for thirty (30) days after the passage and approval of the Ordinance; provided that no contrary provision for emergency passage of an Ordinance shall apply to this Article. Within the thirty (30) day period, the question of the sale of the real property involved may be put to a vote of the people upon the filing with the Clerk of the City of Guthrie of a petition calling for such vote. Said petition shall contain signatures of qualified voters residing within the territorial limits of the City of Guthrie of a number equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the total electors voting at the last preceding City general election. Where the value of the real property sought to be sold exceeds the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), the question of its sale shall first be submitted to the electors of said City at an election called for that purpose; and the question submitted thereat shall be substantially as follows:
   “Shall the City Council of the City of Guthrie sell (the property to be sold, accurately describing the same), for (the value to be received by the City of Guthrie, precisely stated).”
   If the majority of the votes cast in said election shall be in the affirmative, then the City Council shall have the power hereby conferred, but not otherwise.
   No real property may be disposed of by gift unless such gift is valid within the constraints of the Oklahoma State Constitution and unless such gift is submitted to a vote of the electors of the City in the same manner as provided for herein for property exceeding the value of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00). “Value,” as used herein, shall mean market value as defined by law.
SECTION 2-23. AUTHORITY TO CREATE DEPARTMENTS.
   The City Council may create, change and abolish offices, departments and agencies other than those established by this Charter, and assign additional functions and duties to offices, departments and agencies so established.
SECTION 2-24. AUTHORITY TO ENACT MUNICIPAL LEGISLATION.
   The City Council has the power to enact municipal legislation subject to limitations as may now or hereinafter be imposed by the Oklahoma Constitution; provided, that all ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations now in force in the City of Guthrie not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect until altered, amended or repealed by the City Council.
   The general power of the City Council to enact legislation shall include, but not be limited to, the power to establish by ordinance land use regulations including, but not limited to, planning, zoning, subdivision regulations and all other regulations regarding land use management within the corporate limits, the power to establish by ordinance building codes and building regulations, the power to establish by ordinance collective bargaining procedure, rules and regulations, the power to establish by ordinance an Historical Preservation District, and the power to establish by ordinance rules and regulations governing the drilling of oil and gas wells, water wells and disposal wells, within the corporate limits of the City.
SECTION 2-25. OATHS.
   The Mayor and each Councilman, City Judges, and the City Clerk or the Clerk's deputies, shall be and they are hereby authorized to administer oaths in all matters concerning municipal affairs of the City.
SECTION 2-26. AUTHORITY TO GRANT PARDONS.
   The City Council may grant pardons for violations of municipal ordinances, including the remission of fines and costs, upon the recommendation of the Municipal Judge.
SECTION 2-27. COUNCIL NOT TO INTERFERE IN APPOINTMENTS AND REMOVALS.
   Except for the purposes of inquiry, the Council and its members shall deal with the administrative service of the City solely through the City Manager. The Council and its members may not:
   1.   Direct or request the City Manager or other authority to appoint or remove employees of the City.
   2.   Participate in any manner in the appointment or removal of employees of the City, except as provided by law.
   3.   Give orders on ordinary administrative matters to any subordinate of the City Manager, either publicly or privately.
   The word “employee,” as used herein, shall not include appointive officers, either appointed by the Mayor or Council.
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