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In addition to such acts of the Council as are required by statute or by this Charter to be by ordinance, every act of the Council establishing a fine or other penalty or providing for the expenditure of funds or for the contracting of indebtedness shall be by ordinance.
Among the acts of City Council, the following will require enactment by ordinance:
(1) Adopt or amend an administrative code or establish, alter or abolish any City department, office or agency.
(2) Provide for a fine or other penalty or establish a rule or regulation for violation of which a fine or other penalty is imposed.
(3) Levy taxes.
(4) Grant, renew or extend a franchise.
(5) Regulate the rate charged for its services by a public utility.
(6) Authorize the borrowing of money.
(7) Convey or lease or authorize the conveyance or lease of any lands of the City.
(8) Regulate land use and development; and
(9) Amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted.
Acts other than those referred to in the preceding sentence may be done either by ordinance or by resolution as required by the Ohio Revised Code. (Amended 11-6-90.)
Ordinances and resolutions of Council shall be passed, published, posted, and become effective in the manner and at the times provided by the general laws of Ohio then in effect, except that there need be only one (1) newspaper publication of each ordinance or resolution, and the same need not be published in full, but may be published by title only with a statement in such publication that a copy of the ordinance or resolution is available for inspection in the office of the Clerk of Council.
The electors shall have the power to remove from office by recall election any elected officer of the City. If an elected officer shall have served for six months of a term, a petition demanding such officer's removal may be filed with the Clerk of Council who shall note thereon the name and address of the person filing the petition and the date of such filing. Such petition shall be signed by at least that number of electors which equals 20% of the total number of votes cast at the next preceding regular municipal election in the City of Kent. In the case of a ward council person the required number of electors shall equal 20% of the total number of votes cast in that ward at the next preceding regular municipal election. Within ten days after the day on which such petition shall have been filed, the Clerk shall determine whether or not it meets the requirements hereof. If the Clerk shall find the petition insufficient, the Clerk shall promptly certify the particulars in which the petition is defective, deliver a copy of this certificate to the person who filed the petition, and make a record of such delivery. Such person shall be allowed a period of twenty days after the day on which such delivery was made in which to make the petition sufficient. If the Clerk shall find the petition sufficient, the Clerk shall promptly so certify to the Council, shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the officer whose removal is sought, and shall make a record of such delivery. If such officer shall not resign within five days after the day on which such delivery shall have been made, the Council shall thereupon fix a day for holding a recall election, not less than sixty nor more than seventy-five days after the date of such delivery. At such recall election this question shall be placed on the ballot: "Shall (naming officer) be allowed to continue as (naming the office)?" with provision on the ballot for voting affirmatively or negatively on such question. If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be voted affirmatively, such officer shall remain in office. If a majority of the votes cast shall be voted negatively, such officer shall be considered as removed, the office shall be deemed vacant, and such vacancy shall be filled as provided in this Charter. The officer removed by such recall election shall not be eligible for appointment to the vacancy created thereby. (Amended 11-6-90.)