The City Attorney shall be the legal advisor to the city, and shall render advice on all legal questions affecting the city whenever requested to do so by the Mayor or by any member of the Council. Upon request by the Mayor or by the City Council, he or she shall reduce any such opinion in writing; and upon request by the Mayor, he or she shall render an opinion to any officer of the city with regard to his or her duties or powers.
(Prior Code, § 2-131)