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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
Chapter DL DISPOSITION LIST
§ 14-703. Articles of Incorporation.
The proposed Articles of Incorporation of said City of Reading Revitalization and Improvement Zone Authority are as follows:
CITY OF READING REVITALIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT ZONE AUTHORITY ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. In compliance with requirements of the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq., Act 22 of 2001, effective June 19, 2001, which codifies and amends the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended and supplemented (the "Municipality Authorities Act"), and pursuant to the ordinance enacted by the City Council of the City of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, expressing the intention and desire of the City Council of said municipality to organize a municipality authority under said Municipality Authorities Act, the incorporating municipality does hereby certify:
         (a)   The name of the Authority is "City of Reading Revitalization and Improvement Zone Authority."
         (b)   The Authority is formed under provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq., Act 22 of 2001, effective June 19, 2001, which codifies and amends the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended and supplemented, with all powers authorized by said Municipality Authorities Act.
         (c)   No other authorities have been organized under said Municipality Authorities Act, under the former Act of June 28, 1935 (P.L. 463, No. 191), or under the Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," and is in existence in or for the incorporating municipality, except that the incorporating municipality has heretofore organized (i) the Reading Water Authority and (ii) the Reading Regional Airport Authority, and (iii) the Downtown Improvement District Authority, as the sole incorporating municipality, and (iv) the Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority, as a joint incorporating municipality, each under the provisions of the Act of May 2, 1945 (P.L. 382, No. 164), known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," which authorities are in existence in or for said incorporating municipality.
         (d)   The name of the incorporating municipality is the City of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
         (e)   The names and addresses of the members of the City Council of the City of Reading, the incorporating municipality, are as follows: [Here followed the names and addresses of the members of the City Council.]
         (f)   The names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Board of the City of Reading Revitalization and Improvement Zone Authority are as follows: [Here followed the names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the City of Reading Revitalization and Improvement Zone Authority.]
         (g)   The terms of office of the first members of the Board of said City of Reading Revitalization and Improvement Zone Authority shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from the first Monday in January of 2014.
         (h)   The term of existence of the City of Reading Revitalization and Improvement Zone Authority shall be for a period of 50 years.
         (i)   Advertisement of notice of filing these Articles of Incorporation is submitted herewith.