CHARTER
Editor's note:
The Charter of the City of Shelby became effective on January 1, 1923. Dates appearing in parentheses following a section heading in the Table of Contents, and following a section in the text, indicate that the section was enacted or amended on the date given.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section
The Charter of the City of Shelby, Ohio
3 The elective officers of the city (1-1-1944; 11-5-2002)
23 Administrative powers of the city
39 Accounting procedure
42 Payment of claims
46 Contracts certified
47 Contracts, when void
50 Public welfare and health
51 Sinking Fund
52 Civil Service Commission (11-3-2015)
Nomination and Election of Officers
54 Nomination by petition
55 Regular elections (11-8-1994)
56 Special elections
Improvements and Assessments
76 Local improvements
77 Methods of special assessment
78 Preliminary assessments (5-2-2006)
79 Notices served
80 Plans of proposed improvements
81 Board of Revision of Assessments
82 Claims
83 Final assessment
84 Damages assessed
85 Work to be done
86 Lands unallotted or not on duplicate
87 Interest on assessment bonds
88 Limitation on assessments
89 City's portion of cost
90 Replacing existing improvements
91 Subsequent improvements
92 Supplementary assessments and rebates
93 Sewer and water connections
94 Sidewalks
95 Further proceedings unnecessary
96 Assessment bonds
97 Alterations or modifications in contract (11-5-2002)
98 Plat of subdivision
99 Fee shall vest in city
100 Planning Commissioners (1-1-1964)
101 Effect of such platting
102 Streets and public grounds
103 Alteration of streets
104 Dedication of streets
105 Vacation or change of name
106 Taxation
Appropriation of Property
107 Appropriation
108 Declaratory resolution
109 Notice
110 Further proceedings
Franchises
111 Grant
114 No exclusive grant
115 Consents
116 Regulations
General Provisions
117 Official bonds
120 Oath of office
121 Interest in contract or supplies
122 Continuance of contracts
123 Amendments (6-9-1981)
124 When Charter takes effect
The Charter of the City of Shelby, Ohio.
We, the people of the City of Shelby, in order that we may have the benefits of municipal home rule and exercise all the powers of local self government, do frame and adopt this charter for the government of the aforesaid City of Shelby.
Powers of the City.
Section 1. The inhabitants of the city of Shelby, as its limits now are, or hereafter may be, shall be a body politic and corporate by name The City of Shelby, and as such shall have perpetual succession; shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities, shall acquire all benefits and shall assume and pay all bonds, obligations and indebtedness of said Village of Shelby; may use a corporate seal; may sue and be sued; may acquire property in fee simple or lesser interest or estate by purchase, gift, devise, appropriation, lease or lease with privilege to purchase, for any municipal purpose; may purchase options on property for any municipal purpose; may sell, convey, lease, hold, manage and control such property; and may make any and all rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution which may be required to carry out fully all the provisions of any conveyance, deed or will, in relation to any gift or bequest, or the provision of any lease by which it may acquire property; may acquire, construct, own, lease, operate and regulate public utilities; may provide for and maintain public entertainments and amusements; may assess, levy and collect taxes for general and special purposes on all the subjects or objects which the city may lawfully tax; may borrow money on the faith and credit of the city by the issue or sale of bonds, certificates of indebtedness or notes of the city; may appropriate the money of the city for all lawful purposes; may create, provide for, construct, regulate and maintain all things of the nature of public works and improvements; may levy and collect assessments for local improvements; may license vehicles; may license and regulate the business, occupation, profession or trade of all persons, corporations and associations engaged therein, whether local or transient; may define, prohibit, abate, suppress and prevent all things detrimental to the health, morals, comfort, safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of the city, and all nuisances and causes thereof; may regulate the construction and height of, and the material used in, all buildings, and the maintenance and occupancy thereof; may regulate and control the use, for whatever purpose, of the streets and other public places; may create, establish, abolish and organize offices and fix the salaries and compensation of all officers and employees; may make and enforce local police, sanitary and other regulations; and may pass such ordinances as may be expedient for maintaining and promoting the peace, good government and welfare of the city, and for the performance of the functions thereof. The city shall have all powers that are now, or hereafter may be granted to municipalities by the constitution or laws of Ohio; and all such powers, whether express or implied, shall be exercised and enforced in the manner prescribed by this charter, or when not prescribed herein, in such manner as shall be provided by ordinance or resolution of the council.
Section 2. The enumeration of particular powers by this charter shall not be held or deemed to be exclusive, but, in addition to the powers enumerated herein, implied thereby or appropriate to the exercise thereof, the city shall have and may exercise all other powers which, under the constitution and laws of Ohio, it would be competent for this charter specifically to enumerate.
The Elective Officers of the City.
Section 3. The mayor, one councilmember, the director of law and the director of finance and public record shall be elected at large. One councilmember shall be elected from each of the four wards to be voted for by the electors of the ward from which each councilmember is elected, and the councilmember at large shall be vice-president of the council.
(Amended 1-1-1944; 11-5-2002)
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