In addition to other acts required by law or by specific provision of this Charter to be done by ordinance, those acts of the City Council shall be done by ordinance which:
(1) Adopt or amend an administrative code or establish, alter or abolish any City department, office, agency, board, authority or commission;
(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, except as otherwise provided in Article V with respect to the property tax levied by adoption of the budget. Provide for the collection of fees of any lawful kind;
(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 from the City or to the City;
(8) Require a license to do business;
(9) Provide for a public improvement;
(10) Lay out or vacate a public street, avenue, road, alley or way;
(11) Relate to planning or zoning;
(12) Provide for a contractual or other agreement with another jurisdiction;
(13) Change ward boundaries;
(14) Adopt with or without amendment ordinances proposed under the initiative power; and
(15) Amend or repeal any ordinance previously adopted, except as otherwise provided in Article VII with respect to repeal of ordinances reconsidered under the referendum power.
Acts other than those referred to in the preceding sentence may be done either by ordinance or resolution.