The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by the Act of July 15, 1957, P.L. 901, has granted to the City of York and other third class cities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the right to adopt a home rule charter and a new form of government and to exercise broadly the power of local self-government. The residents of the City of York having elected to be governed under the Mayor-Council Charter Plan beginning January 1, 1962, this Administrative Code is hereby adopted to effectuate such adoption and to provide for the residents of the City of York, a progressive, efficient and economical government. It is the purpose of this Code, in keeping with the “Optional Third Class City Charter Law” of 1957, to permit the broadest power of local self-government consistent with the Constitutions of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and with Charter Law itself, and its provisions shall be read and interpreted in the light of such purpose.
(Ord. 2-1962 §1.)