(a) In addition to other actions that this title requires to be by ordinance, the governing body of a municipality shall use ordinances to (1) establish, alter, or abolish municipal departments; (2) provide for a fine or other penalty, or establish rules or regulations for violation of which a fine or other penalty is imposed; […]
(a) An ordinance is introduced in writing in the form required by the governing body. (b) The following procedure governs the enactment of all ordinances, except emergency ordinances: (1) an ordinance may be introduced by a member or committee of the governing body, or by the mayor or manager; (2) an ordinance shall be set […]
(a) To meet a public emergency the governing body may adopt an emergency ordinance effective on adoption. Each emergency ordinance must contain a finding by the governing body that an emergency exists and a statement of the facts upon which the finding is based. An emergency ordinance may be adopted, amended and adopted, or rejected […]
The governing body may in a single ordinance adopt or amend by reference provisions of a published code of municipal regulations. The procedure under AS 29.25.020 applies to an ordinance adopted under this section, except that neither the ordinance or its amendments must be distributed to the public or read in full at the public […]
(a) Each ordinance shall be codified after it is adopted. (b) Within three years after incorporation of a municipality, the municipal clerk or the clerk’s designee shall have prepared a general codification of all municipal ordinances of general applicability having the force and effect of law. The municipal code shall be revised and printed at […]
(a) The governing body shall provide for the maintenance of a permanent file of resolutions that have been adopted. (b) This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
(a) For the violation of an ordinance, a municipality may by ordinance prescribe a penalty not to exceed a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for 90 days, except as limited by (f) of this section. For a violation that cannot result in incarceration or the loss of a valuable license, a municipality may allow disposition […]
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the enforcement under AS 29.25.070(b) of a civil penalty against a minor for violation of a municipal ordinance shall be heard in the district court in the same manner as for similar allegations brought against an adult, except that the minor’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian shall […]
(a) A municipality may not enforce a penalty for violation of an ordinance for which a surcharge is required to be imposed under AS 12.55.039 unless the municipality authorizes the imposition of and provides for the collection of the surcharge. The surcharge shall be deposited into the general fund of the state and accounted for […]
The court may collect for a municipality any monetary penalty or surcharge or item to be forfeited as a result of the violation of an ordinance. The supreme court may prescribe by rule the fees to be charged by all courts to municipalities for providing collection services under this section.
A municipality may not enact an ordinance that prohibits or restricts a woman breast-feeding a child in a public or private location where the woman and child are otherwise authorized to be. In a municipal ordinance, “lewd conduct,” “lewd touching,” “immoral conduct,” “indecent conduct,” and similar terms do not include the act of a woman […]
