App § 504. Powers and duties of the City Manager
§ 504. Powers and duties of the City Manager The City Manager shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of the City. The City Manager shall be responsible to the Council for the administration of all City affairs placed in the Manager’s charge by or under this charter. The City Manager shall have the following powers […]
App § 505. City Manager; vacancy in office of
§ 505. City Manager; vacancy in office of In the event of a vacancy in the office of City Manager or the Manager’s incapacity to perform the duties and functions set forth in this article, the powers and duties shall be performed by the Acting City Manager, subject to the provisions of section 502 of […]
App § 412. Petitions
§ 412. Petitions (a) Number of signatures. Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the City. (b) Form and content. All papers of a petition shall be uniform in size and style and shall be assembled as one instrument for filing. Each signature shall be […]
App § 413. Procedure after filing
§ 413. Procedure after filing (a) Certificate of Clerk; amendment. Within 20 days after the petition is filed, the City Clerk shall complete a certificate as to its sufficiency, specifying, if it is insufficient, the particulars wherein it is defective and shall promptly send a copy of the certificate to the petitioner by registered mail. […]
App § 414. Referendum petitions; suspension of effect of ordinance
§ 414. Referendum petitions; suspension of effect of ordinance When a referendum petition is filed with the City Clerk, the ordinance sought to be reconsidered shall be suspended from taking effect. Such suspension shall terminate when: (1) there is a final determination of insufficiency of the petition; (2) the petitioner withdraws the petition; (3) the […]
App § 407. Court authorized to order abatement
§ 407. Court authorized to order abatement In any prosecution for a nuisance resulting in a judgment or conviction, the court before which the nuisance action has been brought shall order the nuisance or offense complained of to be removed or abated and shall determine the expense of removing or abating the same and tax […]
App § 408. Offenders may be liable in damages
§ 408. Offenders may be liable in damages A person violating any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the City shall be liable in damages to the City or to the person who shall sustain damage as the direct result of the violation; such damages may be recovered in an action declaring upon such ordinance, regulation, […]
App § 409. City Council to establish penalty
§ 409. City Council to establish penalty The City Council may provide for the violation of any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw as provided by law and may establish that each day such violation continues constitutes a separate and distinct offense. (Added 2013, No. M-9, § 3, eff. June 4, 2013.)
App § 410. General authority for initiative and referendum
§ 410. General authority for initiative and referendum (a) Initiative. The qualified voters of the City shall have power to propose ordinances to the Council and, if the Council fails to adopt an ordinance so proposed without any change in substance, to adopt or reject it at a City election, provided that such power shall […]
App § 411. Commencement of proceedings; affidavit
§ 411. Commencement of proceedings; affidavit (a) Any qualified voter or group of voters may commence initiative or referendum proceedings by filing with the City Clerk an affidavit stating that he, she, or they will be responsible for circulating the petition and filing it in proper form, stating the name and address of the voter […]