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Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 110 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...
Section 11001 - Qualifications of council members - (a) Requirements.--A council member shall: (1) Be at least 18...
Section 11002 - Vesting of legislative power - The legislative power of every city shall be vested in...
Section 11003 - Organization of council - (a) Organization.--On the first Monday of the January following the...
Section 11004 - Oath of council members, quorum and rules - (a) Oath.--The members of council shall take the oath of...
Section 11005 - Meetings of council, notice and participation by telecommunication device - (a) Meetings.-- (1) Council shall hold stated meetings at least...
Section 11015 - Attendance of witnesses and production of books before council or committee of council - (a) Subpoenas.--Council may compel the attendance of witnesses and the...
Section 11016 - Salaries - (a) Salary.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a council member...
Section 11016.1 - Appointment of city clerk - (a) Appointment.--Council shall appoint a city clerk, whose compensation shall...
Section 11018.1 - Ordinances and resolutions - (a) Ordinances.--With regard to ordinances, the following shall apply: (1)...
Section 11018.2 - Voting, no veto and vote necessary to enact ordinances or adopt resolutions - (a) Voting generally.--Members of council present or participating via a...
Section 11018.3 - Journal of proceedings, recording and withholding of vote - (a) Journal.--Council shall keep a journal of the proceedings. The...
Section 11018.4 - Signing and attesting ordinances - A legislative act of council shall be by ordinance. An...
Section 11018.5 - Proposed ordinances and titles - (a) Format.--A proposed ordinance shall be presented to council in...
Section 11018.6 - Reading of proposed ordinances and final enactment - (a) Reading.--The title of every proposed ordinance shall be read...
Section 11018.7 - Payments not authorized by law - An ordinance may not be enacted and a resolution may...
Section 11018.8 - Time of taking effect of ordinances - Unless otherwise provided by law, an ordinance, except those pertaining...
Section 11018.9 - Publication of proposed ordinances - (a) Publication required.--A proposed ordinance, except as otherwise provided in...
Section 11018.10 - Filing of proposed ordinances - (a) Place of filing.--If the full text is not published,...
Section 11018.11 - Records of ordinances maintained by city clerk - (a) Records.--Within one month after enactment, each ordinance shall be...
Section 11018.12 - Proof and evidence - (a) Proof.--An ordinance, resolution, motion or other proceeding of council...
Section 11018.13 - Standard or nationally recognized codes - (a) Authority to enact.--In the same manner as other ordinances,...
Section 11018.14 - Maps, plans or drawings - (a) Adoption.--Except as otherwise provided under the Municipalities Planning Code,...
Section 11018.15 - Codification of ordinances - (a) Preparation authorized.--Council may prepare a consolidation or codification of...
Section 11018.16 - Enforcement of ordinances, recovery and payment of fines and penalties - (a) Enforcement.--An action, prosecution, complaint or proceeding for the violation...
Section 11018.17 - Penalty - A person who violates an ordinance enacted under the authority...
Section 11030 - Initiation of proposed ordinances by petition and exceptions - (a) Submission.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a proposed ordinance...
Section 11031 - Petition and notice - If the city clerk receives a written request for the...
Section 11032 - Signing and oath - (a) Petition.--A petition for the submission of a proposed ordinance...
Section 11033 - Number of signatures, examination and certificate by city clerk - (a) Signatures.--Within 10 days after the period of time for...
Section 11034 - Submission to council - If the petition is certified to contain signatures as required...
Section 11035 - Actions by council and notices - If the petition accompanying the proposed ordinance is signed by...
Section 11036 - Form of ballot on submission to vote - The question to be submitted to the electors on the...
Section 11037 - Effect of majority vote - If the majority of the qualified electors voting on the...
Section 11038 - No repeal within two years - An ordinance proposed by petition, whether enacted by council or...
Section 11039 - Number of proposed ordinances to be submitted and elections limited - Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at...
Section 11040 - Submission for repeal by council - Council may submit a proposition for the repeal or amendment...
Section 11041 - Publication of proposed ordinance, repeal or amendment - Whenever a proposed ordinance is to be submitted to the...
Section 11050 - Time ordinances go into effect - (a) Timing.--Except as provided in subsection (b), an ordinance enacted...
Section 11051 - Petition and reconsideration of ordinance - With the exception of an ordinance dealing with the subjects...
Section 11052 - Preparation of petition by city clerk and notice - (a) Petition.--A petition under section 11051 (relating to petition and...
Section 11053 - Additional petitions - (a) Petitions.--In order to facilitate the signing of the petition,...
Section 11054 - Signatures, oath and time of signing - (a) Signers.--Each signer of a petition under section 11051 (relating...
Section 11055 - Presentation of petition to council - At the expiration of 10 days, the petition shall be...
Section 11056 - Ascertainment of number of signers and report - After presentation of the petition to council, the city clerk...
Section 11059 - Effect of petition and submission to electors - (a) Petition lacking signatures.--If it appears that the petition under...
Section 11060 - Certification to county board of elections, ballots or ballot labels and expense of elections - (a) Certification.--The city clerk, after consultation with the city solicitor,...
Section 11061 - Form of ballot or ballot label - The ballot used when voting on the ordinance shall contain...
Section 11062 - Computing and filing returns - (a) Computing.--An officer holding an election shall keep a tally...
Section 11063 - Effect of vote - If a majority of the electors vote in favor of...
Section 11064 - Publication of ordinance before election - Before any referendum is held on any ordinance in accordance...