§ 3.12.020. Acts required to be by ordinance.

The council shall use ordinances to:

A.

Establish, alter, or abolish any city department;

B.

Fix the compensation of members of the council;

C.

Provide for a fine or other penalty or establish a rule or regulation for violation of which a fine or other penalty is imposed;

D.

Levy taxes;

E.

Make appropriations, including supplemental appropriations or transfer of appropriations;

F.

Grant, renew, or extend a franchise;

G.

Regulate the rate charged for its service by any public utility;

H.

Authorize the borrowing of money within such limits as will not create a greater indebtedness or liability of any kind in any year than the current revenue of the city of that year;

I.

Purchase lands or convey or lease any lands of the city, and the ordinance shall specify the terms of purchase, conveyance, or lease;

J.

Adopt or modify the official map, platting or subdivision controls or regulations, or the zoning plan;

K.

Such additional acts of the council as provisions of law require to be by ordinance.

(Ord. 92-02-01 § 5 (part))