§ 104. Ordinances; subjects
The general grant of ordinance-promulgating authority in section 103 of this charter
shall include the authority:
(1) to adopt and enforce ordinances relating to making and installation of local improvements,
including curbs, sidewalks, and storm drains; requiring the installation of curbs,
sidewalks, and storm drains in a manner specified by the City as a condition precedent
to the issuance of a building permit; apportioning part or all of the expenses of
such improvements against property owners benefited thereby; providing for the collection
of such assessments and penalties for nonpayment;
(2) to adopt and enforce ordinances establishing systems or regulations for signs and
billboards, including provisions for the termination of nonconforming signs and billboards
through a schedule for removal that takes into consideration the interests of nonconforming
sign and billboard owners in amortizing their investments, but such ordinances shall
not permit the violation of the laws of this State or any City zoning ordinance or
regulation;
(3) to adopt and enforce police ordinances regulating and prohibiting the use of firearms,
air rifles, and devices having a capacity to inflict personal injury and the parking,
operation, and speed of motor vehicles upon town and State aid streets and highways;
(4) to adopt and enforce ordinances relating to regulation, licensing, or prohibition
of the storage and accumulation of garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, and waste materials;
regulation of the removal and disposal of such materials; licensing for revenue and
regulation or prohibition of the collection, removal, and disposal of such materials
by persons; collection, removal of such materials by the City either by contract or
by a City officer or department now existing or created for that purpose; establishment
of service rates to be paid the City for such services;
(5) to adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the operation, parking, soliciting, delivery,
or fares in the taxi business within the City;
(6) the specification of powers herein shall not be deemed to limit the general grant
of ordinance-promulgating authority conferred by section 103 of this charter;
(7) to adopt and enforce ordinances for the purpose of regulating and licensing the following
activities, or other activities that the City has the power to regulate or license
by virtue of the law of this State or this charter, and to fix reasonable and necessary
license fees therefore; places or public resort or public amusement whether indoor
or outdoor; places dispensing food and drink to the public, such as restaurants, bars,
or inns; theaters; public dances; itinerant vendors; the exclusive occupancy of any
specified portion of a public street or right-of-way; and the keeping of dogs or other
pets.