FOR THE
CITY OF OAKWOOD
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
OHIO
PREAMBLE
We the people of Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio, desirous of securing for
our City and for ourselves and our children the advantages of
self-government conferred by the home rule provisions of the
Ohio Constitution, do hereby ordain and establish the following
Charter:
ARTICLE I
INCORPORATION, POWERS, FORM OF GOVERNMENT
SECTION 1.01. INCORPORATION.
The inhabitants of the City of Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio, within the corporate limits as established at the time of the adoption of this Charter, or as thereafter established in the manner provided by law, shall be and continue to be a municipal corporation in perpetuity, under the name of "The City of Oakwood". The corporation will hereinafter be referred to as "the City".
SECTION 1.02. POWERS.
The City shall have and may exercise all municipal powers functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever, except as prohibited by the Constitution of the United States, or the Constitution of the State of Ohio, or as limited or restrained by this Charter or by the general statutes of the State of Ohio relating to matters of Statewide concern. The enumeration of specific powers in this Charter shall not be deemed exclusive, as it is intended that in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied therefrom or appropriate to the exercise of such enumerated powers, the City shall have and may exercise all other and additional powers which it would be competent for this Charter specifically to enumerate.
SECTION 1.03. MANNER OF EXERCISE OF POWERS.
All powers of the City shall be vested in the officers provided for in this Charter. Where any existing or future acquired power is not assigned to a specific officer, it shall be deemed to be among the powers of the City Council. All powers shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in this Charter, or if the manner be not so prescribed, then in the manner prescribed by ordinance. If no procedure is established either by the Charter or by ordinance, then that provided by general State law shall be followed until the City Council shall provide a different procedure by ordinance.