CHARTER FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO

The Municipal Corporation now existing and now known as the City of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, hereaft...

The Municipality shall have all powers of local self-government now and hereafter granted to Muni...

The Mayor shall be elected at the regular municipal elections, held in the year 1963 and every fo...

The Mayor shall have been a qualified elector and a resident of the Municipality for at least two...

If at any time the Mayor shall cease to possess any of the aforesaid qualifications of office, or...

  (a)    Absence. When the Mayor is absent or inaccessible or is unable, for any cause or reason ...

(a)    Executive Powers. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the Municipality. He s...

 Except as reserved by the Constitution of the State of Ohio and this Charter, the legislative po...

  No person shall be eligible to be a member of Council unless he shall have been continuously a ...

   (a)    Duties. The President of Council shall preside at all meetings of Council and shall app...

Council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its own members including the Pr...

Should any office of Councilman become vacant, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by two-...

Should Council fail to act, within thirty (30) days, on any appointment made by the Mayor which r...

Council shall fix its own compensation and that of each employee of the Municipality, including o...

Council shall organize itself and may prescribe by its own rules, regulations, ordinances and res...

Five voting members of Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any m...

(a)    Rules and Journal of Council. Council shall adopt its own rules and procedures and shall k...

 (a)    Each ordinance or resolution providing for the appropriation of money or for an annual ta...

The Council may provide by ordinance for the procedure for the passage and amendment of any zonin...

The Council shall not adopt any ordinance or resolution changing the Municipal income tax rate fo...

A Department of Law, a Department of Finance, a Department of Public Safety, a Department of Publ...

The Director of Law shall be the head of the Department of Law, and shall be appointed by the May...

The Director of Finance shall be the head of the Department of Finance and the fiscal officer of ...

The Mayor shall also serve as the Director of Public Safety and shall be the head of the Departme...

The Director of Public Service shall be the head of the Department of Public Service, which may c...

The Department of Taxation is hereby established and Council shall provide by ordinance for its o...

A Civil Service Commission shall be established which shall consist of three (3) electors of the ...

The Commission shall designate one of the members as Chairman and may appoint a Secretary who is ...

The Commission shall establish a job classification system as prescribed in the Rules- Regulation...

The Mayor may at any time suspend any Commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance...

Members of the Civil Service Commission shall serve without compensation. A sufficient sum shall ...

(a)    Organization. There shall be established a Board of Zoning and Building Appeals, which sha...

(a)   Organization. A Municipal Planning Commission shall be established which shall consist of f...

(a)   Organization. A Park-Recreation Board shall be established and consist of five (5) members,...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The provisions of this section were repealed by general election on November 7, 1...

The Mayor shall furnish to the Council an ordinance making appropriations for the expenditures of...

The Council may transfer any part of an unencumbered balance of an appropriation of any fund allo...

No money shall be drawn from the treasury nor shall an obligation for expenditure be incurred exc...

The Council shall, by ordinance, provide for the custody of all funds of the Municipality and for...

 No net expenditure for any contract for purchase of services, supplies or material, other than t...

 Public improvements of all kinds may be made by the appropriate department, either by the direct...

The taxing authority of this Municipality shall be in all respects, subject to the limitation the...

The Council may at any time at least ninety (90) days prior to a November election or the date of...

The net indebtedness of the Municipality, created or incurred without vote of the electors, shall...

Nominations for elective offices of the Municipality shall be made only by petition, signed by re...

Any candidate who wishes to be considered as a write-in candidate for the general election must f...

The rights and powers of initiative, referendum and recall are reserved to the people of the Muni...

The electors of the Municipality shall have the power to remove from office, by recall election, ...

The Council may by ordinance grant permission to any person, firm or corporation to construct and...

This Charter may be amended by either of two methods. The Council may, by an affirmative vote of ...

This Charter shall take effect on January 1, 1962, after its approval by the electors of the Muni...

The determination that any part of this Charter is invalid shall not invalidate or impair the for...

The adoption of this Charter shall not affect any pre-existing rights of the Municipality, or any...

The Article and Section headings herein have been inserted for convenient reference, and are not ...

All persons who are appointees, employees or non-elected officials of the Municipality shall cont...

Every elected official or officer of the Municipality shall, before entering upon the duties of h...

In January, 1967, and each five (5) years thereafter, the Council shall appoint as members of a C...

Any elected or appointed City officer or employee who has a financial interest, direct or indirec...