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## § 13.04.075. Deposit to permanent fund. | At least fifty percent of the net proceeds from each sale of real property by the city, and at least fifty percent of the cash or other liquid assets, if any, received by the city in any exchange of real property, shall be deposited in the city permanent fund account.
(Ord. 86-13 § 12; Ord. 88-4 § 3E; Ord. 88-7 § 3(pa... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -1.396484 | -0.97168 | -0.882813 | -0.987793 |
## § 13.04.080. Utility easements. | A. When the city has been requested to grant an easement across city land for the purpose of allowing the convenient provision of utility services to lands owned by the city or any other person, the mayor shall determine the fair market value of the easement or of the city land which would be burdened by the easement. ... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -0.670898 | 0.560547 | -1.104492 | -0.435791 |
## § 13.04.090. Conveyance. | When the buyer or other transferee of any parcel of land or any interest in land has been identified, and has fully demonstrated his or her qualification to purchase or otherwise receive city land, if required, and has either paid the purchase price or required portion thereof or delivered the required consideration, o... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -0.419434 | 0.53125 | -0.532227 | -0.792969 |
## § 13.04.100. Unsold land. | Lands not sold at any sale shall be held by the city and shall be subject to disposal at any subsequent sale according to the terms determined by the city council at that time.
(prior code § 3.31.070; Ord. 82-10 § 3(part); Ord. 88-7 § 3(part)) | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -1.066406 | -1.237305 | -0.680176 | -1.335938 |
## § 13.04.110. Limitation per individual. | The city council may, in the ordinance of sale, set limitations on the number of parcels which may be obtained by individuals that the city council in its discretion deems necessary and proper to a fair and equitable disposal of its lands to the public.
(prior code § 3.31.080; Ord. 82-10 § 3(part); Ord. 86-1 § 3(E); O... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -0.532227 | -0.368408 | -0.921387 | -1.211914 |
## § 13.04.120. Outcry auction. | The city may dispose of municipal lands or interests in land by use of an outcry auction. The buyer shall be the highest qualified bidder whose bid is equal to or higher than the minimum bid, if any, specified pursuant to Section 13.04.050, and who complies with all other requirements of the ordinance of sale.
(prior ... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -0.736816 | -0.585938 | -1.008789 | -0.847168 |
## § 13.04.130. Sealed bid auction. | The city may dispose of municipal lands or interests in land by use of a sealed bid auction. The buyer shall be the highest qualified bidder whose bid is equal to or higher than the minimum bid, if any, specified pursuant to Section 13.04.050, and who complies with all other requirements of the ordinance of sale.
(pri... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -1.053711 | -0.328369 | -1.162109 | -1.117188 |
## § 13.04.140. Lottery sale. | The city may dispose of municipal lands or interests in land by use of a lottery sale. The price at which each parcel of land or interest in land shall be offered for sale in any lottery shall be specified in the ordinance of sale. No more than one application to purchase any specific parcel or interest shall be accept... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -0.808105 | -0.458252 | -0.459717 | -0.888672 |
## § 13.04.150. Over-the-counter sale. | The city may sell lands or interests in land by use of an over-the-counter sale. The price at which each parcel of land or interest in land shall be offered for over-the-counter sale shall be specified in the ordinance of sale. The buyer of each parcel of land or interest in land shall be the first qualified person who... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -0.556641 | -0.988281 | -0.482666 | -0.875977 |
## § 13.04.160. Negotiated sale or exchange. | A. The city may sell land or an interest in land to the United States or any agency thereof, the state of Alaska or any agency or subdivision thereof, or any nondenominational charitable nonprofit organization which provides services of a type normally provided by a governmental body to the public in the city, when the... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -0.320801 | 0.661621 | -0.614746 | 0.506348 |
## § 13.04.170. Sales and exchanges to mitigate effects of public emergency. | A. Subject to the restrictions described in subsections D and E of this section, the city may sell land or an interest in land to, or exchange lands or interests in land, identified persons or entities who are directly affected by a public disaster or by a serious threat to public health or safety, if the council, in a... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | 0.36084 | 1.106445 | -0.274414 | 2.279297 |
## § 13.04.180. Settlement of claims. | Notwithstanding Sections 13.04.040 and 13.04.050, the city council may, by ordinance of sale, convey land to an individual or nongovernmental entity if ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, or in settlement of a valid and legally sufficient claim against the city under such circumstances and for such p... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -0.379395 | 0.36792 | -1.256836 | -0.655273 |
## CHAPTER 13.08 | EMINENT DOMAIN
**§ 13.08.010. Condemnation authorized.**
The city may exercise the powers of eminent domain and declaration of taking for the purpose of condemning private property for necessary public use in accordance with AS 9.55.240 through 9.55.460.
(prior code § 3.33.010; Ord. 84-5 § 3(part); Ord. 88-7 § 3(par... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -0.104126 | 0.120972 | -0.73584 | -0.591797 |
### § 13.12.010. Property available for leasing. | All real property and all interests in real property which are owned by the city, or to which the city may become entitled, may be leased as provided in this chapter.
(Ord. 90-21 § 4(part), 1990) | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -1.125977 | -1.283203 | -1.119141 | -1.338867 |
### § 13.12.020. Preleasing procedure – Appraisal. | A. No real property owned by the city shall be leased (whether or not it has previously been leased, unless the lessee is exercising an option to renew contained in a lease) unless the property has been appraised within one year prior to the date contemplated for the beginning of the lease.
B. No appraisal is required... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | -0.786133 | -0.446533 | -0.17627 | -0.566895 |
### § 13.12.030. Rental value. | A. City-owned real property shall be leased for a fair rental value, except as provided by subsection B of this section. Fair rental value is the rental computed from the appraised fair rental value of the property and means the highest price described in terms of money for which the property would rent, if exposed for... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | 0.120239 | -0.332031 | -0.503906 | -0.357422 |
### § 13.12.040. Terms and conditions. | Each lease of city property shall include the following provisions, which shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference and fully enforceable as if set out in full in every lease in which they are not expressly included:
A. City property shall not be leased for a term (including any renewal periods to which the less... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | utqiagvik | null | 0.601074 | 1.271484 | 0.015823 | -0.081665 |
# PREAMBLE | WE, the People of the City of Valdez, of the State of Alaska, grateful to God for the freedoms we enjoy, deeply conscious of the responsibilities and self-discipline they entail, and desirous of continuing the privilege of self-government under the Home Rule provisions of the Constitution of the State of Alaska, do ord... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.389648 | -0.746094 | -0.353271 | -0.400391 |
### § 1.1. Continuation of Existing Corporation. | The City of Valdez shall continue as a municipal corporation under the name: "The city of Valdez." | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.878906 | -1.548828 | -1.125 | -1.680664 |
### § 1.2. Form of Government. | The government of the city shall be that commonly known and designated as the council-manager form. | false | Context | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.728516 | -1.500977 | -0.905762 | -1.576172 |
### § 1.3. Boundaries. | The boundaries of the city shall be the boundaries as established and on file in the records of the clerk at the time this Charter becomes effective or as such boundaries may be changed thereafter in the manner authorized by law. | false | Context | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.15918 | -1.179688 | -1.419922 | -1.642578 |
### § 1.4. Powers of the City. | In this Charter no mention of a particular power shall be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers which the city would have if the particular power were not mentioned. The Charter shall be liberally construed to the end that the city may have all powers necessary or convenient for the conduct o... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.198242 | -0.445801 | -1.248047 | -1.591797 |
### § 1.5. Powers of the City. | The city may exercise all powers not prohibited by law or by this Charter. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.857422 | -1.182617 | -1.020508 | -1.643555 |
### § 1.6. Definitions and Construction. | Except as otherwise specifically defined herein or indicated by the context, words used in this Charter shall have their ordinary dictionary meanings.
(a) "Board" includes the word "commissioner."
(b) "Capital improvement" means a public improvement of a permanent nature.
(c) "City" means the City of Valdez.
(d) "C... | false | Context | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | 0.325928 | 0.876465 | -0.682617 | -0.414551 |
## § 2.1. City Officers. | (a) The elective officers of the city are the mayor and six council members.
(b) The appointive officers of the city are the city manager, the city clerk, and the city attorney.
(c) The administration officers are all officers of the city other than elective officers and appointive officers.
(Reso. No. 9126, § 1; Re... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.560547 | -1.46875 | -1.268555 | -1.504883 |
## § 2.2. Eligibility for Elective City Office. | (a) To be eligible to file a nominating petition for election to a city office, a person shall be an elector of the city and shall have been a resident of the city or of territory annexed to the city, or shall have had a combination residence in the city and in the annexed territory for a period of not less than one ye... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.976563 | -0.947266 | -0.639648 | -1.129883 |
## § 2.3. Persons Ineligible for City Office or Employment. | A person who holds or has held an elective city office shall not be eligible for appointment to an office or for employment for which a salary is paid by the city until one year has elapsed following the term for which he was elected or appointed. An exception may be made with the approval of four or more members of th... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.074219 | -1.540039 | 1.390625 | -0.791992 |
## § 2.4. Notice of Election or Appointment. | The city clerk shall mail to each person elected or appointed, a certificate of election or appointment within five days from the time of election or appointment. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.430664 | -2.318359 | -0.653809 | -1.477539 |
## § 2.5. Compensation of Officers. | The compensation for the service of each city officer and employee shall be the amount fixed by the council. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.670898 | -2.041016 | -0.580078 | -1.706055 |
## § 2.6. Compensation of Mayor and Councilmen. | The compensation of the mayor and councilmen shall be determined by ordinance. No increase in the compensation of the mayor and councilmen shall take effect until the council meeting following the first general city election after the increase is ordered. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.30957 | -1.678711 | -0.57959 | -1.201172 |
## § 2.7. Oath of Office. | Every officer of the city before entering upon his duties shall take the oath or affirmation
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§ 2.7
required by section 5 of article XII, Constitution of the State of Alaska. The council may require designated employees to take such oath before entering upon their employment. Oaths of o... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.973145 | 0.513184 | 0.011383 | 0.000759 |
### § 3.1. The City Council. | The elective officers of the city shall consist of the mayor and six council members. The mayor and each council member shall be elected from the city at large. The council shall exercise all of the legislative and policy-making powers of the city and shall provide for the performance of all duties and obligations impo... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.273438 | -1.365234 | -1.295898 | -1.330078 |
### § 3.1.1. The City Council Bulletin Board. | The city council shall designate and maintain an official bulletin board, appropriately identified and centrally located. | true | Rules | Nuisance | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.599609 | -1.879883 | -0.676758 | -1.686523 |
### § 3.2. Terms of Office. | The term of office for each council member and mayor shall be three years and shall commence at the next regular council meeting following the election. The terms of two council members shall expire each year, except that in each third year, counting from 2019, the terms of the Mayor and two council members shall expir... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.267578 | -0.481934 | -0.789551 | -1.292969 |
### § 3.3. Organization of the Council. | The council shall meet at the first regular meeting following each regular city election and do such acts as may be required for its organization and the conduct of its business. The council shall elect a mayor pro tempore who shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor and if a vacancy occurs in t... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.259766 | -0.188477 | -1.248047 | -1.083984 |
### § 3.4. The Mayor. | (a) The mayor shall possess all powers and shall exercise all duties provided or required of him by law or by the council.
(b) He shall be the presiding officer of the council.
(c) He shall be a member of the council with all the powers and duties of that office.
(d) He shall advise the council concerning the affair... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.162354 | 0.654785 | -0.556152 | 0.483154 |
### § 4.1. Introduction, Consideration, Style and Recording of Code Provisions. | (a) Each proposed Code provision introduced by the council in written form shall contain the enacting clause "Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Valdez" and all ordinances proposed by the voters under their power of initiative, "Be it ordained by the People of the City of Valdez."
(b) No Code provision shall... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.280273 | 0.068298 | -1.035156 | -0.687988 |
### § 4.2. Publication of Code Provisions. | (4-1-83) | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.311523 | -0.014664 | -1.017578 | -1.557617 |
### § 4.3. Effective Date of Taxation Code Provisions. | No Code provision which provides for or establishes a tax shall become effective for at least thirty days after adoption by the council. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.263672 | -0.847656 | -0.371826 | -1.15625 |
### § 4.4. Time Limit for Prosecution of Charter or Code Violations. | No prosecution for the violation of this Charter or of the Code shall be commenced after the expiration of two years following commission of the offense, unless the accused has fled or remained beyond the boundaries of the city. The period of time during which the accused remains outside the municipal boundaries shall ... | true | Enforcement | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.68457 | -1.084961 | 0.18396 | -0.098938 |
### § 4.5. Due Process to be Accorded. | All proceedings relative to the arrest, custody and trial of persons accused of any violation of this Charter or of the Code shall be conducted so as to accord due process of law to the accused.
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§ 4.6 CHARTER OF THE CITY OF VALDEZ § 4.12 | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.142578 | -0.583008 | -0.632813 | -0.568359 |
## § 4.6. Initiative and Referendum. | A Code provision may be initiated or a referendum may be had on any act of the council in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth by law. | false | Context | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.657227 | -0.669922 | -0.993652 | -1.032227 |
## § 4.7. Code Provisions Adopted by the Initiative. | (a) A Code provision adopted by the initiative procedure may not be amended or repealed by the council for a period of two years after the date of the election at which it was adopted.
(b) Should two or more Code provisions adopted at the same election have conflicting provisions, the one receiving the largest affirma... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.177734 | -0.763184 | -1.09375 | -0.925781 |
## § 4.8. Council Action. | The filing with the mayor of a sufficient referendary petition within thirty days after the passage of the act of the council to which such petition refers shall automatically suspend the operation thereof, pending repeal by the council or final determination by the electors. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.826172 | -0.82959 | -0.572754 | -0.744141 |
## § 4.9. Building and Zoning Regulations. | To provide for the health, safety and welfare of citizens within the city, the council shall provide for comprehensive building and zoning regulations. | false | Context | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.770508 | -1.376953 | -0.228271 | -0.118286 |
## § 4.10. Abatement of Nuisances. | The council shall provide in the Code for the declaration and abatement of nuisances which may be offensive or tend to endanger the health and welfare of the public, and for the assessment of the cost thereof against the property upon, or in respect of which the nuisance exists. | true | Rules | Nuisance | cities | ak | valdez | null | 0.550781 | -0.702148 | -0.046539 | 1.082031 |
## § 4.11. Port and Harbor Jurisdiction. | The council shall regulate the use and development of all waters and submerged lands which are subject to the jurisdiction of the city. | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.952148 | -1.296875 | -0.821289 | -1.321289 |
## § 4.12. Other Municipal Services. | The council shall provide for the furnishing of such municipal services as it deems necessary for the protection of the health, safety, welfare and morals of the public. When the interests of the city so require, the council may authorize plans or agreements for reimbursing the city in consideration of furnishing any o... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.750977 | -0.95752 | -1.007813 | -0.083618 |
### § 5.1. The Council to Provide for the City Administration. | The council shall provide in the Code for the organization of the administrative offices and departments of the city and shall prescribe their duties and functions. | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.695313 | -1.301758 | -1.332031 | -1.786133 |
### § 5.2. Emergency Administration. | In order to assure continuity of city services and administration in periods of emergency resulting from war or disaster, the council shall provide in the Code for the prompt and temporary succession to the powers and duties of administrative officers and departments when such officers and departments are unable to car... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.840332 | -0.803223 | -0.278076 | 0.980469 |
### § 5.3. Administrative Officers and Employees—Appointment, Terms and Compensation. | (a) The city manager, the city clerk and the city attorney shall be appointed by the council. They shall hold office for indefinite terms at the pleasure of the council.
(b) All other administrative officers, except members of city boards and commissions, shall be appointed by the city manager.
(c) Members of city bo... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.09668 | -0.847656 | -0.456543 | -0.908691 |
### § 5.3a. City Manager. | (a) The city manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his demonstrated administrative qualifications, with particular emphasis on his training and experience as a professional municipal administrator. He shall be a resident of the city during his tenure in office.
(b) He shall be the chief administrative officer... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.066406 | 0.314209 | -0.825195 | -0.967773 |
### § 6.1. Fiscal Year. | The fiscal year of the city shall be as established by the council, unless otherwise provided by law. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.522461 | -1.84082 | -0.910156 | -1.719727 |
### § 6.2. Budget Statement of City. | During or prior to the sixth week preceding the first day of the fiscal year, a budget proposal for the next fiscal year of the city shall be prepared. Such budget proposal shall set forth the recommendations for and an analysis of the anticipated income and expenditures of the city during the next fiscal year, togethe... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.785156 | -0.742188 | -1.21582 | -1.039063 |
### § 6.3. Budget Adoption Procedure. | (a) The budget proposal shall be reviewed by the council and shall be available for public inspection in the office of the city clerk.
(b) The council shall direct that a public hearing on the budget proposal be held not less than one week before its final adoption. A notice of the public hearing shall be published at... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.296875 | -1.091797 | -1.013672 | -0.98877 |
### § 6.4. Budget Control. | (a) Unencumbered appropriation balances may be transferred within a department by the council at any time on its own initiative; the council may transfer unencumbered balances from one office, department or agency to another.
(b) There shall be submitted periodically to the council information comparing estimated and ... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.912109 | -0.820801 | -0.969727 | -1.018555 |
### § 6.5. Withdrawal of Funds. | (a) All funds drawn from the treasury shall be drawn pursuant to the authority and appropriation of the council.
(b) The council shall prescribe the method for the disbursement of city funds.
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§ 6.7 | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.233398 | -0.376709 | -0.087402 | -1.232422 |
## § 6.6. Independent Audit. | (Reso. 08-40, § 1; 10-2-01) | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.938965 | -0.341064 | -0.932129 | -1.146484 |
## § 6.7. Permanent Fund. | (a) There is established as a separate account, the Valdez permanent fund. All amounts received by the city from the sale of Marine Terminal Revenue Bonds for its own use and expenditure, as well as any other funds that may subsequently be so designated by the city council, shall be placed in the fund. Each year on the... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.902344 | 1.18457 | -0.617188 | -0.330078 |
### § 7.1. Taxation by Ordinance. | The council shall provide in the Code for the annual assessment, levy and collection of city taxes. Council may provide for differential taxation based upon differences in kind or level of services provided within service areas established by ordinance. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.98291 | -0.93457 | -1.415039 | -1.428711 |
### § 7.2. Exemptions. | The power of taxation shall never be surrendered. No exemptions from taxation shall be allowed, except such as are expressly provided by law. Private leaseholds, contracts or interests in land or property owned or held by the United States, the state or its political subdivisions, shall be taxable to the extent of the ... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.697266 | -0.982422 | -0.54834 | -0.456299 |
### § 7.3. Assessment Day. | The taxable status of property shall be determined as of the first day of January, or such other date as may subsequently be required by law, which shall be the assessment day. Values on the assessment roll shall be determined according to the facts existing on the assessment day for the year for which the assessment r... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.171875 | 0.033386 | -0.977539 | -1.246094 |
### § 7.4. Security for Taxes on Real Property. | The city shall have a first lien upon all real property against which taxes are assessed for the taxes and any collection charges, penalties and interest which may accumulate thereto, which lien shall continue until the taxes are paid. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.743652 | -0.575684 | -0.516113 | 0.007957 |
### § 7.5. Protection of City's Real Property Tax Liens. | The city may protect its lien for taxes upon real property by sale at tax sale, or by purchasing the real property at any tax sale or other public sale, or by direct negotiation with the owner. Any such procedure shall be deemed to be for a public purpose. When the city has acquired an interest in real property to prot... | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.003428 | -0.537109 | -0.769043 | 0.073364 |
### § 7.6. Security for Taxes on Personal Property. | City taxes on personal property shall be a debt to the city from the persons to whom they are assessed. If any person to whom such taxes are assessed fails or refuses to pay the taxes, or if the collecting officer reasonably believes that any person will not pay such taxes, the taxes and accrued charges, penalties and ... | true | Enforcement | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | 0.142578 | 0.650879 | -0.106506 | 0.252686 |
### § 7A.1. Purpose. | Service areas may be established to provide services not provided on an area-wide basis or to provide a higher level of service than that provided on an area-wide basis. | false | Context | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.351563 | -1.103516 | -1.334961 | -1.516602 |
### § 7A.2. Establishment. | (a) The council by ordinance may establish, alter, consolidate or abolish service areas. The council by ordinance may add or eliminate services to a service area. The ordinance shall contain the following:
(1) Boundaries and area to be included;
(2) Service to be provided or be eliminated; and
(3) Other provisions t... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.535156 | 0.247437 | -1.018555 | -0.539063 |
### § 8.1. General Power Relative to Special Assessments and Public Improvements. | (a) The council shall have the power to make public improvements, including local improvements, within the city and, to the extent permitted by law, outside the city. The council may determine the necessity for any public improvement, and may determine that the whole or any part of the cost thereof, including the cost ... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | 0.836914 | 0.102295 | -0.69043 | -0.203491 |
### § 8.2. Detailed Procedure to be Fixed in the Code. | The procedure for local improvements may be commenced by the council either on its own initiative or upon receipt of a petition in the manner provided in the Code. The council shall prescribe in the Code the complete special agree-procedure for local improvements and for agreements for furnishing capital improvements a... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.586914 | 0.2771 | -0.920898 | -0.901367 |
### § 8.3. Expenditures before Funds for Improvement are Available. | No expenditures, other than for administrative, engineering and legal work for any local improvement, the cost of which is to be borne by special assessments on the property benefited,
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§ 8.8
shall be made unless the cash is on hand or bonds have been authorized to finance the co... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.074219 | 0.225952 | -0.549805 | -0.937012 |
## § 8.4. Correction of Invalid Special Assessments. | If any special assessment procedure of the council shall be irregular or invalid for any reason, the council may correct the same at any time within ninety days after the confirmation of the special assessment roll or after final determination of any litigation thereon, whether before or after the completion of the loc... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.016327 | -0.05188 | -0.864258 | -0.660156 |
## § 8.5. Limitations on Suits and Actions. | No special assessment procedure shall be contested by any action at law or in equity, unless commenced within sixty days after the confirmation of the special assessment roll therefor. If no such action be so commenced, the procedure for such local improvement shall be conclusively presumed to have been regular and com... | true | Enforcement | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.351563 | -0.571289 | -0.775879 | -0.824219 |
## § 8.6. Lien for and Collection of Special Assessments. | (a) The city shall have a first lien upon all real property against which special assessments are assessed, and any such lien shall be of the same character, effect and duration, and shall be enforceable in the same manner as the lien for city taxes.
(b) The council shall provide procedure in the Code for the collecti... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.579102 | -0.349854 | -0.688965 | -0.536133 |
## § 8.7. Receipts from Special Assessments. | Accounts for special assessment rolls shall be created and kept separate from all other city accounts. Moneys collected from special assessments shall be used solely to pay the cost of the improvements to which they apply and to the principal of and interest on indebtedness of the city. | true | Rules | Zoning | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.518555 | -1.003906 | -0.770508 | -1.082031 |
## § 8.8. All Real Property Liable for Special Assessments. | All real property, including such as is exempt from taxation by law, shall be liable for the cost of local improvements assessed in accordance with this chapter, unless specifically exempted from special assessments by law.
City of Valdez, AK | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.600098 | -0.744141 | -0.577637 | -0.828613 |
### § 9.1. Agreements for Transferring Powers. | Agreements, including those for cooperative or joint administration of any function or power, may be made by the council with any local government, with the state, or with the United States unless otherwise provided by law. The council may transfer to the borough of which the city is a part any city power or function u... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.157227 | -0.537598 | -1.376953 | -0.833984 |
### § 9.2. Cooperation with Other Governments. | The city may cooperate with the United States, with the state or its political subdivisions, or with other states and their political subdivision on matters of common interest. For this purpose the council may make all necessary appropriations.
City of Valdez, AK | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.325195 | -1.121094 | -1.248047 | -1.310547 |
### § 10.1. Regular City Elections. | A regular city election shall be held annually on the first Tuesday in October or such other date as the council may provide in the Code. The date of holding regular city elections may not be changed by the council at any time less than one year prior to the date of the first regular city election affected. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.196289 | -2.005859 | -0.626465 | -1.259766 |
### § 10.2. Special City Elections. | The council shall provide in the Code for the calling of special elections. Not less than thirty days' notice shall be given of each special election. The notice shall be published and state the purpose of the election. | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.333984 | -1.482422 | -1.131836 | -1.133789 |
### § 10.3. Qualifications of Electors. | (a) A person may vote in a municipal election only if the person:
(1) Is a United States citizen who is qualified to vote in state elections;
(2) Has been a resident of the municipality for 30 days immediately preceding the election;
(3) Is registered to vote in state elections in the precinct in which that person s... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.008789 | -1.253906 | -0.12854 | -0.766113 |
### § 10.4. Election Procedure. | All elections of city officers shall be nonpartisan. The council shall provide by ordinance for:
(1) The nonpartisan nomination of candidates for elective city offices;
(2) The printing and custody of ballots;
(3) The appointment and payment of necessary election personnel;
(4) The conduct of city elections;
(5) T... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.020508 | -1.041992 | -0.791016 | -0.739258 |
### § 10.5. Tie Vote. | In event of a tie vote, the council shall determine the successful candidate by lot. Such
City of Valdez, AK
§ 10.5 CHARTER OF THE CITY OF VALDEZ § 10.5
determination shall be final.
City of Valdez, AK | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.390625 | -0.884766 | -1.171875 | -1.107422 |
### § 11.1. General Authorization to Borrow Money. | (a) The city shall have the power to borrow money for any public purpose and to issue its evidences of indebtedness therefor. Such evidence of indebtedness shall include, but not be limited to those enumerated in the following three categories:
(1) Bonds for capital improvements authorized by the council and ratified ... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.540039 | 1.22168 | -0.769043 | 0.016403 |
### § 12.1. Authority of Council. | (a) The power to authorize the making of contracts on behalf of the city is vested in the council, subject to such exceptions as are provided by city ordinance.
(b) All contracts, except as otherwise provided in section 12.2 hereof, shall be authorized by the council and shall be signed on behalf of the city by the ma... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.993652 | -0.706055 | -1.383789 | -1.268555 |
### § 12.2. Procurement Procedures. | The council shall establish by ordinance the procedure for the contracting for, or procurement of, supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services. Such procedures shall include a provision for centralized purchasing on behalf of the city. The procedures shall also provide the dollar limit within which such con... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.894043 | 0.073425 | -0.985352 | 0.273682 |
### § 12.3. Limitations on Contractual Power. | (a) The council shall have power to enter only into contracts which, by the terms thereof, will be fully executed within a period of five years. This limitation shall not apply to contracts concerning interests in real property. Any contract other than a franchise, which will not be fully executed within a period of fi... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.650391 | 0.61084 | -0.936523 | -0.561035 |
## § 12.4. Business Dealings with City. | The council shall provide in the Code the procedure whereby an officer or employee of the city, who intends to have business dealings with the city whereby he may derive income or benefits other than those provided as remuneration for his official duties or the duties of his employment, shall file with the city clerk a... | true | Rules | Business | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.346436 | -0.191406 | -0.452393 | -0.808105 |
### § 13.1. General Powers Respecting Municipal Utilities. | The city shall have all the powers not prohibited by law to acquire, own, operate, promote and regulate public utilities, either within or beyond its corporate limits, and may also sell utility services beyond its corporate limits. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.192383 | -1.25 | -1.173828 | -1.330078 |
### § 13.2. Rates. | (a) The council may provide by ordinance for the establishment of utilities and may provide for their regulation, promotion, control and the fixing of the rates to be charged, so that each utility will be financially self-sustaining, if possible.
(b) No agreements shall be made for utility services outside of the city... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.055664 | -0.262451 | -1.135742 | -0.836426 |
### § 13.3. Collection of Municipal Utility Rates and Charges. | The council shall provide in the Code for the collection of rates and charges for public utility services furnished by the city. When any person fails or refuses to pay to the city any sums due on utility bills, the service upon which such delinquency exists may be discontinued and suit may be brought for the collectio... | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.489502 | -1.1875 | 0.172485 | -0.759766 |
### § 13.4. Disposal of Municipal Utility Plants and Utility Property. | The council may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of a municipal utility or of property and interest in property used or useful in the operation of a utility only after a proposition to do so is approved by three-fifths of the electors of the city voting on the proposition. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.513672 | -0.898438 | -0.90625 | -1.128906 |
### § 13.5. Public Utility Franchises. | The city may grant a franchise to any person for the use of the streets, alleys, bridges, easements and other public places of the city for the furnishing of any public utility service to the city and its inhabitants. Public utility franchises and renewals, amendments and extensions thereof shall be granted only by con... | true | Rules | Business | cities | ak | valdez | null | 1.226563 | 0.98584 | 0.057556 | 0.457031 |
## § 13.8. Sale or Assignment of Franchises. | The grantee of a franchise may not sell, assign, sublet or allow another to use the same, unless the council gives its consent. Nothing in this section shall limit the right of the grantee of any public utility franchise to mortgage his property or franchise, nor shall it restrict the rights of the purchaser upon forec... | true | Rules | Business | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.584961 | -0.786621 | 0.019058 | -0.717285 |
## § 13.9. Plans of Facilities in Streets and Public Places. | The council may require in the Code that, as a condition to the placing or installment thereof, each public utility conducting a business in the city shall file with the city clerk a duplicate copy of layout plans of pipes, conduits, wires and other facilities and appurtenances which are to be placed on, under or above... | true | Rules | Nuisance | cities | ak | valdez | null | -0.874512 | -0.842773 | -1.040039 | -1.115234 |
### § 14.1. Revision of Charter. | This Charter may be revised in the manner provided by law. | false | Context | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.157227 | -0.852539 | -1.123047 | -1.524414 |
### § 14.2. Amendment of Charter. | This Charter may be amended by proceedings commenced by the vote of five members of the council or by an initiatory petition. | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.269531 | -1.407227 | -1.208008 | -1.28125 |
### § 14.3. Amendment of Charter by Council Action. | When an amendment is proposed by the council it shall be submitted at the time of any election to be held in the city not less than sixty days after its proposal by the council, or at a special election called by the council for the purpose of voting thereon. Such amendment of the Charter shall become effective if appr... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.076172 | -1.334961 | -1.216797 | -1.111328 |
### § 14.4. Amendment of Charter by Initiatory Petition. | An initiatory petition for the amendment of this Charter shall state the proposed amendment, shall set forth all sections of the Charter to be amended thereby in full, shall be signed by the number of electors required for the initiation of Code provisions, and shall be filed with the council. If the petition therefor ... | false | Process | null | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.107422 | -0.232788 | -1.296875 | -1.053711 |
### § 14.5. Scope of Amendments. | Each proposed amendment of this Charter shall be confined to one subject, but need not be limited to a single section. Should a subject embrace more than one related proposition, each proposition shall be separately stated to afford an opportunity for the electors to vote for or against each such proposition. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.254883 | -1.075195 | -0.907227 | -1.263672 |
### § 14.6. Publication of Proposed Amendments. | Each proposed amendment of this Charter shall be published not less than two weeks nor more than four weeks before the election on its ratification. | true | Rules | Other | cities | ak | valdez | null | -1.650391 | -1.910156 | -0.612793 | -1.241211 |
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