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The mayor is the chief executive of the city and enforces the ordinances of council. The mayor may veto ordinances, but that can be overridden by at least two thirds of the council. The mayor supervises the work of all city departments and submits the annual city budget to council. This form was adopted by nine cities by referendums.
Reading (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ ŋ / RED-ing; Pennsylvania Dutch: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 census and is the fourth-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown.
Midtown Manhattan in 1932, showing the results of the Zoning Resolution: skyscrapers with setbacks Graph of the 1916 New York City zoning ordinance with an example elevation for an 80-foot street in a 2½-times height district. The 1916 Zoning Resolution in New York City was the first citywide zoning code in the United States. The zoning ...
Oct. 16—The Albert Lea City Council on Monday approved the introduction of an ordinance regulating the licensing of cannabis businesses in the community, as well as cannabis-related events.
Modesto, California's 1885 ordinance banning wash houses from certain areas of the city has been argued to be America's first true zoning ordinance. [36] Richmond's 1908 zoning ordinance regulating the height and arrangement of buildings was upheld by the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 1910, a decision used as precedent in the ...
In other action, the city council also approved the first reading of a city ordinance that aimed to clarify the city's policy on alcohol use in city parks. The revised ordinance repealed some ...
Municipal code may refer to: Community Identification Number, a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or unincorporated areas; Legal code (municipal) Municipal ordinances, laws that are enacted and enforced by a village, town, city or county government; Gemeindeordnung, the municipal code in German law
The Mayor of Reading served under a city commission form of government prior to 1996. However, the city's mayor have served under a home rule form of government since 1996, beginning with the inauguration of Mayor Paul Angstadt in January of that year. [1] Reading is one of the few United States cities to have elected a Socialist mayor.