CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF GRANVILLE, OHIO
PREAMBLE
We the people of Granville, Ohio, desirous of securing for our municipality 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 AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT
SECTION 1.01. INCORPORATION.
The inhabitants of the Village of Granville, Licking 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 continued to be a municipal corporation in perpetuity.
SECTION 1.02. NAME.
The corporation created and continued by this Charter shall be known as the Village of Granville. If and when the Village of Granville becomes a city under the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio, this Charter shall continue in full force and effect without change except as may be made by formal amendment, and the municipality shall be known as the City of Granville. The corporation will be referred to hereafter in this Charter as “the municipality”.
SECTION 1.03. POWERS.
The municipality 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 is not exclusive. In addition to the powers enumerated or implied from, or appropriate to the exercise of such enumerated powers, the municipality may exercise all additional powers that this Charter could have specifically enumerated. (Amended 11-6-01)
SECTION 1.04. MANNER OF EXERCISE OF POWERS.
All powers of the municipality shall be vested in the officers provided in this Charter, or in the people. Where any existing or future acquired power is not assigned by this Charter to a specific officer, it shall be deemed to be among the powers of Council. All powers shall be exercised as prescribed by Charter, or if not prescribed by Charter, then as prescribed by ordinance, or if not prescribed by Charter or ordinance, then as provided by the general state law, until a different procedure is provided by Charter or ordinance.
(Amended 11-6-01)
SECTION 1.05. FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
The form of government provided for by this Charter shall be known as “The Council-Manager Plan.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Granville Charter was approved by the voters on May 5, 1964. Dates appearing in parentheses following section headings indicate those sections were subsequently amended, added or repealed on the date given.