LEGAL STATUS; FORM OF GOVERNMENT; POWERS

Montgomery City Code pt. App. A, ch. 1, art. II

in effect

Montgomery City Code, App. A, ch. 1, art. II, § 2.01 Legal status.

Sec. 2.01. - Legal status. Any such city which adopts the mayor-council form of government shall continue its existence as a body corporate under the name of "City of ___________" (inserting the name of such city). The word "city" as hereinafter used shall mean and refer to any city which has adopted the mayor-council form of government. The city shall continue as a municipal corporation, within the corporate limits as then established, and as thereafter fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all the duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation and shall enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and franchises then enjoyed by it, as well as those that may thereafter or hereinafter be granted to it.

Montgomery City Code, App. A, ch. 1, art. II, § 2.02 Form of government.

Sec. 2.02. - Form of government. The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this act shall be known as the "mayor-council form of government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this act and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the city shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as "the council," which shall enact ordinances, adopt budgets and determine policies. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this act, or if the manner be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance.

Montgomery City Code, App. A, ch. 1, art. II, § 2.03 Powers of city.

Sec. 2.03. - Powers of city. The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution and laws of this state together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any city purpose, in fee simple and any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as its interests may require; and, except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state or restricted by this act, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular powers by this act shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the city shall have and may exercise all powers which, under the Constitution of this state, it would be competent for this act specifically to enumerate.

Source: City of Montgomery, Alabama, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/al/montgomery/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=APXALOAC_CH1ACNO6181973P.879MAUNFOGO_ARTIILESTFOGOPOFetched: 11/8/2026