Article I Revisions

City of Chandler — Regular Meeting (2025-11-17)

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ARTICLE I. POWERS OF THE CITY 
Section 1.01. Name of the city. 
The municipal corporation now existing and known as the "City of Chandler" shall remain and 
continue to be a body politic and corporate under the name "City of Chandler".  
Section 1.02. Construction of powers. 
The City of Chandler shall have all powers possible express or implied, for a city under the 
constitution and laws of the State of Arizona as fully and completely as though they were 
specifically enumerated in this charter.  
Section 1.03. Powers. 
The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any city purpose in fee 
simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease or condemnation, and may 
sell, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as its interests may require. Except as 
prohibited by the constitution of this state or restricted by this charter, the city shall have and may 
exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and 
nature whatsoever. , and especially to THE CITY MAY enter into contracts, cooperative and 
otherwise, with the government of the United States, the State of Arizona, Maricopa County, quasi-
municipalities, or any other municipal corporation of this state for the construction, maintenance 
and operation of roads, highways, parks, sewers, waterworks, public utilities, and buildings (when 
used for public purposes), AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSE all when deemed for the best 
interest of the city. The enumeration of particular powers by this charter shall not be deemed to be 
exclusive, and in addition 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 
charter specifically to enumerate.  
Section 1.04. Boundaries. 
The boundaries of the city shall be the boundaries as established at the time this charter takes 
effect, or as such boundaries may be changed thereafter in the manner authorized by law.