§ 3. General grant of power.

Subject only to such limitations imposed by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, by the Constitution and such laws of Oklahoma binding upon cities adopting charters for their own government under the authority granted by Article XVIII, Section 3, of the Constitution of Oklahoma, and by the provisions of this amended Charter, the City of Tulsa shall have the power:

A.

To adopt and enforce all ordinances necessary or proper to protect the public peace, health, order, morals, and safety, and to promote the general welfare of the City of Tulsa and its inhabitants;

B.

To purchase, construct, maintain, and operate, within or without the city, public utilities, public works, and other facilities of every kind;

C.

To engage in any public business, enterprise, or activity and to provide any service or facility for the common benefit or in the furtherance of any function performed by the city;

D.

To provide, levy, assess, and collect taxes and fees of every kind for the support and operation of the city government and its activities; provided, that no sales tax, gross receipts tax, payroll tax, or income tax shall be levied or assessed until such tax shall have been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the City of Tulsa voting on the question at an election for the purpose of approving or disapproving of a proposed tax;

E.

To impose license fees for the purposes of revenue or regulation;

F.

To levy and collect special assessments for benefits conferred;

G.

To incur indebtedness and to provide for the payment thereof;

H.

To make public improvements of every kind;

I.

To adopt and enforce ordinances and exercise jurisdiction over lands or property owned, leased, controlled, or supervised by the City of Tulsa outside the corporate limits as exercised over lands or property within the corporate limits;

J.

To exercise jurisdiction over property outside the corporate limits as authorized by the laws of Oklahoma;

K.

To cooperate and enter into agreements with the State of Oklahoma; with another state or municipality; with any subdivision or agency thereof; with the federal government or any agency thereof; with private corporations, partnerships or individuals, or any combination thereof; and to exercise jointly all powers, privileges, and authority conferred upon the City of Tulsa by this amended Charter or by the laws of Oklahoma;

L.

To acquire, plan, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, manage, equip, operate, regulate, and protect waterports, airports, and air navigation facilities within or without the corporate limits;

M.

To appropriate and expend money for any public purpose;

N.

To restrict and regulate the use and subdivision of land, to perform planning and zoning, and to establish by ordinance the procedures therefor;

O.

To abate nuisances of any kind, and summarily to abate any nuisance re-occurring on the same property under the same ownership, within twenty-four (24) months of a previous nuisance abatement on that property, and to assess the expense thereof as a special tax against the land upon which the nuisance is located; and

P.

To perform all acts or do any other thing necessary or proper to exercise the powers granted in this amended Charter or by law.

NOTE: This section was amended to read as above by an amendment voted November 14, 2017, and approved by the Governor on February 21, 2018. There were 8,291 votes in favor of the amendment and 2,123 votes against the amendment. The title to this amendment read:

Shall the City Charter of the City of Tulsa, Article I, Section 3, "General Grant of Power," paragraph "O" be amended to clarify that the City of Tulsa may summarily abate a nuisance re-occurring on the same property under the same ownership within twenty-four (24) months of a previous nuisance abatement on that property?

Prior to this amendment, this section read as follows:

Section 3. General grant of power.

Subject only to such limitations imposed by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, by the Constitution and such laws of Oklahoma binding upon cities adopting charters for their own government under the authority granted by Article XVIII, Section 3, of the Constitution of Oklahoma, and by the provisions of this amended Charter, the City of Tulsa shall have the power:

A. To adopt and enforce all ordinances necessary or proper to protect the public peace, health, order, morals, and safety, and to promote the general welfare of the City of Tulsa and its inhabitants;

B. To purchase, construct, maintain, and operate, within or without the city, public utilities, public works, and other facilities of every kind;

C. To engage in any public business, enterprise, or activity and to provide any service or facility for the common benefit or in the furtherance of any function performed by the city;

D. To provide, levy, assess, and collect taxes and fees of every kind for the support and operation of the city government and its activities; provided, that no sales tax, gross receipts tax, payroll tax, or income tax shall be levied or assessed until such tax shall have been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the City of Tulsa voting on the question at an election for the purpose of approving or disapproving of a proposed tax;

E. To impose license fees for the purposes of revenue or regulation;

F. To levy and collect special assessments for benefits conferred;

G. To incur indebtedness and to provide for the payment thereof;

H. To make public improvements of every kind;

I. To adopt and enforce ordinances and exercise jurisdiction over lands or property owned, leased, controlled, or supervised by the City of Tulsa outside the corporate limits as exercised over lands or property within the corporate limits;

J. To exercise jurisdiction over property outside the corporate limits as authorized by the laws of Oklahoma;

K. To cooperate and enter into agreements with the State of Oklahoma; with another state or municipality; with any subdivision or agency thereof; with the federal government or any agency thereof; with private corporations, partnerships or individuals, or any combination thereof; and to exercise jointly all powers, privileges, and authority conferred upon the City of Tulsa by this amended Charter or by the laws of Oklahoma;

L. To acquire, plan, establish, develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, manage, equip, operate, regulate, and protect waterports, airports, and air navigation facilities within or without the corporate limits;

M. To appropriate and expend money for any public purpose;

N. To restrict and regulate the use and subdivision of land, to perform planning and zoning, and to establish by ordinance the procedures therefor;

O. To abate nuisances of any kind and to assess the expense thereof as a special tax against the land upon which the nuisance is located; and

P. To perform all acts or do any other thing necessary or proper to exercise the powers granted in this amended Charter or by law.