Charter city
Type of city in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a type of city governance structure in the United States. For city status conferred by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom, see city status in the United Kingdom. For charter cities as a proposed tool for economic development, see Charter city (economic development).
In the United States, a charter city is a city in which the governing system is defined by the city's own charter document rather than solely by general law. In states where city charters are allowed by law, a city can adopt or modify its organizing charter by decision of its administration by the way established in the charter. These cities may be administered predominantly by residents or through a third-party management structure, because a charter gives a city the flexibility to choose novel types of government structure. Depending on the state, all cities, no cities, or some cities may be charter cities.[1]
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