The City of Frederick shall have the power:
(a) Airport. To acquire, purchase, hold, own, maintain, improve, and provide for the operation of a municipal airport. (Res. No. 29-89 and 30-89, 9-29-89)
(b) Art and Cultural Facilities. To acquire, purchase, hold, own, maintain, and operate a public art or cultural center for the purpose of enriching the quality of life for citizens of the City. (Res. No. 31-89 and 32-89, 9-29-89)
(c) Buildings. To make reasonable regulations in regard to buildings to be erected in the city, and to grant building permits for the same; to formulate a building code and a plumbing code and to appoint a building inspector and a plumbing inspector, and to require reasonable charges for permits and inspections; to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the size of yards, courts, and open spaces, and the location and use of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, or residence; to establish the distance buildings or any part thereof, fences, or walls shall be erected from inner curb of street line; to direct in what part of the city wooden buildings shall not be erected or constructed; to authorize and require the inspection of all buildings and structures and to authorize the condemnation thereof in whole or in part when dangerous or insecure, and to require that such buildings and structures be made safe or taken down; to remove or cause to be removed houses or other structures that may be dangerous to persons passing along or over any of the public ways or sidewalks of the city.
(d) Flood control. To regulate the flood plains in the City; to open, widen, deepen, and straighten the channel of Carrol Creek so as to prevent any part of the City from being inundated by floods, and to purchase or condemn real estate for this purpose; to prevent obstructions of any kind from being placed in Carrol Creek. (Res. No. 33-89, 9-29-89)
(e) Repealed. Repealed by Resolution adopted May 19, 1966.
(f) Community services. To provide, maintain, and operate community and social services for the preservation and promotion of the health, recreation, welfare, and enlightenment of the inhabitants of the city.
(g) Dogs. To regulate the keeping of dogs in the city and to provide for the licensing and taxing of the same; to provide for the disposition of homeless dogs and dogs on which no license fee or taxes are paid.
(h) Repealed. (Res. No. 34-89, 9-29-89)
(i) Festivals and Special Events. To sponsor, sanction, support and/or stage festivals and special events within the limits of the City. (Res. No. 35-89 and 66-89, 9-29-89)
(j) Repealed. (Res. No. 36-89, 9-29-89)
(k) Repealed. (Res. No. 37-89, 9-29-89)
(l) Employee Benefit Programs. The City, by ordinance, may provide for or participate in hospitalization or other forms of benefit or welfare programs for its officers and employees, and may expend the public monies of the City for such programs. (Res. No. 38-89 and 65-89, 9-29-89)
(m) Repealed. (Res. No. 39-89, 9-29-89)
(n) Repealed. (Res. No. 40-89, 9-29-89)
(o) Repealed. (Res. No. 41-89, 9-29-89)
(p) Repealed. (Res. No. 42-89, 9-29-89)
(q) Intergovernmental Relations. To make agreements with other municipalities, counties, districts, bureaus, commissions, and governmental authorities for the joint performance of or for cooperation in the performance of any governmental functions. (Res. No. 43-89 and 44-89, 9-29-89)
(r) Repealed. (Res. No. 45-89, 9-29-89)
(s) Repealed. (Res. No. 46-89, 9-29-89)
(t) Repealed. (Res. No. 47-89, 9-29-89)
(u) Repealed. (Res. No. 48-89, 9-29-89)
(v) Repealed. (Res. No. 49-89, 9-29-89)
(w) Repealed. (Res. No. 50-89, 9-29-89)
(x) Repealed. (Res. No. 51-89, 9-29-89)
(y) Repealed. (Res. No. 52-89, 9-29-89)
(z) Repealed. (Res. No. 53-89, 9-29-89)
(a.1) Public utilities. To establish, own, control, operate, maintain, manage, or regulate any one or more of the following named utilities: public markets, a water supply system, an electric light and power plant and/or system, a gas plant and/or system, and a sewage disposal system, to purchase or condemn, as hereinafter provided, any property whatsoever in fee or otherwise, for the purpose of establishing, owning, controlling, operating, maintaining, or managing any such public utility, and such purpose shall be deemed to be a public improvement as defined in this Charter. (Res. No. 54-89, 9-29-89)

(b.1) Repealed. (Res. No. 55-89, 9-29-89)
(c.1) Repealed. (Res. No. 56-89, 9-29-89)
(d.1) Repealed. (Res. No. 57-89, 9-29-89)
(e.1) Repealed. (Res. No. 58-89, 9-29-89)
(f.1) Repealed. (Res. No. 59-89, 9-29-89)
(g.1) Repealed. (Res. No. 61-89, 9-29-89)
(h.1) Repealed. (Res. No. 62-89, 9-29-89)
(i.1) Repealed. (Res. No. 63-89, 9-29-89)
(j.1) Repealed. (Res. No. 64-89, 9-29-89)
(k.1) Transportation systems. To acquire, purchase, lease, hold, own, maintain, and operate public transportation systems. (Acts 1951, Ch. 539, § 36; Res. No. 5-76, § 1, 12-9-76; Res. No. 60-89, 9-29-89)
(l.1) Loans. To create and maintain a fund from which loans may be made to any legal entity for the purchase and/or improvement of real estate within the corporate limits of the city. The board of aldermen shall establish appropriate regulations and shall approve all loans made from said fund. (Res. 4-84, 4-20-84)