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CHARTER 1.05
<br /> streets, sidewalks, alleys and other public property or places of all obstructions
<br /> and all vendors,showcases and encroachments of every nature or character upon
<br /> any of said streets and sidewalks.
<br /> (b) Improvements. The city shall have exclusive dominion,control and jurisdiction in,
<br /> upon and over and under the public streets, avenues, alleys and highways of the
<br /> city, and may provide for the improvement thereof of paving, repaving, raising,
<br /> draining or otherwise.The provisions of V.T.C.A.,Transportation Code§313.001,
<br /> et seq., are expressly adopted and made a part of this Charter. Such exclusive
<br /> dominion, control and jurisdiction in, upon, over and under the public streets,
<br /> avenues, alleys and highways of the city shall also include,but not be limited to,
<br /> the right to regulate,locate,relocate,remove,or prohibit the location of all utility
<br /> pipes, lines, wires or other property.
<br /> 3. Sanitary sewer system. The city shall have the power to provide for a sanitary sewer
<br /> system and to require property owners to connect their premises with such sewer
<br /> system,to provide for fixing penalties for failure to make sanitary sewer connections;
<br /> and shall further have the right to fix charges and compensation to be charged by the
<br /> city for sewerage service,providing rules and regulations for the collection thereof,and
<br /> to provide for rendering a lien against any property owner's premises who fails or
<br /> refuses to make sanitary sewer connections after due notice and to charge a cost
<br /> • against said owner and make it a personal liability.
<br /> 4. Garbage disposal. City council shall by ordinance adopt and prescribe rules and
<br /> regulations for the handling and disposition of all garbage, trash and rubbish within
<br /> the city and shall fix charges and compensation to be charged by the city for the
<br /> removal of garbage,trash and rubbish,providing rules and regulations of the collection
<br /> thereof.
<br /> 5. Nuisances, etc. The city shall have the power to define all nuisances and prohibit the
<br /> same within the city and outside the city limits for a distance of five thousand(5,000)
<br /> feet;have power to police all parks or grounds,speedways,or boulevards owned by said
<br /> city and lying outside of said city, to prohibit the pollution of any stream, drain or
<br /> tributaries thereof,which may constitute the source of water supply of any city and to
<br /> provide for policing the same as well as to provide for the protection of any watersheds
<br /> and the policing of same,to inspect dairies,slaughter pens,and slaughterhouses inside
<br /> and outside the limits of the city, from which meat or milk is furnished to the
<br /> inhabitants of the city.
<br /> c. General powers adopted. The enumeration of the particular powers in this Charter shall
<br /> not be held or deemed to be exclusive but in addition to the powers enumerated herein or
<br /> implied hereby or appropriate to the exercise of such powers; the city shall have and may
<br /> exercise all power of local self-government and all other powers which,under the Constitution
<br /> and laws of the State of Texas,it would be competent for this Charter specifically to enumerate.
<br /> The city shall have and may exercise all the powers enumerated in V.T.C.A.,Health and Safety
<br /> • Code § 122.006; V.T.C.A., Local Government Code §§ 26.021, 26.041, 43.021, 43.142, 51.072,
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