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2. Finances. All funds belonging to said hospital, whether classed as funds received in course of operation, or
<br />otherwise, shall be kept in a separate hospital fund to be used only for the operation and maintenance of said
<br />hospital, except that such funds may be used by the city for general operating purposes with the express consent
<br />of the hospital board.
<br />The hospital board shall submit a quarterly operating statement to council, and an annual audit to coincide
<br />with the fiscal year of the city.
<br />C. Planning and Zoning.
<br />1. Power. For the purposes of promoting the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the city, council may
<br />by ordinance regulate the location, height, bulk and size of buildings and other structures, the size of yards,
<br />courts and other open spaces, the density of population and the uses of buildings, structures and land for trade,
<br />industry, business, residence and other purposes.
<br />2. Procedure. Should council enact regulations under subsection 1, above, it shall establish a zoning
<br />commission and may establish a zoning board of adjustment.
<br />(a) Zoning commission.
<br />(1) The commission shall recommend to council the location of zoning districts and restrictions
<br />therein, and shall hold public meetings on such recommendations.
<br />(2) Commission members shall receive such compensation as council may deem appropriate.
<br />(3) Council may combine the duties of said commission with the duties of the planning
<br />commission, as provided in section 2.09 e through j, to form a planning and zoning commission.
<br />(b) Zoning board of adjustment.
<br />(1) The zoning board of adjustment may, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate
<br />conditions and safeguards, make special exceptions to the terms of a zoning ordinance in harmony
<br />with its general purpose and intent and in accordance with general or specific rules therein
<br />contained.
<br />(2) Board members shall receive such compensation as council may deem appropriate.
<br />3. Generally. All of the powers granted by V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 211.001 et seq., inclusive,
<br />relating to zoning in cities, are hereby adopted and made a part of this Charter.
<br />d. Housing authority. Council may create a housing authority of such number, terms and compensation of members
<br />as council may determine and may delegate to the housing authority such powers relating to the planning, construction;
<br />reconstruction, alteration, repair, maintenance or operation of housing projects and housing accommodations as council
<br />may determine.
<br />2.11. - Ordinances.
<br />a. Passage.
<br />I. Procedure. Every ordinance shall be introduced in written or printed form, and, upon passage, shall take effect at
<br />the time indicated therein; provided that any ordinance imposing a penalty, fine or forfeiture for a violation of its
<br />provisions shall become effective not less than ten (10) days from the date of its passage. The city secretary shall give
<br />notice of the passage of every ordinance imposing a penalty, fine or forfeiture for a violation of the provisions thereof,
<br />by causing the caption or title, including the penalty, of any such ordinance to be published in the official newspaper in
<br />the city at least once within ten (10) days of its passage according to the provisions of state law. He shall note on every
<br />ordinance, the caption of which is hereby required to be published, and on the record thereof, the fact that same has
<br />been published as required by the Charter, and the date of such publication and promulgation of such ordinance;
<br />provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the correction, amendment, revision and modification of
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