The inhabitants of the City of Euless in Tarrant County, Texas, within the corporate limits as now existing, or hereafter established in the manner prescribed by this Charter, shall be and shall continue to be a municipal body politic and corporate in perpetuity under the name of the "City of Euless." For purposes of this Charter, the City of Euless shall be referred to as the "City."
The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be known as the "Council-Manager" government. Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the state constitution, state statute, and this Charter, all powers of the City shall be vested in an elective city council, hereinafter referred to as the "City Council," which shall have the powers set forth in Article II of this Charter.
The City shall have all powers granted to municipalities by the constitution and laws of the State of Texas, together with all of the implied powers necessary to carry into execution such granted powers. The City may:
(a)
Use a corporate seal;
(b)
Sue and be sued;
(c)
Contract and be contracted with;
(d)
Cooperate with the government of the State of Texas or any agency or any political subdivision thereof, or with the federal government or any agency thereof, to accomplish any lawful purpose for the advancement of the interest, welfare, health, morals, comfort, safety, and convenience of the City and its inhabitants;
(e)
Acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any municipal purpose in fee simple, or in any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease or condemnation, subject to the provisions of this Charter;
(f)
Sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, improve, and control such property as may now or hereafter be owned by it (provided, however, the City shall not sell, convey, mortgage, or otherwise alienate any public utility without prior approval of the qualified voters of the City);
(g)
Exercise the power of eminent domain where necessary or desirable to carry out any of the powers conferred upon it by this Charter, or by the constitution and laws of the State of Texas;
(h)
Pass ordinances and enact such regulations as may be expedient for the maintenance of the good government, order, and peace of the City and the welfare, health, morals, comfort, safety, and convenience of its inhabitants.
All such powers, whether expressed or implied, shall be exercised and enforced in the manner prescribed in the Charter, or when not prescribed herein, in such manner as shall be provided by ordinance or resolution of the City Council.
The City shall have exclusive dominion, control, and jurisdiction in, upon, over, and under the public right-of-way, streets, sidewalks, alleys, highways, public squares, public parks, and other public property within the corporate limits of the City, and in, upon, over, and under all public property of the City. With respect to each and every public right-of-way, street, sidewalk, alley, highway, public square, public park, or other public property within the corporate limits of the City, the City shall have the power to establish, maintain, improve, alter, abandon, or vacate the same; to regulate the use thereof; and to abate and remove any encroachment thereon.
The City shall have the power to develop and improve, or cause to be developed and improved, any and all public streets, sidewalks, alleys, highways, and other public rights-of-way within the corporate limits of the City by laying out, opening, narrowing, widening, straightening, extending, lighting, and establishing building lines along the same; by purchasing, condemning, and acquiring property therefor; by filling, grading, raising, lowering, paving, repaving, and repairing the same; and by constructing, reconstructing, altering, repairing, and realigning curbs, gutters, drains, sidewalks, culverts, and other appurtenances and incidentals in connection with such development and improvement authorized hereinabove, or any combination or parts thereof. The cost of such development and improvement may be paid partly by assessments levied as a lien against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and such assessments may be levied in any amount and under any procedure not prohibited by state law; provided that no assessment shall be made against such land or owners in excess of the enhancement in value of such property occasioned by such improvement.
As alternate and cumulative methods of developing, improving, and paving any and all public streets, sidewalks, alleys, highways, and other public rights-of-way within its corporate limits, the City shall have such other and further power and authority as may be conferred by the constitution and laws of the State of Texas.
The boundaries and limits of the City, until changed in the manner authorized herein or by state law, shall be the same as have heretofore been established and as exist on the date of the adoption of this Charter, as amended, which boundaries are fully set out and described by metes and bounds in records that shall be maintained in the office of the City Secretary.
The City may annex and disannex property and adjust its boundaries by following the procedure and requirements of state law contained in the Texas Local Government Code and other applicable state statutes, as from time to time amended.