The City of Hillsboro may use a corporate seal; may sue and
be sued; may contract and be contracted with; may implead and be impleaded
in all courts in all matters whatsoever; may cooperate with the government
of the State of Texas or any division of the State of Texas; and shall
have all the powers granted to cities by the Constitution and laws
of the State of Texas, together with all the implied powers necessary
to carry into execution all the powers granted. The city may own or
acquire property within or without its boundaries for any municipal
purpose in fee simple or in any lesser interest or estate, by purchase,
gift, devise, lease or condemnation or may sell, lease, hold, manage,
control and police any property now owned by it or which it may hereafter
acquire, and shall have the right to lease or let its property whether
inside or outside of the corporate limits, subject to the limitations
hereinafter set out, and may construct, own, lease, operate and regulate
public utilities, may assess, levy and collect taxes for general and
special purposes on all lawful subjects of taxation; may borrow money
on the faith and credit of the city by the issuance and sale of bonds,
certificate of obligation, warrants or notes of the city; may appropriate
the money of the city for all lawful purposes; may regulate and control
the use, for whatever purpose, of the streets and other public places;
may make and enforce all police, health, sanitary and other regulations;
and may pass such ordinance as may be expedient for the protection
and maintenance of good government, peace and welfare of the city,
for the performance of the functions thereof, for the order and security
of its residents; and may provide suitable penalties for the violations
of any ordinance enacted by the City of Hillsboro; and, except as
prohibited by the Constitution and laws of this state or restricted
by this charter, the city may exercise all municipal powers, functions,
rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever.
The enumeration of the particular powers in this charter shall not be held or deemed to be exclusive but in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied hereby or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, the city shall have and may exercise all power of local self-government and all other powers which, under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, it would be competent for this charter specifically to enumerate. The City of Hillsboro shall have and may exercise all the powers enumerated in Article 1175; Chapter
13, Title 28, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas of 1925 as now or hereafter amended.
The city shall have the full power and right to exercise the
power of eminent domain when 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. The city may exercise the power of
eminent domain in any manner, authorized or permitted by the Constitution
and laws of this state. The power of eminent domain hereby conferred
shall include the right of the city to take the fee in land so condemned
and such power and authority shall include the right to condemn public
property, for such purposes. The city shall have and possess the power
of condemnation for any municipal or public purposes even though not
specifically enumerated in this charter.
The council shall have full power and authority to zone the
city and to pass all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations governing
the same under and by virtue of the authority given to cities and
legislative bodies by Articles 1011A through 1011J inclusive, of the
1925 Revised Civil Statutes of Texas as now or hereafter amended.