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.