"The City Council shall have the power to establish all necessary rules and regulations for the protection of the public health and safety within the City Limits and within the Extraterritorial Limits of the City; to define and regulate public nuisances, and the accumulation of unwholesome materials; to enforce by penal sanctions violations of health ordinances promulgated by the City Council; to have the power to police all public places including all parks, grounds, streets or boulevards; to prohibit the pollution of any stream, draw, drain, water deposit, water system or reservoir; to require property owners to make connection to the sewer system of the City; to correct violations of health provisions in the manner provided by law; and to provide for filing a lien against the property of owners who fail to comply with health ordinances after notice of violation."
(Amended by Charter election called 5/6/00)