The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations and 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 acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any city purposes in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as its interests may require; and, except as prohibited by the constitution of this state or restricted by this charter, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The city may use a corporate seal; may sue and be sued, may contract and be contracted with; may implead and be impleaded in all courts and places and in all matters whatever; may cooperate with the government of the State of Texas or any agency thereof, the Federal Government or any agency thereof, or any political subdivision of the State of Texas, to accomplish any lawful purpose for the advancement of the interest, welfare, health, morals, comfort, safety and convenience of the city or its inhabitants; and may pass such ordinances as may be expedient for maintaining and promoting the peace, welfare and government of the city, and the performance of the functions thereof. The enumeration of particular powers by this charter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the City of Greenville shall have, and may exercise, all powers of local self-government, and all powers granted home rule cities by state law, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, now or hereafter enacted, or any other powers which, under the constitution and laws of the State of Texas, it would be competent for this charter specifically to enumerate, and also such further powers as may hereafter be granted under the constitution and laws of Texas.
(Prop. No. 1, 2000)
Any territory adjoining the present or future boundaries of the city may be annexed into the city limits on petition made to the City Council signed by a majority of the qualified voters on the land sought to be annexed, or if there are no qualified voters, by the persons owning a majority of the land in said territory. Upon receipt of the petition, the Council may by ordinance annex such territory to the city, provided that the requirements imposed by state law be met. Thereafter, additional territory annexed shall be a part of the City of Greenville, and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of other citizens and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the city.
(Prop. No. 1, 1982)
The City Council shall have the power by ordinance to fix the boundary limits of the city, and to provide for the alteration and extension of said boundary limits, the detachment of territory, and the annexation of additional territory line adjacent to the city, with or without the consent of the territory and inhabitants annexed. Such an ordinance shall not be enacted unless the Council has held and conducted the public hearings required by law. The additional territory annexed shall be part of the City of Greenville, and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled rights and privileges of other citizens and shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of said city.
(Prop. No. 2, 1992; Prop. No. 1, 2010)
(Repealed by Prop. No. 1, 1984)
The City of Greenville shall have the full right, power and authority 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 or laws of the State of Texas. In all cases where the City of Greenville seeks to exercise the power of eminent domain, it may be controlled, as nearly as practicable, by the laws governing the condemnation of property of railroad corporations in this state, the City of Greenville taking the position of the railroad corporation in any such case. The City of Greenville may also exercise the power of eminent domain in any other manner now or hereafter authorized or permitted by the constitution and laws of this state, or in the manner and form that may be provided by ordinance of the governing body of the City of Greenville. The power of eminent domain hereby conferred shall include the right of the City of Greenville to take the fee in the lands so condemned and such power and authority shall include the right to condemn public property for such purposes. The City of Greenville shall have and possess this power of condemnation of property within or without the corporate limits for any municipal or public purpose, even though not specifically enumerated herein or in this charter.
The City of Greenville shall have the power to lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, lower, extend, grade, abandon, discontinue, abolish, close, care for, pave, supervise, maintain and improve the streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks, squares, public places and bridges; and regulate the use thereof and require the removal from streets, sidewalks, alleys and other public property or places of all obstructions and all fruit stands, show cases and encroachments of every nature or character upon any of said streets and sidewalks.
The City of Greenville shall have exclusive dominion, control and jurisdiction in, upon, and over and under the public streets, avenues, alleys and highways of the City of Greenville, and may provide for the improvement thereof by paving, re-paving, raising, draining, or otherwise. The provisions of Chapter 106, Fortieth Legislature, First Called Session, Acts 1927, being Article 1105b, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes of Texas, together with existing amendments and all such amendments as hereinafter may be made, and acts supplementary thereto, now or thereafter enacted, are expressly adopted and made a part of this charter. Such exclusive dominion, control and jurisdiction in, upon, over and under the public streets, avenues, alleys and highways of the City of Greenville shall also include, but not be limited to, the right to regulate, locate, relocate, remove, or prohibit the location of, all utility pipes, lines, wires, or other property.
The City Council shall have the right by ordinance to adopt and prescribe rules and regulations for the handling and disposition of all garbage, trash and rubbish within the City of Greenville, and shall further have the right to fix charges and compensation to be charged by the City of Greenville for the removal of garbage, trash and rubbish, providing rules and regulations for the collection thereof.
There shall be a court for the trial of misdemeanor offenses known as the municipal court of the City of Greenville, with such powers and duties as are given and prescribed by the laws of the State of Texas.
(Prop. No. 8, 1970)