The city, acting by and through its duly authorized officers,
agents and representatives, shall have the power to define all nuisances
and prohibit the same within the city and outside the city for a distance
of five thousand (5,000) feet; to police all parks or grounds, speedways
or boulevards owned by the city and lying outside of the city; to
prohibit the pollution of any stream, drain or tributary thereof,
which may constitute a source of water supply of any city, and to
provide for policing the same, as well as to provide for the protection
of any watersheds and the policing of the same; to inspect dairies,
poultry houses, slaughter pens and slaughter houses inside or outside
the city from which meat or milk is furnished to the inhabitants of
the city; as provided in Section 217.042, Local Government Code, which
grants such powers and authorizes such acts. All powers granted under
said section are specifically adopted and made a part hereof.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
Whenever any nuisance as herein defined is found in any place
in this city for the removal, abatement, or destruction of which no
man can be held liable under the provisions hereof, it shall be the
duty of the city manager, or his designee, to remove, abate, or destroy
the same at the expense of the city.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
(a)
This
article shall be applicable and in force throughout the territory
of the city within its corporate limits.
(b)
This
article shall also be applicable and in force within the area immediately
adjacent and contiguous to the city limits and extending for a distance
outside the city limits for a total of five thousand feet (5,000'),
and it shall be unlawful to do or perform any act in violation of
this article within such area of five thousand feet (5,000') outside
the city limits; provided, this article shall not apply within any
portion of such five thousand foot area which is contained within
the territory of any other municipal corporation.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
