The City shall have all the powers granted to cities by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas together with all of the implied powers necessary to carry into execution such granted powers. The City may use a corporate seal; may sue and be sued; may contract and be contracted with; may cooperate with the government of the State of Texas or any agency or any political subdivision thereof; or with the federal government or any agency thereof, to accomplish any lawful purpose. The City shall regulate a wide range of local activities in order to promote the health, welfare, health, morals, comfort, and safety of the City and its inhabitants.
(Ordinance 2024-O-045 adopted 11/18/2024)
2.02.01 
Annexation and disannexation of territory.
(1) 
Annexation.
The City Council may fix the boundary limits of the City upon the introduction and passage of an ordinance subject in compliance with all requirements of state law.
(2) 
Annexed territory.
The inhabitants of annexed territory are entitled to all the rights and privileges of City citizenship and are bound by all such duties of citizenship. The inhabitants of any annexed territory are bound by all the acts, resolutions, ordinances, and regulations of the City.
(3) 
Disannexation.
The City Council may detach and disannex any territory within the City limits upon the introduction and passage of an ordinance in compliance with all requirements of state law.
2.02.02 
Public property.
The City may acquire property within or out of its corporate limits for any municipal purpose in fee simple, in or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, device, lease or condemnation, and, subject to the provisions of this Charter, may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, improve, and control such property as may now or hereafter be owned by it; may pass ordinances and enact such regulations as may be expedient for the maintenance of good government, order, and peace of the City and the welfare, health, morals, comfort, safety, and convenience of its inhabitants.
2.02.03 
Streets.
The City shall have exclusive dominion, control, and jurisdiction in, upon, over, and under the public streets, sidewalks, alleys, highways, public squares, and public ways (except those under County or State control if required by state law) that are within the corporate limits of the City, and in, upon, over, and under all public property of the City. With respect to each and every public street, sidewalk, alley, highway, public square, public park, or other public way (except those under County or State Control if required by state law) that are within the corporate limits of the City, the City shall have the power to establish, maintain, improve, alter, abandon, or vacate the same; to regulate the use thereof including but not limited to the right to erect traffic signals, lights, and signs thereon; and to abate and remove in a summary manner any encroachment thereon.
The City shall have the power to develop and improve, or cause to be developed and improved, any and all public streets or ways (except those under State control and if required by state law) within the corporate limits of the City by laying out, opening, narrowing, widening, straightening, extending, lighting, and establishing building lines along the same, by purchasing condemning, and taking property therefor; by filling, grading, raising, lowering, paving, repaving, and repairing, in a permanent manner, the same; and by constructing, reconstructing, altering, repairing, and realigning curbs, gutters, drains, sidewalks, culverts, and other appurtenances and incidentals in connection with such development and improvement authorized hereinabove, or any combination or parts thereof. The cost of such development and improvement may be paid partly or entirely by assessments levied as a lien against the property abutting thereon and against the owners thereof, and such assessments may be levied in any amounts and under any procedure not prohibited by state law; provided, that no assessment shall be made against such land or owners in excess of the enhancement in value of such property occasioned by such improvement.
(Ordinance 2024-O-045 adopted 11/18/2024)
The powers of the City under this Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the City, and the specific mention of particular powers in the Charter shall not be construed as limiting in any way the general power granted in this article.
(Ordinance 2024-O-045 adopted 11/18/2024)