§ 14. Powers.

The city council shall be invested with the right to exercise all the powers of the city, express or implied, in article II of this charter and the determination of all matters of policy. Except where in conflict with and otherwise expressly provided for by this charter, the city council shall have all powers authorized to be exercised by chapter 4 of title 28 of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes [Vernon's Ann. Civ. St., art. 1007 et seq.], and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, now or hereafter enacted. The city council shall have the further power, whether express or implied herein, to legislate by ordinance upon any and all matters and things necessary to the proper and more efficient conduct of the affairs of the City of Jacksonville unless such legislation by ordinance be expressly prohibited by this charter and the constitution and the laws of the State of Texas. Without limitation of the foregoing, and among other powers that may be exercised by the city council, the following are hereby enumerated for greater certainty:

(1)

To appoint and remove the city manager.

(2)

To establish administrative departments, and distribute the work of divisions.

(3)

To adopt the budget of the city.

(4)

To authorize the issuance of bonds by a bond ordinance.

(5)

To inquire into the conduct of any office, department or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs.

(6)

To provide for a planning commission, a zoning commission and a zoning board of adjustment, and appoint the members of all such commissions and boards. The planning and zoning commissions may be combined. Such boards and commissions shall have all powers and duties now or hereafter conferred and created by this charter, by city ordinance or by law.

(7)

To adopt plats.

(8)

To adopt and modify the official map of the city.

(9)

To adopt, modify and carry out plans proposed by the planning commission for the clearance of slum districts and rehabilitation of blighted areas.

(10)

To adopt, modify and carry out plans proposed by the planning commission for the replanning, improvement and redevelopment of neighborhoods and for the replanning, reconstruction or redevelopment of any area or district which may have been destroyed in whole or in part by disaster.

(11)

To regulate, license and fix the charges or fares made by any person owning, operating or controlling any vehicle of any character used for the carrying of passengers for hire or the transportation of freight for hire on the public streets and alleys of the city.

(12)

To provide for the establishment and designation of fire limits and to prescribe the kind and character of buildings, structures or improvements to be erected therein, and to provide for the erection of fireproof buildings within certain limits, and to provide for the condemnation of dangerous structures, buildings, dilapidated buildings or buildings calculated to increase the fire hazard, and the manner of their removal or destruction.

(13)

To prevent the construction, and use of housing accommodations below standards fixed by the city council as proper for the purpose of promoting good health, safety, morals or general welfare of the city.