§ 16. Operation of public services or utilities by city.

The city shall have power to build, construct, purchase, own, lease, maintain and operate, within or without the city limits, light and power systems, water systems, sewer systems, sanitary disposal equipment and appliances, natural gas systems, parks and swimming pools, fertilizer plants, abattoirs, any other public service or utility; power to mortgage and encumber such system or systems; and all the powers which the city might exercise in connection with such public utilities and public services under Article 1175 of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes as amended, or as may be hereinafter amended or codified, Section 51.072 of Chapter 51 of the Local Government Code, as well as under any other laws of the State of Texas pertinent or applicable thereto, including the power to demand and receive compensation for service furnished for private purposes, or otherwise, and with full and complete power and right of eminent domain proper and necessary to carry out efficiently said objects.

(Ord. No. 5567, § 3, 1-23-89)