§ 28. Licenses, billboards, buildings; penalty for violation of ordinance; wiring and plumbing inspections, etc.; and power to fix penalties for violation of all ordinances.

(a)

In addition to the powers hereinbefore specifically enumerated, the city council of the City of Irving shall have the power to license any lawful business, occupation or calling that is susceptible to the control of the police power; to license, regulate, control, or prohibit the erection of signs or billboards within the corporate limits of said city; to provide for the regulation and control of electricians, plumbers and gas fitters and electrical and plumbing works, and to require efficiency in the same; to provide for the inspection of weights, measures and meters and fix a standard of such weights, measures and meters, and to require conformity to such standards to provide penalties for failure to use or conform to the same; and to provide for inspection fees; to provide for the issuance of permits for erecting all buildings, for the inspection of the construction of buildings in respect to proper wiring for electrical lights and other electrical appliances, piping for gas, flues, chimneys, plumbing, and sewer connections; and to enforce proper regulations in regard thereto; require the construction of fire escapes for all public buildings, and to determine the sufficiency and regulate the safety of all exits and fire escapes provided for public buildings, of every kind and character; and to provide for the enforcement of all ordinances enacted by the city by a fine not to exceed the maximum allowed by state law.

(b)

The city council shall be authorized to fix fines for failure of any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other entity to comply with any ordinance established by the city council or state law and the maximum fine shall be set by ordinance and only be limited by state law.

(Ord. No. 889; Ord. No. 4754, § 2, 8-15-85)