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Section 1.12. Specific Powers [continued].
(17) to regulate or prohibit junk dealers, pawn shops, the manufacture, sale, transportation or distribution of intoxicating liquors, wines and beer and the use of firearms; and to regulate the transportation, storage and use of combustible, explosive and inflammable materials, the use of lighting and heating equipment, and any other business or situation which may be dangerous to persons or property;
(18) to regulate and control the conduct of peddlers, and itinerant trades, theatrical performances, exhibitions and shows of any kind whatever, by taxation or otherwise;
(19) to license, tax, regulate or prohibit professional fortunetelling, palmistry, adult bookstores, and massage parlors;
(20) to prohibit or regulate and control the erection, removal, and maintenance of signs, billboards, trees, shrubs, fences, buildings and any and all other structures or obstructions upon or adjacent to the right-of-way of streets and roads or within view thereof, within or abutting the corporate limits of the city and to prescribe penalties and punishment for violation of such ordinances;
(21) to prescribe standards of health and sanitation and to provide for the enforcement of such standards;
(22) to regulate the emission of smoke or other exhaust which pollutes the air and to prevent the pollution of natural streams which flow within the corporate limits of the city;
(23) to fix and establish fire limits and from time to time to extend, enlarge or restrict same; to prescribe fire safety regulations not inconsistent with general law, relating to both fire prevention and detection and to firefighting, and to prescribe penalties and punishment for violation thereof;
(24) to provide for the destruction and removal of any building or other structure which may or might become dangerous or detrimental to the public;
(25) to provide for the collection and disposal of garbage, rubbish, refuse and other solid waste; to regulate the collection and disposal of garbage, rubbish, refuse and other solid waste by others; to provide for the separate collection of glass, tin, aluminum, cardboard, paper, and other recyclable materials and to provide for the sale of such items; to recover and utilize resources contained in solid waste for production of energy and other purposes.
(26) to levy, fix, assess, and collect a garbage, refuse, and trash and waste collection and disposal and other sanitary service charge, tax, or fee, for such other sanitary services as may be necessary in the operation of the city from all individuals, firms, and corporations residing in or going business therein benefiting from such services; to enforce the payment of such charges, taxes or fees, and to provide for the manner and method of collecting such service charges;
(27) to levy a fee, charge or sewer tax as necessary to assure the acquiring, constructing, equipping, operating, maintaining, and extending of a sewage disposal plant or plants and sewerage systems, and to levy on the users of sewers and sewerage systems a sewer service charge fee or sewer tax for the use of the sewers; and to provide for the manner and method of collecting such service charges and for enforcing payment of same;
(28) to charge, impose and collect a sewer connection fee or fees, and to change the same from time to time; such fees to be levied on the users connecting with the sewerage system;
(29) to define, regulate and prohibit any act, practice, conduct or use of property which is detrimental, or likely to be detrimental, to the health, sanitation, cleanliness, welfare, and safety of the inhabitants of the city and to provide for the enforcement of such standards;
(30) to define a nuisance and provide for its abatement whether on public or private property;
(31) to provide for the preservation and protection of property and equipment of the city and the administration and use of same by the public, and to prescribe penalties and punishment for violations thereof;
(32) to establish minimum standards for and to regulate building construction and repair, electrical wiring and equipment, gas installation and equipment, plumbing, and housing, for the health, sanitation, cleanliness, welfare, and safety of inhabitants of the city and to provide for the enforcement of such standards;
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