§ 1.05. Public Improvements.

(a)

Streets - The City of Terrell shall have exclusive dominion, control, and jurisdiction in, upon, and over and under the public streets, avenues, alleys, and highways of the City of Terrell, and may provide for the improvement thereof by paving, repaving, raising, draining, or otherwise. The provisions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code §§ 311.001 and 313.001, together with existing amendments and all such amendments as hereinafter may be made, and acts supplementary thereto, now or thereafter enacted are expressly adopted and made a part of this charter. Such exclusive dominion, control and jurisdiction in, upon, over and under the public streets, avenues, alleys, and highways of the City of Terrell shall also include, but not be limited to, the right to regulate, locate, relocate, remove, or prohibit the location of all utility pipes, lines, wires, or other property.

(b)

Other Improvements - The City of Terrell shall have the power to provide for the improvement of drainage facilities and to extend its water and sewer systems and assess a part of the cost of such improvements against abutting property owners as in the case for street improvements according to the procedures set forth in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code §§ 311.001 and 313.001, and fix a lien to secure the cost of such assessments as therein provided and issue assignable certificates provided, however, such assessments for improvements authorized by this section shall not exceed the enhanced value to said abutting property resulting from such improvements.