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LAWS OF FLORIDA CHAPTER 29163
<br /> (d) Occupatioual Licenses: To license and regulate the busi-
<br /> ness, trade, occupation or profession of all classes, or any class
<br /> of persons, firms or corporations doing business either wholly
<br /> or in part within the Town, whether licensed by the State, or
<br /> County, or not.
<br /> (e) Public Utilities: To acquire, purchase, lease, install or
<br /> distribute within the said Town limits when deemed necessary,
<br /> or outside of said limits when deemed necessary, water supply
<br /> of any kind whatsoever for public use, or for distribution to
<br /> private users within the corporated limits; to contract with
<br /> other municipalities, persons, firms or corporations on behalf
<br /> of the inhabitants of the Town of Indian River Shores for
<br /> water, electricity, gas, or other public utility; to give, grant or
<br /> furnish any and all local public services, including electricity,
<br /> gas, water or transportation, and to charge and collect neces-
<br /> sary fees or charges therefor at a profit to said Town; to pur-
<br /> chase, construct, maintain, operate, lease or contract for any
<br /> public utilities, including, but not limited to, electric light
<br /> systems and plants, gas plants or water supply, and distribu-
<br /> tion system therefor; telephone and telegraph systems, ice
<br /> plants and works, bus or transit systems, radio broadcasting
<br /> stations, television stations; to establish, impose and enforce
<br /> rates and charges for supplying such services and conven-
<br /> iences by the Town to any person, persons, firms or corpora-
<br /> tions.
<br /> (f) Franchises: To grant franchises of all kinds for the use
<br /> of the Town streets, waters and waterways, water systems,
<br /> public beaches and recreational facilities; provided, that such
<br /> power with respect to rates and charges for gas or electricity
<br /> shall not be exercised or be available for exercise in contra-
<br /> vention of or during the effectiveness of the provisions of
<br /> Chapter 265.45, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1951, or any other law
<br /> of the State of Florida, in vesting a State agency or commis-
<br /> sion with regulatory power over rates and charges for gas or
<br /> electricity.
<br /> (g) Zoning: To adopt and enforce for the purpose of pro-
<br /> moting health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the
<br /> Town, regulations restricting the height, number of stories
<br /> and size of buildings and other structures, controlling the den-
<br /> sity of population and the location and use of buildings, struc-
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