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<br />LAWS OF FLORIDA CHAPTER 29163
<br />(d) Occupational 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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