Municipal functions

The Corporation is hereby entrusted with the good government and administration of North Ambergris Caye and is hereby vested with the power and authority to provide or cause to be provided all or any of the following municipal (a) to establish, regulate, control, maintain and manage markets and slaughterhouses; (b) to impose rents and fees upon persons using or benefitted by the use of such markets and slaughter-houses; 15 (c) to impose such restrictions upon owners of land as may be necessary to prevent any building upon such land from being or becoming a source of danger to surrounding property whether from fire or from its insecure construction or dilapidated condition; (d) to undertake the marking and numbering of lots, houses, buildings and yards for the purpose of distinguishing the same; (e) to establish, maintain and control parks, gardens, squares and open places; (f) to establish, maintain and control cemeteries; (g) to undertake and carry out, without prejudice to the powers of the Water and Sewerage Authority, works in connection with water supply, drainage and disposal of sewage and the collection and disposal of refuse; (h) to erect and maintain any building required for public purposes; (i) subject to the approval of the Minister, to manage and dispose of any lands, buildings or other property acquired or owned by the Corporation for public purposes; and (j) to do all such other things or matters for the purpose of increasing the convenience and amenity of North Ambergris Caye. 16 make bylaws