SECTION 8.24. DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY HELD BY CITY FOR TAXES.
   When the city has acquired any interest in property to protect the city's tax lien thereon, the owner of any interest therein, by fee title, as mortgagee, or as vendor or vendee under a land contract shall have the right to purchase the city's interest therein, upon payment to the city of the amount of money which the city has invested therein in the form of taxes, special assessments, charges, fees, penalties, interest, and costs and expenses paid by the city to acquire and protect its interest in such property. After the lapse of 90 days after the date the city acquired title to any such property, the Council may remove the same from the market by determining that such property is needed for and should be devoted to public purposes, naming such purposes, or may sell the same at a price which shall be not less than its market value, as determined and certified to the Council by the Assessor or by 2 competent real estate appraisers selected by the Council.