The city may acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, private property or an interest in private property for the removal of nonconforming uses and structures, except that the property shall not be used for public housing. The Common Council may provide that the cost and expense of acquiring private property be paid from general funds, or the cost and expense or a portion thereof be assessed to a special district. The elimination of nonconforming uses and structures in a zoned district as authorized under the City and Village Zoning Act and this chapter is declared to be for a public use. The Common Council may institute and prosecute proceedings for the condemnation of nonconforming uses and structures under the power of eminent domain under the City Charter or under the Acquisition of Property by State Agencies and Public Corporations Act, Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 213.21 to 213.41 or any other applicable statute.
(Ord. 497, passed 2-3-2004; Am. Ord. 523, passed 6-13-2006; Am. Ord. 2011-7, passed 12-13-2011; Am. Ord. 2019-02, passed 10-8-2019; Am. Ord. 2020-28, passed 3-3-2020; Am. Res. 2021-46, passed 4-13-2021)