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The Council may prescribe that sidewalks, except crosswalks, shall be built by the owners of lands within the village which abut upon such sidewalks in the manner and within the time prescribed by ordinance; provided that in case of failure of any such owner to comply with the provisions of such ordinance, the village may build or cause to be built such sidewalk and assess the cost thereof against such owner and against the land improved thereby, in the manner prescribed by the Council by ordinance.
(Adopted 3-13-67)
(a) Private property may be taken and appropriated for public use by the Village of Lake Orion, either within or without its limits, for the purposes of opening, widening, altering and extending streets, alleys and avenues; for the construction of bridges, for public buildings and for other public structures; for public grounds, parks, market places and spaces; for the improvement of water courses; for the providing of water and utilities; for the acquisition and improvement of property for the public parking of motor vehicles; for sewers, drains and ditches; for public hospitals, pest houses, quarantine grounds and public cemeteries; for jails and firehalls and other lawful and necessary public uses.
(b) If it shall become necessary to take and appropriate private property for the public uses for the purposes specified in the preceding section, the right to occupy and hold the same and the ownership therein and thereto, may be acquired by the village in the manner and with like effect, as provided by any of the general laws, statutes or Constitution of this State relating to the taking of private property for public use by cities and villages.
(Adopted 3-13-67)