CHAPTER 9. EMINENT DOMAIN
SEC. 9.01 POWER TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY.
   The city may acquire, by purchase, gift, devise, or condemnation, any property, corporeal or incorporeal, either within or without its corporate boundaries, which may be needed by the city for any public use or purpose. Easements for slopes, fills, sewers, building lines, poles, wires, pipes and conduits for water, gas, heat, and power may be acquired by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the manner provided by law.
SEC. 9.02 PROCEEDINGS IN ACQUIRING PROPERTY.
   The necessity for the taking of any property by the city shall be determined by the council and shall be declared by a resolution which shall describe such property as nearly as may be and state the use to which it is to be devoted. In acquiring property by exercising the power of eminent domain, the city shall proceed according to the laws of this state.
(Ord. 556, passed 6-27-2016)