SECTION 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 or for any other public use, may be acquired by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the manner provided by law. All such property acquisitions, including condemnation, shall be made under provisions of State law or other applicable law or regulation.