Streets and Public Grounds.

   Section 102.   The council shall provide for the care, supervision, control and improvement of public highways, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, public grounds, bridges, aqueducts, and viaducts, within the city, and shall cause them to be kept open, in repair and free from nuisance.

Alteration of Streets.

   Section 103.   When it deems it necessary the council may cause any street, alley, or public highway to be opened, straightened, altered, diverted, narrowed, or widened.

Dedication of Streets.

   Section 104.   No street or alley dedicated to public use by the proprietor of ground in the city shall be deemed a public street or alley, or under the care or control of the council, unless the dedication is accepted and confirmed by ordinance passed for such purpose.

Vacation or Change of Name.

   Section 105.   The council vacating any street or part of street or changing the name of any street may include in one ordinance the change of name or the vacation or narrowing of more than one street, avenue, or alley, but before vacating any street or part thereof, or narrowing any street, the council shall first pass a resolution declaring its intention so to do. The clerk of the council shall cause notice of such declaration to be served in the manner that service of summons is required to be made upon all persons whose property abuts upon the part of the street affected by the proposed vacation or narrowing and by publication once in one newspaper of general circulation in the city as to all the persons who cannot be personally served. Said notice shall state the time and place when objections can be heard before the board of revision of assessments. Upon the report of the board of revision of assessments approving the proposed vacation or narrowing, the council may by ordinance declare such vacation or narrowing, and such order of council vacating or narrowing a street or alley which has been dedicated to public use by the proprietor, shall, to the extent to which it is vacated or narrowed operate as a revocation of the acceptance thereof by council, but the right of way and easement therein of any lot owner shall not be impaired thereby.

Taxation.

   Section 106.   The council shall levy taxes within the limitations provided by law for the purpose of paying the expense of constructing improvements and exercising the powers of the city.

APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY

Appropriation.

   Section 107.   Property within the corporate limits of the city may be appropriated for any public or municipal purpose, and subject only to the limitations thereon imposed by the constitution of the state, such appropriation shall be made in the manner herein provided. By such appropriation the city may acquire a fee simple title or any less estate, easement or use. Appropriation of property located outside the corporate limits of the city shall be made according to the requirements of, and in the manner provided by the general law.

Declaratory Resolution.

   Section 108.   When it is deemed necessary to appropriate property the council shall adopt a resolution declaring such intent, defining the purpose of the appropriation, setting forth a pertinent description of the property, and the estate or interest therein desired to be appropriated.