The Company shall have the power to condemn private property for the purpose of providing natural gas utilities to the extent necessary to serve a public use and in a reasonable relationship to an overall plan of transmitting or delivering natural gas in the public interest upon approval of the City Council. The Company must establish the necessity for each taking of private property, and when so established, the City Council may approve the condemnation of the private property by resolution. Any such exercise of the eminent domain powers shall be conducted in accordance with this Code of Ordinances.