12-1306. Eminent domain. Whenever it shall become necessary in any city to condemn or appropriate land within or without the limits of the city for public parks for the use and benefit of the people of the city and the governing body of the city declares it necessary to condemn or appropriate any private property for which the purchase price cannot be agreed upon with the owner of such property, the governing body of the city shall cause a survey to be made by a licensed land surveyor or a professional engineer who is competent to conduct a land survey, and such survey and description of the land so required shall be filed with the city clerk. Thereupon, the governing body of the city shall make an order declaring the necessity of such appropriation and the purposes for which the land is to be condemned or appropriated and a description of the land as shown by the survey, and all other and further proceedings necessary for the condemnation and appropriation of the land shall be had and conducted as provided by law.

History: R.S. 1923, 12-1306; L. 2006, ch. 192, § 7; July 1.