17-4748.   Powers of municipality.Every municipality shall have all the powers necessary or convenient tocarry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this act,including the following powers in addition to others herein granted:

      (a)   To undertake and carry out urban renewal projects within itsarea of operation; and to make and execute contracts and otherinstruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers underthis act; and to disseminate slum clearance and urban renewalinformation.

      (b)   To provide or to arrange or contract for the furnishing orrepair by any person or agency, public or private, of services,privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities or other facilitiesfor or in connection with an urban renewal project; to install,construct, and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, andother public improvements; and to agree to any conditions that it maydeem reasonable and appropriate attached to federal financial assistanceand imposed pursuant to federal law relating to the determination ofprevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards, in theundertaking or carrying out of an urban renewal project, and to includein any contract let in connection with such a project, provisions tofulfill such of said conditions as it may deem reasonable andappropriate.

      (c)   Within its area of operation, to enter upon any building orproperty in any urban renewal area in order to make surveys, appraisals,soundings or test borings, and to obtain an order for this purpose froma court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied orresisted; to acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest,devise, eminent domain or otherwise, any real property (or personalproperty for its administrative purposes) together with any improvementsthereon, except the acquisition by eminent domain of the property ofpublic utilities, either publicly or privately owned, lying beyond thecorporate limits of the municipality; to hold, approve, clear or preparefor redevelopment any such property; to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate orotherwise encumber or dispose of any real property; to insure or providefor the insurance of any real or personal property, or operations of themunicipality against any risks or hazards, including the power to paypremiums on any such insurance; and to enter into any contractsnecessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. No statutory provisionwith respect to the acquisition, clearance or disposition of property bypublic bodies shall restrict a municipality or other public bodyexercising powers hereunder, in the exercise of such functions withrespect to an urban renewal project, unless the legislature shallspecifically so state.

      (d)   To invest any urban renewal project reserve or sinking funds notrequired for immediate disbursement, in investments authorized by K.S.A.12-1675, and amendments thereto, in the manner prescribedtherein or in direct obligations of the United States government or anyagency thereof; to redeem such bonds as have been issued pursuant toK.S.A. 17-4751 at the redemption price established therein or topurchase such bonds at less than redemption price, all such bonds soredeemed or purchased to be canceled.

      (e)   To borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans,grants, contributions and any other form of financial assistance fromthe federal government, the state, county, or other public body, or fromany sources, public or private, for the purposes of this act, and togive such security as may be required and to enter into and carry outcontracts in connection therewith. A municipality may include in anycontract for financial assistance with the federal government for anurban renewal project such conditions imposed pursuant to federal law asthe municipality may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are notinconsistent with the purposes of this act.

      (f)   Within its area of operation, to make or have made all plansnecessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this act and tocontract with any person, public or private, in making and carrying outsuch plans and to adopt or approve, modify and amend such plans. Suchplans may include, without limitation: (1) A general plan for thelocality as a whole, (2) urban renewal plans, (3) plans for carrying outa program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation ofbuildings and improvements, (4) plans for the enforcement of state andlocal laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and theuse and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the compulsoryrepair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings andimprovements, and (5) appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, andother preliminary plans and work necessary to prepare for theundertaking of urban renewal projects. The municipality is authorized todevelop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry outdemonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and theelimination of slums and urban blight, and to apply for, accept andutilize grants of funds from the federal government for such purposes.

      (g)   To prepare plans and provide assistance for the relocation offamilies displaced from an urban renewal area to the extent essentialfor acquiring possession of and clearing such area or parts thereof topermit the carrying out of the urban renewal project, except thatnothing in this act shall be construed as authorizing the constructionof any public housing.

      (h)   To appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as may benecessary to carry out the purposes of this act, and to levy taxes andassessments for such purposes; to close, vacate, plan or replan streets,roads, sidewalks, ways or other places; to plan or replan, zone orrezone any part of the municipality or make exceptions from buildingregulations; and to enter into agreements with an urban renewal agencyvested with urban renewal project powers under K.S.A. 17-4756 (whichagreements may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision orrule of law to the contrary), respecting action to be taken by suchmunicipality pursuant to any of the powers granted by this act.

      (i)   Within its area of operation, to organize, coordinate anddirect the administration of the provisions of this act as they apply tosuch municipality in order that the objective of remedying slum andblighted areas and preventing the causes thereof within suchmunicipality may be most effectively promoted and achieved, and toestablish such new office or offices of the municipality or toreorganize existing offices in order to carry out such purpose mosteffectively.

      (j)   To exercise all or any part or combination of powers hereingranted.

      History:   L. 1955, ch. 86, § 7; L. 1977, ch. 54, § 24; July 1.