Any city of the first or second class may, as hereinafter provided, acquire by purchase, lease, gift or condemnation any land or lands in any areas zoned as business, commercial or industrial districts in such city for off-street parking facilities, and may dispose of improvements thereon not appropriate to parking uses, if such there be and may improve any such land or lands by the construction of a building thereon, or otherwise, so as to provide parking facilities.

In acquiring any land for off-street parking facilities by condemnation the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive, shall apply to and be followed in such condemnation proceedings. Title in fee simple to any land or lands condemned under this act shall vest in the city upon the payment by the city of the amount of the award in the manner provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive: Provided, That if any land or lands, including the improvements placed thereon, so acquired by purchase or condemnation shall become unsuitable or unusable as an off-street parking facility, the governing body, by resolution, may discontinue the use of said land as such parking facility and use the same for other public purposes.

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 13-1388

  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC