[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Monroe 2-27-2006. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Neither the Town of Monroe nor any agency of
the Town of Monroe shall use the power of eminent domain to take private
property unless the property to be taken meets one of the following
criteria:
A.Â
The property is to be owned by the Town of Monroe
or an agency of the Town of Monroe and is to be used or set aside
for one or more public facilities, such as, but not limited to, streets,
bridges, parkways, sidewalks, rights-of-way or other public ways,
parks, playgrounds, schools, or public sewer, water or waste disposal
or transfer facilities;
B.Â
The property is to be owned by the Town of Monroe
and set aside for permanent open space or drainage or erosion control
facilities; or
C.Â
The property poses a danger to public health or safety
as a result of physical deterioration, pollution or contamination
and is to be taken by the Town of Monroe for the purpose of remediating
such conditions or minimizing danger to the public.
