Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 82.110.Acquisition of land for governmental projects; improvement

(1) A city may acquire by purchase, exercise of the power of eminent domain, option or lease, and may accept by way of grant, gift, devise or otherwise, a fee simple unencumbered title to, or any lesser interest in, lands which are suitable for and acceptable to a governmental agency as a site or sites for one or more governmental projects.

(2) In addition to such acquisition, a city may improve such lands in any manner which in the discretion of the governing body may be necessary or desirable to place the same in condition suitable and acceptable for use and occupancy, including, but not by way of limitation, demolition of existing buildings or structures, removal of debris, grading, provision of proper drainage, closure of public ways, establishment and improvement of new public ways, relocation and improvement of existing public ways, relocation of publicly or privately owned utility installations, erection of buildings, structures and other improvements, and extension of the services and facilities of any city-owned utility system to any such site or sites.