§ 9-51-10 — Acquisition, improvement and operation of parking facilities--Traffic control devices--Use of municipal funds.

Every municipality shall have power to acquire by gift, lease, purchase, or condemnation proceedings any property, whether real, personal, or mixed, deemed by its governing body to be needed for the municipality's regulation and control of traffic on its streets, alleys, and public grounds by providing, regulating, and operating on - street or off - street parking lanes or areas and may acquire by purchase or lease parking meters or other traffic control devices and may construct or otherwise provide, equip, maintain, and operate automobile parking facilities and may expend municipal funds for these purposes.

Legislative History

SL 1955, ch 216, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.02A03.