§ 216. Proceedings to acquire. 1. When it is desired that any real\nproperty in a development area be acquired by condemnation, there shall\nbe presented to the supervising agency by the redevelopment corporation\na verified petition requesting the issuance of a certificate of approval\nof condemnation of such real property which shall contain, among other\nthings:\n (a) A metes and bounds description of the real property involved and a\nstatement of the estate, interest, privileges, franchise or right\ntherein or appurtenant thereto to be condemned;\n (b) Proof that such real property is within the development area;\n (c) Proof that the redevelopment corporation has acquired the fee\ntitle, or valid and enforceable options or contracts for the acquisition\nof such title to or in real property satisfying the minimum condemnation\nrequirement; and\n (d) Proof that certificates of approval of the development plan\nrequired by section two hundred three of this article have been issued.\n The supervising agency shall determine within a reasonable time\nthereafter the truth or sufficiency of the statements and proof\ncontained in such petition, and, if such determination shall be in the\naffirmative, the supervising agency shall issue to the petitioner a\ncertificate of approval of condemnation. Such certificate shall contain\na description of the real property proposed to be condemned, the facts\nso determined with respect thereto, and a statement that the real\nproperty proposed to be condemned is required for a public use and that\nits acquisition for such use is necessary. A certified copy of such\ncertificate of approval of condemnation shall be conclusive evidence of\nthe facts stated therein in any condemnation proceeding to acquire the\nreal property, or any part thereof, described in such certificate. No\ncondemnation proceeding to acquire real property in a development area,\nwhether by a redevelopment corporation or by a city for a redevelopment\ncorporation, shall be commenced until such a certificate of approval of\ncondemnation shall have been issued.\n 2. Acquisition proceedings by a redevelopment corporation shall be\ninstituted pursuant to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure\nlaw.\n 3. Condemnation proceedings for a redevelopment corporation shall be\ninitiated by a petition to the city to institute proceedings to acquire\nfor the redevelopment corporation any real property in the development\narea. Such petition shall be granted or rejected by the local\nlegislative body, or if there is a board of estimate in the city then by\nthe board of estimate, and the resolution or resolutions granting such\npetition shall contain a requirement that the redevelopment corporation\nshall pay to the city all sums expended or required to be expended by\nthe city in the acquisition of such real property, and the time of\npayment and manner of securing payment thereof, and may require that the\ncity shall receive, before proceeding with the acquisition of such real\nproperty, such assurances as to payment or reimbursement by the\nredevelopment corporation, or otherwise, as the city may deem advisable.\nUpon the passage of a resolution or resolutions by the local legislative\nbody or the board of estimate, as the case may be, granting the\npetition, the redevelopment corporation shall cause to be made three\ncopies of surveys or maps of the real property described in the\npetition, one of which shall be filed in the office of the redevelopment\ncorporation, one in the office of the corporation counsel or chief law\nofficer of the city, and one in the office in which instruments\naffecting real property in the county are recorded. The filing of such\ncopies of surveys or maps shall constitute the acceptance by the\nredevelopment corporation of the terms and conditions contained in such\nresolution or resolutions. The city shall proceed under any provision of\nany general, special or local law applicable to the con
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