Section 10. Grants of powers to local governments  


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  • Except as otherwise
      specifically provided in this section, each  of  the  following  powers,
      which shall include but not be limited to those of local legislation and
      administration,  is  hereby granted to each local government which shall
      at all times be subject to such purposes, standards  and  procedures  as
      the   legislature  may  have  heretofore  prescribed  or  may  hereafter
      prescribe:
        1. The power to adopt, amend and repeal  ordinances,  resolutions  and
      rules  and  regulations  in  the  exercise  of its functions, powers and
      duties.
        2. The power to acquire real and personal  property  or  any  interest
      therein   for  its  purposes,  and  to  construct,  reconstruct,  equip,
      maintain, repair and operate the same for such purposes.
        3. The power to acquire,  establish,  construct,  reconstruct,  equip,
      maintain,  repair  and  operate recreational facilities on park or other
      lands, including but not limited to self-supporting, self-sustaining  or
      revenue-producing recreational facilities.
        4.  The  power  to  dispose  of  its  real or personal property or any
      interest therein when no longer required for its purposes,  except  that
      this  power  shall  not  be  applicable  to inalienable real or personal
      property or any inalienable interest therein.
        5. The power to fix,  levy,  impose,  collect  and  administer  rents,
      charges,  rates and fees, penalties and rates of interest thereon, liens
      on local property in connection therewith and charges thereon.
        6. In the case of a city, village, or town with respect  to  the  area
      thereof  outside  the  village  or villages therein, the power to adopt,
      amend and repeal zoning regulations.
        7. The power to perform comprehensive or other planning work  relating
      to its jurisdiction.