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The Council vacating any street or part of street or changing the name of any street may include in one ordinance the change of name or the vacation or narrowing of more than one street, avenue, or alley, but before vacating any street or part thereof, or narrowing any street, the Council shall first pass a resolution declaring its intention so to do. The Clerk of the Council shall cause notice of such declaration to be served in the manner that service of summons is required to be made upon all persons whose property abuts upon the part of the street affected by the proposed vacation or narrowing and by publication once in one newspaper of general circulation in the City as to all the persons who cannot be personally served. Said notice shall state the time and place when objections can be heard before the Board of Revision of Assessments. Upon the report by the Board of Revision of Assessments approving the proposed vacation or narrowing, the Council may by ordinance declare such vacation or narrowing, and such order of Council vacating or narrowing a street or alley which has been dedicated to public use by the proprietor, shall to the extent to which it is vacated or narrowed operate as a revocation of the acceptance thereof by Council, but the right of way and easement therein of any lot owner shall not be impaired thereby.
Property within the corporate limits of the City may be appropriated for any public or Municipal purpose, and subject to the limitations thereon imposed by the Constitution of the State, such appropriation shall be made in the manner herein provided. By such appropriation the City may acquire a fee simple title or any less estate, easement or use. Appropriation of property located outside the corporate limits of the City shall be made according to the requirements of, and in the manner provided by the general law.
When it is deemed necessary to appropriate property the Council shall adopt a resolution declaring such intent, defining the purpose of the appropriation, setting forth a pertinent description of the property, and the estate or interest therein desired to be appropriated.
Immediately upon the adoption of such a resolution, for which but one reading shall be necessary, the Clerk of the Council shall cause written notice thereof to be given to the owner, person in possession thereof, or having an interest of record in, every piece of land sought to be appropriated, or to his authorized agent, and such notice shall be served by a person designated for the purpose, and return made in the manner provided by law for the service and return of summons in civil actions. If such owner, person, or agent, cannot be found, notice shall be given by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, and the Council may thereafter pass an ordinance directing such appropriation to proceed.
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