Whenever any type of subsurface installation or use thereof in any public street, alley, or other public place is abandoned, any person who owned, used or had any interest therein shall notify the transportation/engineering official in writing within thirty (30) days of such abandonment, and shall file a map conforming to the requirements of section 8-2-15 of this chapter designating in detail the location of such abandoned installation. The owner of such installation at the time of abandonment shall remain responsible for removal, and the city may at any time require such abandoned installation to be removed from its location if it is determined to obstruct a city project. (1962 Code § 7-1.42)