In addition to the provisions concerning the vacation of plats as stipulated in Chapter 354, Code of Iowa, as amended, the following shall apply:
1. Any subdivision plat or portion thereof may be vacated by the owner in the event there has been no sale of any lots within the plat or a portion thereof within two years after final plat approval by the City Council.
2. Any vacation of a plat shall be made by written instrument, to which a copy of such plat is attached, declaring the same to be vacated.
3. The City Council may reject any such instrument which abridges or destroys any public rights in any of its public uses, improvements or streets.
4. Such an instrument shall be executed, approved and recorded in a like manner as plats of subdivisions; and being duly recorded shall operate to annul the force and effect of the recording of the plat so vacated, and to divest all public rights in the streets and public grounds dedicated to the City as set forth on the final plat. If the City Council approves such vacation where the City had acquired an interest, by deed, in any property proposed to be dedicated to the City as set forth on the final plat, the City shall re-convey such interest, by deed, to the applicant, property owner or his or her successor in interest.
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