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(A) Whenever the City Council shall deem it advisable to vacate, discontinue, or abolish any street, alley, or public ground, or any part thereof, it shall, by resolution, so declare, and in the same resolution shall appoint a time not less than 4 weeks thereafter, when it shall meet and hear objections thereto; notice of this meeting shall be published at least once not less than 4 weeks before the time appointed for the meeting in a newspaper circulated within the city.
(B) In addition to publication of the notice as set forth in subsection (A) of this section, notice by first class U.S. mail shall be sent to each property owner, as shown by the most recent tax assessment roll, owning property or assessed for taxes on property abutting any portion of the street, alley, or public ground proposed to be vacated, discontinued, or abolished. The notice shall be mailed at least 14 days prior to the set date for the meeting. Notice mailed to the person, firm, or corporation shown on the city tax assessment roll shall be sufficient to satisfy this requirement, and if the person whose name appears on the tax assessment roll shall have previously signed a petition to the city requesting the vacation, discontinuance, or abolishment, then no mailed notice shall be required to that petitioner.
Objections to the proposed vacation, discontinuance, or abolishment may be filed with the City Clerk in writing prior to the meeting thereon, and if any such objection shall be filed, the street, alley, or public ground, or any part thereof, shall not be vacated, discontinued, or abolished, except by concurring vote of 2/3 of the City Council members attending the meeting and voting thereon.
Whenever any street, alley, or public ground shall be vacated, discontinued, or abolished by resolution of the City Council at the meeting called for that purpose, or at any later adjourned meeting of the Council when the purpose of the adjournment was for further study of the proposal and the date of the adjourned meeting was publicly stated at the original meeting or later adjournment thereof, then a copy of the resolution shall be filed in the office of the County Register of Deeds and also with the State Treasurer. The recording shall contain an accurate description of the lands comprising any such street, alley, or public ground or part thereof which is vacated, discontinued, or abolished, and the resolution shall be prima facie evidence of all matters contained therein.
The vacation, discontinuance, or abolishment of any street, alley, or public place shall not terminate any existing easement rights for public utilities unless specifically so stated in the resolution, and the city does herewith specifically reserve for itself or its agent the right of use of any such street, alley, or public ground for use for future public utilities of storm or sanitary sewer and public water supply, which future right of usage shall include sufficient ground within the original street, alley, or public ground to permit original construction of these public utilities and continued maintenance thereafter, which right of use shall continue for an unlimited time thereafter. These rights of use reserved to the city or its agents shall continue regardless of the vacation, discontinuance, or abolishment unless specifically stated otherwise in the resolution of the Council.
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(A) It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any premises within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city to fail to remove any snow or ice which may accumulate on any sidewalk adjacent to the premises within 24 hours after the cessation of any storm and to keep that sidewalk free from obstructions.
(B) Violation of this section shall be a municipal civil infraction.
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