§ 172 Effect of Platting

   No streets or alleys, except those laid down on such plat and bearing the approval of the Platting Commissioner, as hereinbefore provided, shall subsequently in any way be accepted as public streets, or alleys, by the City, nor shall any public funds be expended in the repair or improvement of streets and alleys subsequently laid out and not on such plat. This restriction shall not apply to a street or alley laid out by the City, nor to streets, alleys, or public grounds laid out on a plat by or with the approval of the Platting Commissioner.

(Effective November 9, 1931)

§ 173 Duty to Keep Streets Open, in Repair and Free from Nuisance

   The Council shall provide for the care, supervision, control and improvement of public highways, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, public grounds, bridges, aqueducts, and viaducts, within the City, and shall cause them to be kept open, in repair and free from nuisance.

(Effective November 9, 1931)

§ 174 Alteration of Streets

   When it deems it necessary the Council may cause any street, alley, or public highway to be opened, straightened, altered, diverted, narrowed, widened, or vacated.

(Effective November 9, 1931)

§ 175 Dedication of Streets

   No street or alley dedicated to public use by the proprietor of ground in the City shall be deemed a public street or alley, or under the care or control of the Council, unless the dedication be accepted and confirmed by ordinance passed for such purpose, or unless the provisions hereof relating to subdivisions shall have been complied with.

(Effective November 9, 1931)