(A) The municipality shall have power to open, widen, or otherwise improve or vacate any street, avenue, alley, or lane within the limits of the municipality and also to create, open, and improve any new street, avenue, alley, or lane. All damages sustained by the citizens of the municipality, or by the owners of the property therein, shall be ascertained in such manner as shall be provided by ordinance. Whenever any street or alley is vacated, the same shall revert to the owners of the abutting real estate, one-half on each side thereof, and become a part of such property. When a portion of a street, avenue, alley, or lane is vacated only on one side of the center thereof, the title to such land shall vest in the owner of the abutting property and become a part of such property. When the municipality vacates all or any portion of a street, avenue, alley, or lane, the municipality shall, within 30 days after the effective date of the vacation, file a certified copy of the vacating ordinance with the Register of Deeds for the county in which the vacated property is located to be indexed against all affected lots.
(B) The municipality shall have power to create, open, widen, or extend any street, avenue, alley, off-street parking area, or other public way, or annul, vacate, or discontinue the same.
(Prior Code, § 8-302) (Ord. 2002-38, passed 10-16-2002)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 17-558 and 17-559