(A) Notice of date and hearing. Whenever it is desired to close or to consider the closing to the public use of any public way or easement, the City Council shall, by motion, fix a date for closing or considering the closing of such way or easement and which date shall afford sufficient time to give 30 days’ notice. Thereupon, the City Clerk shall, more than 30 days prior to such date, mail a notice of such date and hearing on the proposed closing of a public way or easement, to the holders of a franchise or others designated by the City Council to have a special right or privilege granted by ordinance or legislative enactment to use the public way or easement. The Clerk shall certify to the City Council that such notice has been mailed.
(B) Fees and costs.
(1) Any private person who requests the City to close a public way or easement to public use shall provide a list containing the names and mailing addresses of all owners of property lying within 300 feet of the exterior boundary of the subject property, as certified by a licensed and bonded abstracting company or title insurance company.
(2) The applicant shall also pay to the Director of Finance at the time of making the request the fee as provided in § 2-6A-7(A).
(C) Refund of fee. Should the applicant withdraw his application in writing, prior to the setting of the hearing by the City Council, the fee provided in § 2-6A-7(A) shall be refunded to said applicant.
(1994 Code, § 30-4) (2003 Code) (Prior Code, § 7-1-4) (Ord. 2003-06, passed 3-18-2003)
Statutory reference:
Vacating streets and alleys, see 11 O.S. § 42-101 et seq.