No department of the Municipality shall accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, curb or light any street or other way, unless such street or way:
(a) Has been accepted or opened or otherwise has received the legal status of a public street or way.
(b) Corresponds in location and extent with a street or way shown on a recorded plat which has been legally accepted by Council.
(1970 Code '94.01)