Before closing, abandoning, discontinuing, vacating, altering, diverting, narrowing or amending any public, dedicated or platted alley, easement, utility or drainage right-of-way or portions thereof, the City Council shall first hold a public hearing and ten (10) days' notice of the public hearing shall be given in writing to all persons whose property abuts upon the portion of the alley, easement, utility or drainage right-of-way affected by the proposed closing, abandoning, discontinuing, vacating, altering, diverting, narrowing or amendment. The notice shall be served by mailing a copy of such notice to each of such proposed owners, to be obtained from the records of the Tax Assessor or from such other sources as the City Clerk deems reliable. Proof of such mailing shall be made by an affidavit of the City Clerk or Deputy Clerk, the proof to be filed with the Clerk; provided, that failure to mail such notice or notices shall not invalidate any proceedings hereunder. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall also be given by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and if there be no newspaper of general circulation published in the city, the City Council shall cause the notice to be published in a like manner in newspaper of general circulation published in the county; provided, that the publication shall be at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the hearing. The notice shall describe the alley, easement, utility or drainage right-of-way to be closed, abandoned, discontinued, vacated, altered, diverted, narrowed or amended and such service by publication shall be verified by the affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper and filed with the City Clerk.
('74 Code, § 20-46) (Ord. 83-32, passed 5-5-83)