(a) Except as limited by State law and this Charter, the Council is authorized to establish, vacate, use, patrol, and regulate streets, alleys, bridges and public places as well as the space above and beneath them. Such power shall include, but not be limited to, the proper policing and supervision of public places; licensing, regulating or prohibiting the placement of signs, awnings, awning posts, and other things which impede or make unsafe the use of sidewalks or streets; licensing and regulating of construction and use of openings of sidewalks and streets and of all vaults, structures, and excavations under the same.
(b) When the Council proposes to vacate, discontinue, or abolish any highway, street, lane, alley or public ground or any part thereof, it shall set a time for a public hearing to hear objections to the proposed action. The Clerk-Treasurer shall provide public notice of the public hearing in the manner prescribed by ordinance or resolution. The public hearing shall not be held less than 28 days before the date of the proposed action. Written objections to a proposed action may be filed with the Clerk -Treasurer.
(c) By submitting a petition to the Clerk-Treasurer, electors of the City may propose an ordinance to the Council or call for a referendum on an ordinance enacted by the Council.