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The word "street," as used in this Article, shall be deemed to, and is hereby declared to include avenues, highways, lanes, alleys, crossings or intersections, courts and places, which have been dedicated and accepted according to law or in common and undisputed use by the public for a period of not less than five years next preceding. The word "places," as used in this Article, shall be deemed to, and is hereby declared to include any public park or pleasure ground and common which has been dedicated and accepted according to law, and this Article shall include the improvement of a park, public pleasure ground and common.
Whenever in proceedings in this Article provided for, a time and place for hearing by the Director of Public Works or the Supervisors is fixed and, from any cause, the hearing is not then and there held or regularly adjourned to a time and place fixed, by the power of said Director or Supervisors in the premises shall not thereby be divested or lost, but said Director or Supervisors may proceed anew to fix a time and place for the hearing, and cause notice thereof to be given by publication by at least one insertion in the official newspaper, such publication to be at least five days before the date of the hearing, and thereupon said Director or Supervisors shall have power to act as in the first instance.
This Article shall be liberally construed to the end that its purposes may be effected. No error, irregularity, informality, and no neglect or omission of any officer of the City and County, in any procedure taken as in this Article provided, shall void or invalidate such proceeding or any assessment for the cost of work done as in this Article provided. The exclusive remedy of any person affected or aggrieved thereby shall be by appeal to the Supervisors as provided in this Article.
Any proceedings for street work heretofore commenced under any method or system provided by any Charter of said City and County, or by act of the Legislature, or by ordinance of said City and County, shall not be affected by this Article but may be continued until completion by and under the method provided by the Charter, law or ordinance under which they were originally commenced, or they may be abandoned by order of said Director of Public Works and instituted under the proceedings provided for in this Article, in case no contract for the work or improvement has been entered into.