(A) The vacation of a street or alley shall be by an ordinance passed after notice and hearing. A vacation may be proposed either to end the use of a city street or alley for roadway purposes so that it may be used for other city purposes or to sell to a private party or to sell or give to another public agency. A vacation shall promote the public good and not be solely for private benefit.
(B) The Council shall cause an ordinance to be prepared to vacate the specifically described public way and shall direct the Clerk-Treasurer to cause notice to be published, in the newspaper customarily used to give city notices of the time and place of a hearing on the ordinance. The notice shall give the description of the property. Said notice shall be published once at least four, but not more than 20, days before the hearing.
(C) The ordinance shall recite findings of fact justifying the vacation, including a finding that there is no further need for the property as a public way and that no abutter shall lack reasonable access to his or her property after the vacation.
(Ord. 123-31.01, passed 1-9-1989)