(A) The City Recorder shall refer the petition to the Planning Commission and to the City Engineer for reports on the proposed vacation. The reports shall include recommendations on the vacation and any special public reservation or conditions applicable to the vacation. Upon receiving the reports, the City Recorder shall forward the petition to the Council for its consideration. The Council shall schedule a time for a formal hearing upon the petition and direct the City Recorder to give notice of the petition and hearing by publishing a notice in a newspaper of general circulation once each week for four consecutive weeks and to also post written notice of the petition and hearing in three of the most public places in the city. The notices shall describe the ground covered by the petition, give the date it was filed, the name of at least one of the petitioners and the date when the petition, and any objection or remonstrance, which may be made in writing and filed with the City Recorder prior to the time of hearing, will be heard and considered.
(B) Within five days after the first day of publication of the notice the City Recorder shall cause to be posted at or near each end of the proposed vacation a copy of the notice which shall be headed, “Notice of Street Vacation”, “Notice of Plat Vacation”, or “Notice of Plat and Street Vacation”, as the case may be; the notice shall be posted in at least two conspicuous places in the proposed vacation area. The posting and first day of publication of such notice shall be not less than 28 days before the hearing.
(Ord. 319, passed 9-12-1988)