(A) The Council shall be guided by and give consideration to the general policy and pattern of street development set out in the official thoroughfare plan in the authorization, construction, widening, alteration, relocation, or abandonment of the public streets, highways, and related structures.
(B) No thoroughfare shall be abandoned or vacated until the Council shall have held public hearings on vacation or abandonment of such thoroughfare. Legal notice of such public hearing shall be provided by the person requesting the vacation or abandonment.
(1995 Code, § 15-55)